Richard Pickell

Inducted 2008

Teacher/Coach 31 Years (1964 - 1995)
- Oliver Springs High School (1964 - 1971)
  - Boys’ Basketball
- Harriman High School (1971 – 1995)
  - Boys’ Basketball

Retired from coaching after the 1995 season, but continued teaching until 1999
Three-time Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association Class AA Boys Basketball District Coach of the Year (1993, 1994, 1995)
On January 29, 1988, the Harriman High School Gymnasium was dedicated as the Richard D. Pickell Gymnasium
Member of 1958 Lenoir City High School State Championship team, which was coached by fellow TSSAA Hall of Famer Elvin Little
Inducted into the Lenoir City High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2004
The 2008 Boys State Basketball tournament was his 40^th straight year in attendance
Played basketball and baseball at Tennessee Wesleyan College
Received the East Tennessee Coach of the Year Award in 1995 presented by the Knoxville News-Sentinel
Named Tennessee Coach of the Year in 1995 by the Tennessee Sportswriters Association