Carl Hollis refers back to his time at Headland High School for setting him on the path of becoming a star college basketball player, longtime high school basketball coach and
JON JOHNSON now among seven to be inducted into the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
“Some of them grabbed me by the hand and said, ‘You’re going to college. You’re playing good basketball in high school and we want you to make it,’” Hollis said. “I won’t ever forget that. Headland High School holds a special place in my heart.” Hollis, who is currently a pastor of a church and principal of the alternative school for Troy City Schools, first thought it was a joke when he received a call that he would be among the class of inductees.
He was named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Year in 1975 and led the Trojans to the 1977 regular season championship.“I had a chance to go up to an Indiana Pacers free agent camp and I got cut the last day of camp and I had to come home,” Hollis said. “It was a long drive, you know? Sometimes you have dreams and your dreams are not fulfilled from that perspective. That was one of those moments that I had to really, really live through.
But after spending some time as a sergeant in the detective division of the Troy Police Department, Hollis was encouraged to begin coaching and ultimately took up an offer to coach junior varsity basketball at Charles Henderson, which he did for 16 years before being offered the head coaching position.“I talked to my pastor back then and I actually told him I would take it for three years,” Hollis said of leading the boys varsity.
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