JONESBORO — The Morrow High School gym will be named in honor of former Morrow girls basketball head coach A.C. McCullers, who died in June.
During a work session Oct. 30, the Clayton County Board of Education voted unanimously to approving the renaming of the gym.
McCullers was an educator for more than 56 years and a coach for 52 — most notably as the girls basketball head coach at Morrow High School. While there, his teams captured four state championships in five years (1989-91 and 1993) and was state runner-up twice. During one stretch from 1988-91, the Morrow girls won 91 straight games against Georgia opponents and was undefeated in 1991 with a 30-0 record.
In addition to the state titles, his Morrow teams won 12 region championships, made 19 state tournament appearances, and went the state semifinals nine times.
In five years at North Whitfield, 26 at Morrow, three at Union Grove, and 12 at Strong Rock Christian, McCullers amassed a high school record of 877-336. In 1997, he became the winningest girls basketball coach in Georgia.
He was named the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times, four times by the Atlanta Tip Off Club, twice by the NFICA, and once by the Chattanooga Times.
He served on the GACA Hall of Fame Selection Committee, was GHSA State Girls Basketball Chairman, was a member of the WBCA High School All-American Committee, and was floor marshal for basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
He not only was a successful high school girls basketball coach but also coached football, golf, and track.
As a women’s college basketball coach, McCullers was at Clayton State from 1998 to 2004 with a record of 62-82. His most successful season there was 16-11 in 2002-03 — still third best in the program’s history.
After a decline in health as a result of a stroke in the spring….
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