1991

A~.J. ilpa eps down at I;CCC; will finish year as AD

J,IJI.U •was inducted into 1986 Hall of Fatne

number of circumstances and events. When I was offered this posi– tion, I was promised that I would have a staff of three assistants. In– stead, we have managed with one head coach and two assistants. It re– quired the entire coaching staff to be on the field during games. Without the volunteer assistance of Greg Jeffcoat and my son, we would not have had anyone to call defenses or tendencies from the press box. No other program in the state faced this problem. ''To further complicate this pro– blem,

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:ARTY STAMPER

Oel'llO\.rat sports editor ......

DEt:ATUR - East Central Com– mtmity College bead football coach A.J. ~ Kilpatrick announced his resignation in that capacity last Weddesday. He will remain at the school as athletic director until his cun-ent contract expires on June 30. In the last four years, ECCC won 12 gamca; while losing 28 In..• 10 seasons at ECCC, Kilpatrick's teams went 36-63-2. On– ly the 1983 and 1987 squads posted \\'lDilmg seasons. The '87 ballclub was ECCC's second to reach the s layoffs since they began in I972.1alling 21-17 at Northwest m the semt nals. Ironically, ECCC's only other playoff appearance resulted in a 24'15 semifinal loss to a Kilpatrick:– coached Holmes team that went on to defeat Pearl River 31-6 to claim the 1~1 state championship. That H squad was then defeated 24'lD Garland

A.J. Kilpatrick

The Kilpatrick File

1954-56 Carrollton HS . . . . . .14-7 1956-66 Noxubee HS ..... 76-21-5 1966-69 Wingfield HS ....... 16-13-2 1969-71 East Miss. JC ....... 16-4 l!nl-75 Louisville HS ... 34-5-1 1!n5-79 Northwest JC .... 26-13-2 1979-80 Hickory HS . . . ....... .4-5 1980-82 Holmes JC . . ... 15-9 1982-91 East Central CC .. 36-63-2 Total .••. • ............237-140-12

~ WID– ~ record and I do not like leavmg \\Ithout one. The last time East Cen– tral won a state championship (in football) was 1939. I would like to have won another one for you. Perhaps the individual who fills this position will be able to accomplish what I have been unable to do. However, if he is unable to do so, there must be some philosophical changes made. As an alumnus of East Central, I wish it the best of luck in the future years." Kilpatrick was a former basket- - ball and football standout at Philadelphia High School. He was the school's only first-team all-state basketball choice in 1949 as the Tor-