Rice Mountjoy
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J. Rice Mountjoy was a high school athletics coach in Kentucky and was the head coach of the Murray State Teachers College
men's basketball team during the 1941-42 season.
A former track star at Centre College
, Mountjoy began his coaching career in 1924 at Frankfort High School
, where he coached the basketball team the quarterfinals of the state tournament. In 1925 he returned alma mater, Kavanaugh High School where his players included Forrest Sale and Paul McBrayer. He spent 13 years as the athletic director and head football, basketball, and track coach at Danville High School
where he compiled a 95-21-10 record in football only two of his 13 basketball teams failed to reach the regional tournament. In his only season as Murray's basketball coach, the Thoroughbreds went 18-4 and earned a spot in the 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
. One of Mountjoy's players was future Basketball Hall of Fame
r Joe Fulks
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Mountjoy left Murray state in 1942 to coach football at Tilghman High School
. In his three seasons at THS, his football teams emassed a 22-5 record. From 1946-1953, Mountjoy was the head football coach and athletic director at Dixie Heights High School
. He spent six seasons as head football coach and athletic director at Boone County High School
before retiring in 1959.
Murray State Racers
Murray State University features 15 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Racers, with the exception of the baseball team which is known as the Thoroughbreds. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Ohio Valley Conference. Football competes the Football...
men's basketball team during the 1941-42 season.
A former track star at Centre College
Centre College
Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County south of Lexington, KY. Centre is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose...
, Mountjoy began his coaching career in 1924 at Frankfort High School
Frankfort High School (Kentucky)
Frankfort High School is located at 328 Shelby Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is part of the Frankfort Independent School District which consists of Second Street School, Wilkinson Street School, and Frankfort High School. Notable graduates include George C. Wolfe, and the writer, Walter...
, where he coached the basketball team the quarterfinals of the state tournament. In 1925 he returned alma mater, Kavanaugh High School where his players included Forrest Sale and Paul McBrayer. He spent 13 years as the athletic director and head football, basketball, and track coach at Danville High School
Danville High School (Kentucky)
Danville High School is a public high school serving the ninth through twelfth grades in Danville, Kentucky, USA. It is one of five schools and the only high school in the Danville School district.-School information:...
where he compiled a 95-21-10 record in football only two of his 13 basketball teams failed to reach the regional tournament. In his only season as Murray's basketball coach, the Thoroughbreds went 18-4 and earned a spot in the 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format ....
. One of Mountjoy's players was future Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...
r Joe Fulks
Joe Fulks
Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks was an American professional basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was one of the first players, albeit posthumously, enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978...
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Mountjoy left Murray state in 1942 to coach football at Tilghman High School
Paducah Tilghman High School
Paducah Tilghman High School is a public secondary school in Paducah, Kentucky, and is the only high school of the Paducah Independent School District....
. In his three seasons at THS, his football teams emassed a 22-5 record. From 1946-1953, Mountjoy was the head football coach and athletic director at Dixie Heights High School
Dixie Heights High School
Dixie Heights High School is a 5-A high school located at 3010 Dixie Highway in Edgewood, Kentucky.-History:The school was built by the Works Progress Administration. It opened for classes in 1936 and was dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt. The main building is nearly identical in construction and...
. He spent six seasons as head football coach and athletic director at Boone County High School
Boone County High School
Boone County High School is located in Florence, Kentucky. The school was opened in 1954. The school mascot is the Rebel.-Sports:In the past years Boone County High School as been known for its athletics. Both men's and women's basketball have shown to be two of the strongest programs in the region...
before retiring in 1959.