Hall of Fame

Dr. James O. Murrell

  • Class
  • Induction
    1993
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
 - Basketball - Guard - 1951-55
 - Teams won 57, lost 23
 - Delta State head basketball coach 1962-70
 - Record 101-82
 - Recruited and developed Sammy Little, Mississippi's first 1st Team All-American player, 1968-69
 - Teams ranked in top 20 many times
 - Received one NCAA Division II Tourney bid
 - Best record 19-4
 - Defeated NCAA Division II Champion, Kentucky Wesleyan
 - Founder and director of DSU's Basketball School for Boys, 1965-69
 - Head basketball coach and chief technical advisor, Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1979-1984
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