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Episode 19 – Ed Jones – UT Martin and Marshall County Hall of Fame – Part 2

Posted by shanecosby on January 19, 2016
Posted in: Basketball, Character, Coaching, Development, High School, High School Boys, Middle School Boys. Tagged: .

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Ed Jones played basketball at Benton High School scoring the first varsity basket in the Chambers Memorial Gymnasium and later coached the last Benton High School Basketball team before becoming the first athletic director of the Marshall County High School consolidation.

Jones attended college at University of Tennessee at Martin, where he held numerous records in men’s basketball.  Coach Jones emphasized with great success fundamentals and developing players to make decisions.  He continues to use his leadership development skills in mission projects through the Benton Church of Christ.

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Episode 19 – Ed Jones – UT Martin and Marshall County Hall of Fame – Part 1

Posted by shanecosby on January 13, 2016
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EdJonesEd Jones played basketball at Benton High School scoring the first varsity basket in the Chambers Memorial Gymnasium and later coached the last Benton High School Basketball team before becoming the first athletic director of the Marshall County High School consolidation.

Jones attended college at University of Tennessee at Martin, where he held numerous records in men’s basketball.  Coach Jones emphasized with great success fundamentals and developing players to make decisions.  He continues to use his leadership development skills in mission projects through the Benton Church of Christ.

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Episode 18 – JP Roberts –Tilghman Football Program Bonus – Part 3

Posted by shanecosby on January 11, 2016
Posted in: Basketball, Character, Development, Football, High School. Tagged: , .

JP-55JP discusses what defines him as a person and how it is important to #giveitback and what is  #PurchasePride .  As a bonus in this part shares an impressionable moment during a game where Coach Dan Haley challenged Richard Abraham against Madisonville.  JP also tells how memorable stories of watching his youngest brother Roy Roberts play at Tilghman.

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Episode 18 – JP Roberts – Tilghman Football Program – Part 2

Posted by shanecosby on January 7, 2016
Posted in: Baseball, Character, Coaching, Development, Football, High School, Mutli-sport. Tagged: .

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JP Roberts the voice behind JP’s Traffic discusses how playing sports provided him lessons that he still carries with him today.  JP played for the 1980 Class 4A State at Large Champion Paducah Tilghman football team during the fall and was a catcher in the spring for the Tornado baseball team.  JP discusses the coaching styles that influenced him as player and how that compelled him to give back.

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Episode 18 – JP Roberts – Paducah Tilghman High School Football – Driving Down the Field and Keeping a Community Safe – Part 1

Posted by shanecosby on January 5, 2016
Posted in: Baseball, Character, Coaching, Development, Football, High School, High School Boys, Middle School, Skills. Tagged: , , .

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JP Roberts the voice behind JP’s Traffic discusses how playing sports provided him lessons that he still carries with him today.  JP played for the 1980 Class 4A State at Large Champion Paducah Tilghman football team during the fall and was a catcher in the spring for the Tornado baseball team.  JP discusses the coaching styles that influenced him as player and how that compelled him to give back.

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Episode 17 – Billy Chumbler – A Standout Player with an Outstanding Coaching Career – Part 2

Posted by shanecosby on January 4, 2016
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Michael Jordan letter to Paducah Tilghman High School Basketball Coach to Billy Chumbler for Team Academic Achievement

Billy Chumbler as a basketball player the Greatest Lowes Blue Devil of all-time.  He set the Louisville Invitation Tournament (LIT) scoring record.  He was recruited by Adolph Rupp of the University of Kentucky but chose to play college basketball at Mississippi State University and was the team captain at Murray State University.

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As a coach, Chumbler was inducted into Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame with an Illinois record of 492-196. He coached at Cairo High School and Century High School in Illinois. He coached at Paducah Tilghman and Trigg County with a Kentucky record of 288-93 compiling an overall high school coaching record of 780-289.

He is a current Dawahares / KHSAA Hall of Fame Nominee as a Player and Coach.  http://khsaa.org/httpdocs/hallfame/ScreenedNominees/Chumbler,%20Bill.pdf

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