Stackhouse, Barnes, Strange highlight 2023 NC Sports HOF class
Posted January 24, 2023 4:52 p.m. EST
Updated January 24, 2023 4:54 p.m. EST
A pair of current SEC basketball coaches highlight the 2023 class of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
Jerry Stackhouse, a Kinston native and an All-America player for North Carolina in 1995, headlines the class. He has been the head coach at Vanderbilt since 2019 following an 18-year NBA career where he made two all-star games.
The class also includes Rick Barnes, a Hickory native who currently coaches for Tennessee. Barnes has been the head coach for six different schools and amassed more than 750 wins. He coached Texas to a Final Four in 2003.
They are joined by golf legend Curtis Strange, a two-time US Open winner who won an individual NCAA championship for Wake Forest in 1974.
The 15-member class will be honored at a ceremony in Raleigh on April 21.
Other inductees include:
Jason Brown: Henderson native, played football for UNC and was named All-ACC as a center in 2004.
Jeff Davis: Greensboro native, starred at linebacker for Clemson's 1981 national championship team and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Donald Evans: Raleigh native who played for Athens Drive High School, played tailback and linebacker for Winston-Salem State from 1983-1986 followed by a nine-year NFL career.
Tom Fazio: one of America's top golf course architects who currently lives in Hendersonville.
Ellen Griffin*: former golf coach and instructor, helped found the Women’s Professional Golf Association, the forerunner of the LPGA.
Tom Higgins*: former NASCAR beat writer for the Charlotte Observer.
Clarkston Hines: three-time All-ACC wide receiver for Duke from 1987-1989.
Bob “Stonewall” Jackson*: decorated World War II veteran, four-time All-CIAA linebacker for the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (now North Carolina A&T).
Trudi Lacey: decorated four-year basketball career at NC State, coached in college and the WNBA.
Ronald Rogers*: Western Carolina’s first three-time NAIA All-American in basketball (1951, 1952, 1953).
John Sadri: All-America tennis player for NC State, two-time ACC singles champ, made the 1978 NCAA singles final and lost to John McEnroe.
Rosie Thompson: East Carolina women's basketball's career leader in scoring (2,352 points), points per game (20.8), rebounds (1,183) and rebound average (10.8).
*will be inducted posthumously
