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West Charlotte High to rename gymnasium after longtime head coach


West Charlotte High School hopes to rename its gymnasium after longtime basketball head coach Charles McCullough.

McCullough was boys’ basketball coach at West Charlotte from 1960 to 1993. His teams won nearly 600 games and five state championships.

The Lions, under his leadership, won 21 conference championships and reaching the state quarterfinals 16 times. McCullough was also named Charlotte Observer Coach of the Year twice.

In 2017, McCullough, 84, died after a long battle with a respiratory disease.

“Coach McCullough not only saw himself as a coach, but as a mentor of young men,” Acquanetta Edmond, community superintendent for West Learning Community, wrote in a recommendation letter she wrote to Interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh.

“His players continued to be successful on and off the court—some becoming district court judges, educators, entrepreneurs, college, and professional basketball players. “





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