In December, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2025 induction class.
The new members, listed alphabetically, are:
- Greg Ellis,
- Nora Lynn Finch,
- Rollie Geiger,
- David Gentry,
- Dale Inman,
- Bobby Isaac,
- Cullen Jones,
- Chester McGlockton,
- Wendy Palmer,
- Jimmy Raye, and
- Miles Wolff.
The group of 11 will be enshrined during the 61st annual induction celebration on the evening of Friday, May 2, at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, starting at 5 p.m. Their induction will bring the total number of Hall of Fame members to 421.
Gentry, who was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame in 2023, is North Carolina’s all-time winningest high school football coach. He has 426 victories overall with 366 of those coming at Murphy, more than any other coach at a single school in N.C. He won nine state championships at Murphy with a playoff record of 82-25 (.766). He was a four-sport standout at Edneyville High and played college football at Elon, where he later joined Red Wilson’s staff as an undergraduate assistant.
