JACKSON, Mississippi -- All but one of the six inductees into this year's Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame shaped their legacy through coaching.
Former Murrah High basketball coach, Anna Jackson, led her girls teams to nine class 5A state championships. Not only is that a state record, but her team won all nine.
She said being inducted felt winning the first state title.
"I had to exhale, first," said Jackson. "And then I wanted to celebrate like I did when I won the first state championship with a big yay."
Former Ole Miss track and field coach Joe Walker, Jr. joins Jackson in this class.
"A lot of us are coaches," Walker said. "I always believed coaches made a difference in people's lives, so that's why we're all here because evidently we had some impact and did some things good that way."
Before Walker won at Ole Miss and Florida, he coached championship teams at Mississippi College where he mentored Larry Myricks, an Olympic medalist and Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer.
Joining Walker and Jackson is Lafayette Stribling.
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