Bill Carlyle was head basketball and baseball coach of Sacramento, KY from 1962-64;
assistant basketball coach of Bulls Gap High School 1964-65; and head boys’ and girls’
basketball coach of Maury High School 1965-67. He led the girls to the 1966 TN Secondary
Schools Athletic Association Girls State Championship and was presented a key to
the city of Dandridge, TN, upon the team’s return from the state tournament. The
record that year was 39-3.
In 1967, the boys team of Maury High qualified for Region One tournament for
the first time in the history of the school with a record of 23-9.
Girls’ basketball team won the District 4 regular season championship, the District
4 tournament championship, the Region 1 championship and were defeated in the State
Tournament by the state champion, Porter High School. Both years of coaching the
girls earned Coach Carlyle a record of 70 wins and 7 loses. He was voted Coach of
the Year-District 4
1968-1970, Carlyle was Asst. Coach - East Tennessee State University. In 1968
the team won the Ohio Valley Conference and went on to beat Florida State in the
N.C.A.A. This team made it to the Sweet Sixteen.
In 1970-71, he was Head Coach of Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa. Team finished
with a 17-7 record, the best in 10 years. From 1971-72, team finished with a record
of 18-6 and broke into the top 20 in the nation. In 1971, Bill was selected to appear
in Outstanding Young Men in America.
1972-73 Team finished with a record of 18-8 and finished in the top 20. The
team had a 2nd place finish after two rounds in the NAIA tournament and was defeated
by Northern Iowa University. From 1973-77 he was Assistant Coach at Oklahoma State
University, Big 8 Conference.
1977-present, Carlyle is Head Basketball Coach and High School Relations Coordinator
at Walters State Community College. His teams have won 449 while losing 179 which
is an average of 20 games won a year for 22 years. His overall coaching record is
668-283 for a percentage of 70.4%.
February 18, 2000, he was inducted into the Tennessee Junior and Community College
Athletic Association Hall of Fame and on February 19, 2000 he was inducted into the
Cumberland College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Eighty-four (84) of his players have earned scholarships with universities and
colleges throughout the country. Under his guidance WSCC teams have won or tied 10
Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association Eastern Division championships.
Coach Carlyle has accumulated 10 TJCCAA Coach of the Year Awards his latest in 1999.
On January 8, 1997 Coach Carlyle was honored by Dr. Jack Campbell and Mayor
J.B. Shockley for winning his 400th game at Walters State and 661th overall. Dr.
Campbell presented him with a gold watch which had 400 wins inscribed on the back.
Mayor J.B. Shockley made January 8th Bill Carlyle Day in Morristown and read a proclamation
honoring him from the city of Morristown.
