Ii, W. Nunnally

Hal W. Nunnally, II 65 of Petersburg died Wednesday November 10, 2004. He was a native of Petersburg and the son of the late Ruth Pillow Nunnally Dance and Julian Winston Nunnally. Nunnally began as a student at Randolph-Macon College, where he attended for three years and served as basketball scorekeeper under head coach Paul Webb. His coaching career started at Prince George High School, where he was an assistant from 1963 to 1964. From 1964 to 1972, Nunnally was the athletic director and head basketball coach at Tidewater Academy in Wakefield, VA. He returned to Randolph-Macon in 1972, and was Webb’s assistant as well as the head junior varsity coach for three seasons. Nunnally took over as head coach for the 1975-76 campaign. As the JV coach, Nunnally’s teams compiled a 38-6 record over three years. During Nunnally’s 24 seasons as head coach, the Yellow Jackets had a record of 663 games coached by Nunnally with 431 wins and 232 loses (65.0%); went to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including the runner-up finish in 1976-77; won five conference tournament championships-three in the Mason-Dixon Conference and two in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and enjoyed 10 seasons with at least 20 wins. Individually, Nunnally’s honors included: five-time National Association of Basketball Coaches district Coach of the Year; Virginia Sports Information Directors state Coach of the Year once; two-time Mason Dixon Conference Coach of the Year; and Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times. He was one of only four coaches in the history of Virginia college basketball to win more than 400 games, and was ranked in the top 20 among all NCAA Divison III coaches in victories. In addition, while Nunnally was head coach, all but two players from his teams received their degrees from Randolph-Macon. Following his retirement in 1999, Nunnally was named a professor emeritus by the Randolph-Macon faculty. He was a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches since 1966. In 2002, he was named an honorary member of the Catholic University Sports Club basketball team in Santiago, Chile for his service to Chilean basketball. In addition, Nunnally has been a member of the Society of St. Thomas More since 1970, and rose to the rank of Gran Marechal in that organization. On October 30, 2004, Hal was inducted into Randolph-Macon College Hall of Fame. He is survived by two aunts, Dorothy Scriver of Colonial Heights and Jewell P. Bolte of Blacksburg and numerous cousins. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 10:00 am at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home with interment to follow in Blandford Cemetery. Family suggests that Memorial contributions may be made to Tidewater Academy Mens Basketball, 899 West Church Street, Wakefield, VA 23888 or RMC Yellow Jacket Club Mens Basketball, P.O. Box 5005, Ashland, VA 23005-9904. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .