The 19th annual All-Metro Basketball Classic will be held today at Pulaski Academy. The games feature the top senior basketball players from schools in Pulaski County. The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. The boys game will start about 7:45 p.m.
Huntsville’s Stafford retires
Jim Stafford, one of the state’s most successful high school basketball coaches, is retiring.
Stafford, who won more that 1,000 games over a 51-year coaching career, announced Monday that he is retiring as Huntsville’s boys basketball coach.
Stafford began his coaching career in the late 1960s at Wonder-view. He later made coaching stops in Palestine, Flippin, Morrilton, Lead Hill and Gentry before landing in Huntsville.
Stafford, 72, posted a 528-228 record as the Eagles’ coach, winning a state championship in 2007 and four state runner-up teams. He leaves with 1,098 career victories, which rank fifth all-time in the state, according to the Arkansas Activities Association record book.