CORVETTE HOBBY 

 Retired after 32 years of coaching.

Mike Bernard and I were considered the final two for the basketball position. Mike Bernard was chosen for the position and I was offered the assistant position , but turn it down and stayed at EE. Smith. Sam Hanger accepted the assistant position and later became the head coach in  their third season after Mike Bernard was fired for falsifying his credentials. 

EE.SMITH DEFEATED Southveiw  for  the Sectional Championship Feb. 2000

    This was our third appearance in the Regional in five years ( The top 8 in the state )

 WILLIAM TATUM and Ronald McKnight in the background. 

 E E SMITH , 1999 Mid-South Coach of The Year , My Best Player Kenneth Haywood , Conference Player of the Year and First Team ALL-Regional.

EE Smith , Defeat Northern Nash for the Sectional Championship . Record 22-6 

EE Smith Defeated Pine Forest and finished the season in 2nd Place.     22-5

EE Smith lost to 71st in the Championship of the Holiday Classic. Our 6th finals in 7 years

EE. Smith , Kenneth Haywood , Mid-South Player of the Year 2000. ... Played 4 years at FSU , was ALL-CIAA  and Jersey was retired in 2002. Best Scorer I Have ever Coached.

 EE. Smith , Audley Wehner Mid-South Conference Player Of The Year. 2002 Record 25-3     All-CIAA at Winston Salem State University. WSSU Most Valuable Player 2003 & 2004

2001 Sectional Championship Game ....Smith dominated Richmond County . Record 24-4

      This was my first Head Football Coaching Job. Northwest Halifax 1982... 8-2 Record

  This was my first Head Men's Track Coaching Job.   Northwest Halifax 1982  42-0 Record

 This was my first Head Basketball coaching position . NW Haifax  1980   Record 10-13

This was my first  Girls Basketball Team . I never coached girls before , but I found out that coaching girls is like coaching boys , but girls play harder. Those four seniors above were just like my daughters. Westover High School , 1992   Record :  22-5

 The 1992 Westover Girls Basketball Team. #24 Tenille Woods All- Conference and Team MVP. This was a very young team , great girls to coach. Record 11-10 , 4th Place Conference finish. 

 COACH ,WESTOVER HS 1990

 EE SMITH CONFERENCE CHAMPS

      2002  RECORD 25-5 

EE Smith Defeated 71st High School . they were Ranked # 1 in the State and  10th in the Nation

EE Smith finished in 1997 , 2nd place . record 24-4

AUDLEY WEHNER, MID-SOUTH ALL-Conference. EE. Smith Most Valuable Player. Three year starter for The Winston Salem Rams. ALL-CIAA

TERRELL ROBINSON , EE. SMITH ALL-MID SOUTH CONFERENCE. STARTER FOR A&T UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH. 

DARNELL GREGORY. ALL-MID-SOUTH Conference. Team Captain. Starter for The Winston Salem University Rams. 3.8 Grade point average.  

RONALD McKNIGHT .. 7 years of professional Basketball in Spain

WILLIAM TATUM , MVP Basketball All-Conference Mid-South. FSU Basketball star. 1995

6'11 Garvin Davis , Co-MVP ,EE. Smith Basketball . signed with San Jose State.

6"5 Kenny Haywood , All-CIAA ,the only player in FSU history to have his jersey retired. Mid-South Player of the year. EE. Smith MVP.

Jason Thompson , Captain of the football and basketball team . Quarterback , Hampton University Basketball Coach , Westover HS

JOHN FINCH , Hunt High School. All-Big East Conference. MVP , Average 28 pts per game . Best pure shooter I have ever coached

ROBBIE BULLARD , Littlefield high School. TEAM CAPTAIN ,LEADING Scorer and Team MVP . Great three point shooter.

WORDS FROM:

Tameka Tender , 1991-92 MVP Westover Girls Basketball Team. 

Dear Coach McNeill,

My favorite coach throughout my basketball career. Thanks for bringing our team to great success this season. To the man who's favorite saying is " My way or the Highway"

I have to give it to you , you can coach.

Love Tameka