Legendary coach Jack Case of Lincoln County has been selected to be inducted into this year’s Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame.

“I am extremely proud and honored to be nominated for this special moment,” said Case.

Joining Case in the 2014 Hall of Fame are inductees Chuck Friend of Memphis, Tennessee; Donny Fuller of Vicksburg; Mickey Linder of Booneville; and John White of Neshoba County.

This year’s inductees will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet which be held at the Hilton Hotel in Jackson Friday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Case, a native of Lincoln County, is a graduate of Bogue Chitto High, Copiah-Lincoln Junior College and Delta State.

Case is a longtime basketball coach and athletic director at West Lincoln and helped guide the Bears to back-to-back state championship in boys’ basketball in 1981 and 1982.

During his tenure at West Lincoln, Case compiled nine all-county tournament titles, six district crowns and three south state championships in addition to the two gold balls.

Case also coached the Lady Bears’ girls’ squad to the 1999 South State title. During his career at West Lincoln, his boys and girls’ teams recorded 1,062 wins in 28 years.

In his 36-year coaching career, he only missed one day of school and coached every athletic team available at West Lincoln, including basketball, baseball and softball without the benefit of an assistant coach.

Coach Case helped create the football program at Loyd Star from 1965 to 1967 before he returned to West Lincoln.

Jack served as the All-Star coach for the South squad in the 1982 Mississippi High School All-Star basketball game.

Case was inducted into the Copiah-Lincoln Community Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. The gymnasium at West Lincoln High is named in Coach Case’s honor.

Any individual wishing to attend the awards banquet is welcome. Ticket prices are $30 per person in advance. The banquet ticket order form is available at the mscoaches.com website. Look for the Hall of Fame link on the left. On the Hall of Fame page look for the order tickets link. Print out the form, fill it out and mail it back. For further assistance, call the office at 601-924-3020.