PREP BASEBALL COACH HALL OF FAME
Chuck Box, Jackson Preparatory School’s head baseball coach, was inducted into the Freed-Hardemen University Hall of Fame on September 10. Box joined 65 others in the FHU Hall of Fame and was the only coach from the baseball program to be inducted since 2002.
Box worked as an assistant baseball coach under Roy Sharp from 1989-1990 and again from 1992-1993 before succeeding Sharp as the head coach for the 1994 season. By his third year at the helm, the Lions had become a contender in the TranSouth Conference. In 1996, FHU won a school-record 36 games and qualified for the conference tournament for the first time in school history. The following season would prove to be even more successful as the Lions went 44-10, winning the TranSouth Conference regular season championship and reaching as high as No. 7 in the NAIA national coaches’ poll. Box followed with a 37-win season in 1998, finishing off a three-year combined record of 117-48.
Following the 1998 season, Box left Freed-Hardeman to take the head coaching job at Itawamba Community College. In his four seasons there, he compiled a record of 148-57 and was ranked No. 1 nationally in 2000. Box returned to Freed-Hardeman in 2003 and led the Lions for two more seasons, winning 29 games both years. He took a brief spell from the coaching ranks when he became the department's Director of Athletic Advancement in 2005 and remained in that role until returning to coaching in 2007 at Jackson Prep, where he led the Patriots to three consecutive state championships from 2007-2009.
In his 15 years of coaching, Box has accumulated an overall record of 473-244 and has garnered nine Coach of the Year awards. He has coached 67 all-conference selections, nine All-Americans and has had 11 players who went on to play professional baseball.
2009-2010 Season
AAA State Championships:
Fast Pitch Softball
Boys Cross Country
Boys Golf
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Varsity Boys Track
Varsity Girls Track
South State:
Fast Pitch Softball
Girls Soccer
JH Football
Varsity Football
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
JH Girls Track
Varsity Boys Track
Varsity Girls Track
2008-2009 Season
AAA State Championships
Girls Soccer
Swimming
Varsity Football
Varsity Boys Track
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
South State
Fast Pitch Softball
Girls Soccer
Jr. High Football
Varsity Football
Varsity Girls Track
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
2007-08
AAA State Championships
Fast Pitch Softball-AAA & Overall Champs
Girls Soccer
Swimming
Varsity Football
Golf
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Baseball
South State
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Fast Pitch Softball
Jr. High Football
Varsity Football
Jr. High Boys Basketball
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Varsity Boys Track
Varsity Girls Track
2006-07
AAA State Championships
Fast Pitch Softball & Overall Champions
Football
Girls Soccer
Swimming
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Baseball
South State
Fast Pitch Softball
JV Football
JV Boys Track
JV Girls Track
2005-06
AAA State Championships
Fast Pitch Softball
Girls Basketball-Overall Champs
Girls Soccer
Swimming
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Girls Track
South State
Football
Boys Soccer
Golf
Boys Track
2004-05 Season
AAA State Championships
Boys Soccer
Varsity Girls Basketball
Swimming
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
Baseball
South State
Varsity Football
JV Football
JV Boys and Girls Basketball
JV Boys Track
JV Girls Track
