Coach Allen Lunceford is a 35-year veteran championship softball coach who has coached several sports at Clinton High.   Born in Sardis, Allen graduated from North Delta High in Como before achieving his college degrees at Mississippi College.  Coach Lunceford arrived at Clinton in 1984 to begin his 35-year career as head coach for the slow pitch softball program.  In addition to softball, Allen served as an assistant girls’ and boys’ basketball coach in the early 80’s and 90’s.  Coach Lunceford has also coached golf, fast pitch softball, and baseball at the high school and junior high.  Allen’s Arrow slow pitch teams claimed state 13 division titles and two state championships in 1997 and 2007.  He coached in 940 slow pitch games winning 516 and losing 424.  Allen also led the Arrows golf program to 13 division titles and the 1988 state championship.  He guided the junior high girls’ basketball program to 3 Little 6 Conference Tournament Championships.  Coach Lunceford is a three-time softball all-star coach.  He was selected as MAC Softball Coach of the Year in 2007 and was named MAC Golf Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1996.  In 1993, Allen was chosen as the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Region 7 Golf Coach of the Year.  In addition to his coaching the sport, Allen works as a collegiate softball umpire.  He has umpired the NJCAA National Softball Tournament 7 times, the SWAC Conference Tournament 3 times, and the Gulf South Conference Softball Tournament 4 times.  He currently works umpiring games in the Sunbelt, Conference USA, Southland, ASUN, SWAC, Gulf South, and non-conference SEC.  In 2010, Coach Lunceford was named Umpire of the Year by the Middle Mississippi Umpires Association.  Allen has always given back to his profession as he has served as an MAC softball clinic speaker.  He has been a longtime member of the MAC Golf Committee and is well known for serving as director of the annual MAC coaches’ golf tournament.