Coach Harry Adair was a championship basketball coach at Hurricane, Algoma, Hatley, Calhoun Academy, and Northwest Mississippi Community College. A native of Ingomar, Harry played basketball at Ingomar and graduated in 1951. He achieved his college degree at Mississippi State. He began an amazing 25-year coaching career in 1955 at Hurricane in Pontotoc County. After one season as head boys’ and girls’ basketball coach he arrived at Algoma in Pontotoc County where his girls’ teams reached the state tournament in his second season. Coach Adair then arrived at Hatley where he was principal and head coach of the boys and girls’ basketball squads. Harry guided the Hatley girls’ hoops teams to five Class BB State Championships including four consecutive crowns in 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, & 1974. His teams also claimed three Grand Slam championships in 1972, 1973, and 1974. He led his Hatley girls’ teams to the state tournament 11 of the 12 years he coached at the school. He guided his boys’ teams to the state tournament in 1969. Coach Adair’s Hatley girls’ squads compiled a record of 397 wins and 68 losses while his boys’ teams had a record of 266 wins and 131 losses. Harry then arrived at Northwest Community College where he would lead the Lady Rangers basketball team for 9 seasons. At Northwest, he paced the Lady Rangers to five North Division titles, four state and Region 23 championships, and the National NJCAA Championship in 1983. His teams finished second, third, fifth, and first in the NJCAA national tournament. During his tenure, nine Lady Ranger hoopsters were named All-American. Overall, his Lady Ranger basketball teams compiled a record of 236 wins and only 28 losses which increased his career total to 1,106 wins and only 301 losses. Harry completed his coaching career at Calhoun Academy where his teams rolled up a mark of 101 wins and only 31 losses in two seasons. He was then elected Union County Superintendent of Education in 1991 and served until 1996. During Coach Adair’s career, he was named MAC high school Coach of the Year four times. He was named Mississippi Community College Coach of the Year and Region 23 Coach of the Year four times and was selected Outstanding Coach of the Year by the NJCAA at the national tournament. Coach Adair gave back to his profession as he was an active member of the MAC and served a term as president in 1974-75. Besides membership in the MAC Hall of Fame, Harry was inducted into the Northwest Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and the MACJC Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Coach Adair passed away on August 14, 2013.