COACH ANGIE HEMBREE
Hall of Fame Class 2019Collins Hill High School/Norcross High SchoolBasketball
- Six Georgia State High School Championships 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013
- 2015 USA Basketball Court Coach U16 Team Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs
- 2014 McDonalds All American Game Head Coach East Team Chicago
- 2011 Atlanta Dream Suntrust Bank Inspiring Women Award
- 2010 Women’s Basketball Coaching Association District 9 Coach of the Year
- 2010 Women’s Basketball Coaching Association All American Game Assistant Coach
- 2005-2007 University of Miami Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
- 2003, 2015 GACA All Star Game North Head Coach
- 2002 Atlanta Tip-Off Club Metro Atlanta Coach of the Year
- 2001 Atlanta Tip-Off Club North Georgia Coach of the Year
- 2003, 2015 GACA All Star Game North Head Coach
- Coached many college and pro players including:
- Maya Moore (UConn, Minnesota Lynx)
- Diamond DeShields (Tennessee Chicago Sky)
- DeErica Hamby (Wake Forest, Las Vegas)
- Tiffany Clarke (Vanderbilt, France)
Angie Hembree Named to Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
COACH CECIL FLOWE
Hall of Fame Class 2023Parkview High SchoolFootball
- Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame 2021 inductee
- Parkview High School Head Football Coach for 21 years
- 197-67 record as Head Coach while at Parkview, 4 State Championships, 2
- State Runner-Up Titles, 6 region championships During 2000-2002, led Parkview to a 47 game winning streak in Class AAAAA
- GACA Coach of the Year nine times
- Atlanta Coach of the Year 4 times
- 2001 Wright Bazemore Coach of the Year
- 2002 Atlanta Falcons Coach of the Year
Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame honors Cecil Flowe's special run at Parkview
Parkview coaching legends kick off 2023-24 school year
COACH CLIFF RAMOS
Hall of Fame Class 2016Meadowcreek High SchoolWrestling
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- Considered Gwinnett’s most successful wrestling coach
- Started programs at Meadowcreek HS and Collins Hill HS
- Gwinnett County Championship, Meadowcreek HS (1993)
- Meadowcreek Mustangs had 14 state placers and two state champions
- Guided Collins Hill HS to 9 state championships: 5 traditional state championships and 4 team dual state championships
- Coached 35 individual state champions
- Named 22-time Region Coach of the Year
- Named Georgia Coach of the Year five times (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010)
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- Career 730-93 record
- Georgia Coach of the Year, National Wrestling Coaches Association (2002)
- Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award – National Wrestling Hall of Fame (2008)
- National Wrestling Coach of the Year - National High School Coaches Association (2010)
- Retired from GCPS after 34-year coaching career, 29 in Georgia (2010)
- Post retirement, head wrestling coach, Greater Atlanta Christian (2010-2015)
- While at GAC, one Region Championship and top 4 in State Class AA three times
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- Cliff Ramos releases second book
- Collins Hill High School names field house in honor or Coach Ramos. “Cliff Ramos Wrestling Facility — A Tradition of Excellence.”
- One year after cancer diagnosis, former Collins Hill coach will hold 'one more practice' after beating the odds
- Ramos' legacy well reflected in packed Collins Hill wrestling room
- Legendary, beloved Gwinnett wrestling coach Cliff Ramos dies after long cancer battle
- Collins Hill High School remembers legendary wrestling coach Cliff Ramos at memorial service
- The Coach Cliff Ramos Legacy 5K to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Network
- Cliff Ramos Legacy 5K to honor memory of Hall of Fame wrestling coach, raise money to fight pancreatic cancer
- 'A great man' — Cliff Ramos Legacy 5K honors the memory of Hall Fame wrestling coach
COACH DAVE HUNTER
Hall of Fame Class 2013Brookwood High SchoolFootball
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- Credited with bringing successful football model to Gwinnett
- Accomplished a number of firsts, including GCPS' first state title in football in 1996
- Longtime representative on the Georgia High School Assoc. Exec. Committee
- Coach 1996 Brookwood HS football state champions
- 149-35 in 15 years in Gwinnett County
- Region Coach-of-the-Year, 6 times
- State of Georgia Coach-of-the-Year, 2 times
- NFL National Coach-of-the-Year, 1 time- 1996
- Region Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 3 times
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- AAAA/AAAAA Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 2 times
- Statewide Athletic Director-of-the-Year, 2 times
- Nicknamed“ the Godfather” of Gwinnett football by Gwinnett coaches
- Widely acknowledged as responsible for starting the tremendous athletic facility development in Gwinnet County
- Member Georgia HS Association’s Executive Committee, GHSA
- Longtime executive director of the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett until retirement
- Executive director of the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic
- Master of Science degree
- Inducted into the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Brookwood, Gwinnett icon Dave Hunter added as namesake of Corky Kell Classic
COACH EDDIE MARTIN
Hall of Fame Class 2011Norcross High SchoolBasketball
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- Outstanding basketball player at Central Gwinnett HS
- Holds single game total of 48 points at Central Gwinnett HS
- Averaged 27.0 points at Central during the 1973-74 season
- Gwinnett County Player of the Year 1974
- Head coach of five Georgia state championship teams in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011, finished as state runner-up in 2005
- USA Today, ranked a Martin team as the #2 high school basketball program in the nation
- Team featured in ESPN national broadcast 2006, 2007, 2008
- March 2008, Norcross team won a third consecutive state title, a milestone no team has met since 1938-1940
- Has coached 40+ players that have gone on to play college ball
- Has coached 3 players who are currently playing in the NBA
- Recorded 600th career win, Feb. 2011
- Longtime Gwinnett basketball coach, current Buford coach Eddie Martin announces retirement
- Longtime Gwinnett coach Eddie Martin joins Mill Creek boys basketball coaching staff
- Eddie Martin Named to Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- Hall of Famers: Eddie Martin, Tony Wolfe honored by GACA