Jeff Tally
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- Year:
- 2021
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- Sport:
- Men's Basketball, Baseball, Track
Jeff Tally, who attended ICC from 1976-78, participated in basketball, baseball and track. An All-State basketball player, he played in the Mississippi Junior College All-Star game, and in track, he won the Mississippi Junior College state championship in pole vault.
His IJC activities included guitarist for Kaleidoscope, sophomore favorite and Who's Who among American Junior Colleges. In addition to his degree from ICC, Tally earned the bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi.
He retired in 2018 after 29 years of service at Mooreville High School. He served as athletics director since 2010, and his additional roles have included coach for girls and boys basketball, football, baseball, softball, track, boys/girls cross country and golf.
During his high school days, the 1976 graduate won three state titles in pole vault and one in high jump, and he was a pitcher and shortstop on the Troopers first state championship team in 1976. His honors have included while at Mooreville High School, assistant coach for five state championship softball teams and two state championship baseball teams and head coach for the cross country division championship team and selection as the 2013 Northeast Mississippi Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year.
Tally is a member of Calvary Baptist Church where he serves as a deacon. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children, Russ, Lance, Jim and Rachel, as well as eight grandchildren.