Tom Butters -
(2008) - Administration
Tom Butters enjoyed a prominent career in intercollegiate athletics while serving as the director of athletics at Duke University for two decades. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan and a former professional baseball pitcher, Butters came to Duke in 1967 as director of special events. He coached the Blue Devils’ baseball team from 1968-70 and worked in several other administrative capacities before his appointment as director of athletics in 1977. By the team he retired in 1998, he had left a firm imprint on the university by raising millions of dollars to improve facilities, by instituting a scholarship endowment program that has been emulated elsewhere and by directing his department to a high level of national distinction based upon a philosophy of excellence with integrity.
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Leo Hart -
(2008) - Football
Leo Hart was a standout quarterback for Duke University, 1968-70. The Kinston native passed for 6,116 yards in his Duke career. In 1968 Hart became the first player in ACC history to pass for 2,000 yards in a season.
Hart is the only quarterback to be voted first-team All-ACC three times, the only player to lead the ACC in passing yardage three seasons, and the only player to lead the ACC in total offense three seasons.
Following a brief career in the NFL, Hart settled in Atlanta, where he became a successful businessman.
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Bill Hensley -
(2008) - Administration
Co-founder of NC Sports Hall of Fame who served as sports information director at Wake Forest University and NC State University, where 12 players earned All-America honors. Hensley established his own public relations firm 30 years ago and has coordinated media and promotions for 20 major golf tournaments, including five US Opens. He founded the North Carolina Golf Panel that rates golf courses throughout the state.
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Ken Huff -
(2008) - Football
In 1974 Huff was a 1st Team All-ACC and Consensus All-American Offensive Lineman at UNC. He won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, Jim Tatum Medal, two time recipient of the Bill Arnold Award, Captain of the College All-Stars and came in 2nd for the Outland Trophy Award. Huff lead UNC to an 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference championship and set school total offense records. In 1975 he earned a degree in Psychology and was the 3rd pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Huff played 11 years in the NFL and was one of the “Hogs” with the Redskins in the 1983 Super Bowl.
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Jack Jensen -
(2008) - Coaching
Guilford College’s most decorated coach, Jack Jensen has directed four of the Quakers’ five national championship teams. His 2005 and 2002 golf teams won the NCAA Division III title and the 1989 team won the NAIA crown. The 1989 team included Lee Porter, who played six years on the PGA Tour. Jensen also won 386 games in 29 seasons as the Quakers’ head men’s basketball coach and took the 1972-73 squad to the NAIA national championship, Guilford’s first in any sport. The team featured future NBA players M.L. Carr, World B. Free and Greg Jackson. Jensen was the second person to coach two different sports to NAIA national titles.
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Fred "Curly" Neal -
(2008) - Basketball
One of the truly magical dribblers and shooters in basketball history, Fred "Curly" Neal embraced the imagination of fans all over the world, playing in more than 6,000 games in 97 countries as a key member of the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters. Number 22 played for 22 seasons in the red, white and blue, from 1963 to 1985.“Curly’s” became just the fifth Globetrotter to have his jersey number retired by the team on Feb. 15, 2008. “Curly” is also one of only 27 people honored in the Harlem Globetrotters’ prestigious "Legends" ring, presented to those who have made a major contribution to the success and the development of the Globetrotters organization. After an outstanding career at James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, N.C., “Curly” moved on to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., where he averaged over 23 points per game and led his team to the CIAA title his senior year.
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Richard Childress -
(2008) - Motorsports
NASCAR team owner won 6 Winston Cup championships with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel, 11 total championships, the Busch Grand National championship in 2001 and the Truck Series title in 1995. Childress drove his own car from 1969 – 1981 and had six top-five and 76 top-10 finishes.
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Roy Williams -
(2008) - Coaching
A Buncombe County native, he is currently Head Basketball Coach at the University of North Carolina. He coached the 2005 Tar Heels basketball team to the NCAA National Championship. Williams ranks number one among active coaches with a .801 winning percentage. He is the only coach in the nation to win at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of the last 18 seasons. Coach Williams was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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