Stackhouse, Barnes, Strange highlight 2023 NC Sports HOF class

Jerry Stackhouse, a Kinston native and an All-America player for North Carolina in 1995, headlines the class. He has been the head coach at Vanderbilt since 2019 following an 18-year NBA career where he made two all-star games.

Posted 9:52 p.m. Jan 24, 2023 — Updated 9:54 p.m. Jan 24, 2023

A pair of current SEC basketball coaches highlight the 2023 class of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

Jerry Stackhouse, a Kinston native and an All-America player for North Carolina in 1995, headlines the class. He has been the head coach at Vanderbilt since 2019 following an 18-year NBA career where he made two all-star games.

The class also includes Rick Barnes, a Hickory native who currently coaches for Tennessee. Barnes has been the head coach for six different schools and amassed more than 750 wins. He coached Texas to a Final Four in 2003.

They are joined by golf legend Curtis Strange, a two-time US Open winner who won an individual NCAA championship for Wake Forest in 1974.

The 15-member class will be honored at a ceremony in Raleigh on April 21.

Other inductees include:

Jason Brown: Henderson native, played football for UNC and was named All-ACC as a center in 2004.

Jeff Davis: Greensboro native, starred at linebacker for Clemson's 1981 national championship team and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Donald Evans: Raleigh native who played for Athens Drive High School, played tailback and linebacker for Winston-Salem State from 1983-1986 followed by a nine-year NFL career.

Tom Fazio: one of America's top golf course architects who currently lives in Hendersonville.

Ellen Griffin*: former golf coach and instructor, helped found the Women’s Professional Golf Association, the forerunner of the LPGA.

Tom Higgins*: former NASCAR beat writer for the Charlotte Observer.

Clarkston Hines: three-time All-ACC wide receiver for Duke from 1987-1989.

Bob “Stonewall” Jackson*: decorated World War II veteran, four-time All-CIAA linebacker for the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (now North Carolina A&T).

Trudi Lacey: decorated four-year basketball career at NC State, coached in college and the WNBA.

Ronald Rogers*: Western Carolina’s first three-time NAIA All-American in basketball (1951, 1952, 1953).

John Sadri: All-America tennis player for NC State, two-time ACC singles champ, made the 1978 NCAA singles final and lost to John McEnroe.

Rosie Thompson: East Carolina women's basketball's career leader in scoring (2,352 points), points per game (20.8), rebounds (1,183) and rebound average (10.8).

*will be inducted posthumously

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