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Sails'
first coaching position was at Melrose High School in Memphis.
While there, he compiled a record of 132-35 and led his Golden
Wildcats basketball team to the Tennessee State Championship
in 1974, the first for the City of Memphis. That championship
team had a perfect season (35-0) and still remains the only
undefeated state champion from Memphis. Sails was twice voted
high school Coach of the Year while at Melrose (1970 and 1974).
After
serving as an assistant coach at Memphis State University
for five years, Coach Sails was named Head Men's Basketball
Coach at Shelby State (now Southwest Tennessee Community College)
in 1979. Now in his 26th season as head coach, Sails has continued
his winning ways and owns a record of 539-219 for a percentage
of .711. He has guided his teams to eighteen West Division
titles, thirteen TJCCAA State Championships, and seven Region
VII Championships and National Tournament appearances.
Coach
Sails is a very active member of his community and has been
involved in many activities including Board of Directors for
Dixie Homes Boys Club, Special Olympics, Heart Fund, Leadership
Memphis, Memphis Park Board Member, and Memphis and Shelby
County Sports Authority.
He was
also honored as one of President George Bush's "Thousand
Points of Light." Coach Sails hosted a sports radio show
from 1976 until 1997.
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