Chapin High School former athletic director, coach to be inducted into SCAAA Hall of Fame
February 19, 2015
CHAPIN, SC – A former Chapin High School athletic director and coach will soon be inducted into a hall of fame, recognizing the state’s top athletic administrators.
Eddie Muldrow will officially join other great coaches and athletic directors on the prestigious list during the South Carolina Association of Athletic Administrators Hall of Fame banquet on March 15. Retired since 2006, Muldrow led the Eagles to five region titles in football and a 169-119 record during his tenure. He also served as a coach for the 2001 North-South All-Star Game, and received the Columbia Touchdown Club Coach of the Year award twice during his 25 years as Chapin High’s football coach.
“I attribute my success to the fact that I was fortunate enough to serve at such a fine school as Chapin High School for 25 years,” Muldrow said. “We were very fortunate to have people who supported our total program and people who came to work each day, didn’t complain and worked hard because they believed in what we were trying to do.”
In addition to the new hall of fame induction, Muldrow says he previously has been named to the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Town of Chapin Hall of Fame and the Chapin High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Current Chapin High Athletic Director Ronnie Wessinger said Muldrow set a high standard for athletics at the school. “What an honor it is for Chapin High School, Chapin High School Athletics and the Chapin community to have Eddie Muldrow inducted into the SCAAA Hall of Fame,” Wessinger said. “Coach Muldrow set a standard of excellence in his 25 year tenure as head coach and athletic director that is reflected in the coaching staff and our student-athletes. Even almost a decade after his retirement, his name is synonymous with Chapin Athletics. His legacy is best summed up in the following phrase: ‘Do what is right, not what is easy.’”
Looking back on his career at Chapin High, Muldrow says he’s proud of many things.
“…And I’m most proud of not getting fired,” Muldrow joked, adding that as a retiree he follows a “flexible” schedule that includes mostly running and playing golf three times a week. “I use to say there’s two types of coaches – coaches who are fired and coaches who are going to get fired. I probably came close a couple times, but I was lucky enough to work in a fine school like Chapin. The community, the staff and the students were great; so I was fortunate to serve so many years.”
