Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 21, 1994 TAG: 9405210074
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Officials in Roanoke County made the decision Friday and informed Carr he would be named coach. Carr was out of town and unavailable for comment.
However, Cave Spring's principal, Martha Cobble, confirmed Carr will be the choice if approved by the school board.
Carr beat out a talented field that included two other coaches in the Roanoke County system and a Knights alumnus sources said were among the finalists.
Longtime Northside assistant Ed Culicerto and Hidden Valley Junior High School coach Billy Hicks received consideration, along with Rick Hall, who was an assistant coached at Roanoke College and Coastal Carolina.
"I think Chris has had a goal of being a head basketball coach [in this system] for a long time," Cobble said. "He comes from a basketball family, and when he was hired as a teacher, he wanted to coach."
Cobble said Carr put aside plans to enter administration so he could coach.
"He was considering getting a master's degree in administration, but chose not to do that. He wanted to coach while he was young and he always felt that as an older person, he could get into administration," Cobble said.
"There's a window in [each] life span to get certain things accomplished. If you're going to coach, you need to do that while you're a young man."
Carr coached at Cave Spring Junior High School for two years and was junior varsity coach for three years at the high school. He comes from a basketball background as his grandfather was involved in coaching in Kentucky.
Carr played for Morehead State (Ky.) in the Ohio Valley Conference. He also spent one year as a head coach at a small school in New York and was a varsity assistant in Boulder, Colo., for two years.
Crotts resigned after guiding Cave Spring to a 10-10 record. The Knights came within a last-second shot in regulation of upsetting William Fleming in a Roanoke Valley District tournament semifinal.
Had Cave Spring hit the shot, the Knights would have gone to the Northwest Region tournament and Fleming, which was the Group AAA runner-up, would have stayed home.
by CNB