Mrs. 700! Myers Park coach Barbara Nelson gets historic win Tuesday
Myers Park High girls basketball coach Barbara Nelson won her 700th game Tuesday. Myers Park beat Butler 68-56 at home.
Myers Park improved to 4-3 this season.
Nelson has won nine state championships, including winning back-to-back N.C. 4A championships at Myers Park in 2014 and 2015.
Nelson came to Myers Park in 2012 after five years as head coach at NCAA Division II Wingate. Overall, Nelson is 162-47 at Myers Park.
Nelson was 101-51 at Wingate with three NCAA tournament appearances. Her teams won one regular-season South Atlantic conference championship and two tournament titles. Wingate also made one NCAA Elite Eight appearance under Nelson, who was the 2008 South Atlantic conference coach of the year.
Nelson has coached two USA Basketball junior teams to gold medals and was named USA Basketball Developmental coach of the year in 2010.
Before Wingate, Nelson was head girls coach at Providence Day for 21 years. Her teams were 437-176 with seven state championships and nine conference championships. Nelson’s teams won a record five Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 championships and she was named Observer girls coach of the year a record five times.
Butler HS - 09 06 15 24 -- 56
Myers Park - 14 17 21 16 -- 68
Butler - Payton Sutton 15, Dotson 9, Tate 6, Lane 7, Scott 7, Aboutaleb 6, Williams 6
Myers Park - Taylor Henderson 25, Nia Nelson 17, Mia Xerras 11, Stehmeier 4, Woollen 2, Sule 2, Clamp 7
Records: Butler 2-4 (0-1); MP - 4-3 (2-0)
This story was originally published December 10, 2019 at 7:39 PM.
