WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Player Years Currently Rick Alander.....................................................1965-67.....................Courier at Pinnacle Health, Dillsburg, Pa. Jim Ashburner.................................................1946-49.....................Retired, Division Manager, Blue Bell, Inc., Russellville, Ala. Marshall Ashford.............................................1975-80.....................Assistant Coach, William Fleming H.S., Roanoke, Va. Bobby Beecher................................................1982-86.....................General Contractor, Roanoke, Va. Barry Benfield..................................................1960-64.....................Technical Sales Representative, Hickory, N.C. David Bennett..................................................1977-81.....................Fisher Scientific, Granger, Ind. Dean Blake........................................................1958-61.....................Executive Director, Asphalt Industries of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. Greg Brink.........................................................1985-89.....................Financial Analyst, Nike, Beaverton, Ore. Allan Bristow....................................................1970-73.....................Retired, former General Manager, New Orleans Hornets Fletcher Bryant, Jr. (mgr.)...................................1954.....................Owner, Bryant Insurance Group, Virginia Beach, Va. Don Brown........................................................1964-67.....................Athletic Director, Forest Park H.S., Woodbridge, Va. Leo Burke...........................................................1952-53.....................Retired, major league baseball, Leo Burke Contractor, Hagerstown, Md. Brian Chase.......................................................1999-03.....................Professional basketball player, France Bill Christman.........................................................1960.....................Artist, Sculptor, Rocky Mount, Va. William Claypool...................................................1942.....................Retired, Fort Worth, Texas Ivan Cole............................................................1948-50.....................Retired, Richmond, Va. Bimbo Coles.....................................................1986-90.....................Retired player and coach, Miami Heat, Miami, Fla., Radio Commentator, Miami, Fla. Coleman Collins..............................................2003-07.....................Professional Basketball Player, Phoenix Suns Mike Collins......................................................1972-76.....................Program Manager, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. Glen Combs......................................................1965-68.....................Retired, Acosta Sales, Former ABA player, Roanoke, Va. Dell Curry..........................................................1982-86.....................Founder, Dell Curry Foundation; Dir. of Player Development, Charlotte Bobcats Ace Custis..........................................................1993-97.....................Professional Basketball Player, Japan Russell Davis.....................................................1971-75.....................Court Counselor, N.C. Dept. of Juvenile Justice, McLeansville, N.C. Scott Davis........................................................1987-90.....................Assistant Director of Development, Virginia Tech Athletic Fund W.R. Deskins Jr.................................................1965-70.....................Certified Public Accountant, Yorktown, Va. Carlos Dixon.....................................................2000-05.....................Professional basketball player, China John Dixon........................................................1980-85.....................President, US Industrial Piping, Kernersville, N.C. Zabian Dowdell...............................................2003-07.....................Professional Basketball Player, Italy Ron Everhart....................................................1980-85.....................Head Coach, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sam Foggin.......................................................1974-78.....................International Scouting Coordinator, Orlando Magic, Orlando, Fla. Ed Frazier...........................................................1970-74.....................Vice President, Frazier Lumber Co., Altavista, Va. Shawn Good.....................................................1992-96.....................Basketball Coach, Auburn High School, Auburn, Va. Jamon Gordon.................................................2003-07.....................Professional Basketball Player Myron Guillory................................................1994-98.....................Assistant Coach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. Steve Hall...........................................................1990-93.....................Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, Dusquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Tom Hanley.......................................................1963-66.....................Dean of Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. Mickey Hardy...................................................1980-82.....................Head Coach, William Fleming H.S., Roanoke, Va. Linwood Henson............................................1978-82.....................Computer Cert. Instruct., Va. Dept. of Correctional Services, Richmond, Va. Les Henson.......................................................1976-80.....................Milestone Development Co., Raleigh, N.C. John Hillenbrand............................................1977-80.....................Chemical Engineer, Berwyn, Pa. Ron Hilton.........................................................1958-59.....................Retired US Army Corp of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla. David Jackson..................................................1994-97.....................Strength and Conditioning Coach for Men’s Basketball, Virginia Tech Jim Jackson.......................................................1992-97.....................Land Development, Peterstown, W.Va.
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Bobby Beecher and Coleman Collins made some terrific plays during their respective eras.
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