Billy Joe Murray at a glance

AGE 66 (born Nov. 12, 1954)

HOMETOWN Morrilton

HIGH SCHOOL Morrilton

COLLEGE Arkansas Tech

POSITION Forward

FAMILY Mother: Roxie; Children: Tracy (41), Billy Sheree (37), Davonte (27) and Billy Jr. (21)

NOTEWORTHY Was a three-time allstate player at Morrilton. … Selected to the Arkansas Gazette’s High School Super Team as a senior in 1973. … Named All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference twice (1974-75). … Served as an assistant coach at Morrilton (1978-1981). … Began his head coaching career at Plumerville (1981-82). … Spent seven years as coach and athletic director at Altheimer (1982-1989). … Was the girls coach at Earle (1989-1992) before embarking on an 11-year tenure as coach at Crawfordsville (1993-2004) where he won a state title in 1995. … Returned to Earle from 2004-18 and led the Bulldogs to six state championships (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018).