Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1985
The name of Dave Harris is best-known throughout North Carolina, however, regarding his brilliant career as a high school coach and athletic administrator in the Charlotte area. He taught, coached and served as athletic director at Harding High School for 21 years (1947-67), and led his teams to a pair of state titles.
Harris coached eight high school All-Americans and saw 73 of his young men receive college scholarships. In 1956, he was a head coach of the North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.
In 1967, Harris gave up his active coaching duties to become director of athletics for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County school system, a position he held at the time of his induction in 1985.
Harris is a past president of the N.C. Coaches Association, and has headed up numerous professional and civic groups around the state and in the Charlotte area. He has been named the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Sportsman of the Year, and in 1977 was recognized by the National High School Coaches Association as its Athletic Director of the Year.
Harris was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 2, 1985.
He died on July 13, 2010 at age 85.
