1950 & 1951 Alabama State Captain of the football team
Alabama State Four year letterman in football & three year letterman in baseball
1953 through 1968 The one and only Coach at Hatcher High School in Centre
1961 & 1968 Northeastern Interscholastic Athletic Association – Coach of the Year
1959 N.E.I.A.A. Basketball Hatcher High School Class AA Final Four
1961 N.E.I.A.A. Basketball – Hatcher High School Class AA Runner-up
1973 AHSAA Basketball – Cobb Avenue HS (Anniston) Class 4A State Runner-up
1973 Calhoun County “Big Six” Basketball – Coach of the Year
1974 through 1995 Georgia School for the Deaf – Basketball and track coach

The one and only coach Hatcher High School would ever know. Eugene Weatherly dropped out of high school after his 10th grade year to serve two years in the U.S. Army during World War II. He would advance to Technician 4th grade in the 1947th Engineer Utilities Company. Upon his return, he graduated from Carver High School in Gadsden. From there, it was on to Alabama State University where he excelled in football and baseball. Weatherly would receive his Master’s degree from Georgia State University. Employed by the Cherokee County Board of Education, Weatherly taught mathematics and physical education at Hatcher High School as well as serving as assistant principal. He organized all of the sports programs for boys and girls, and led the fundraising to build, improve and maintain facilities. In 1959, Weatherly coached Hatcher to a berth in the N.E.I.A.A. Final Four. The, in 1961, the Bulldogs finished as state runner-up. Most importantly, Weatherly provided inspiration for young men and women to reach their dreams. In 1969, Hatcher High school was closed and Weatherly was moved to Spring Garden High School. After a short period there, he became the head coach at Cobb Avenue High School in Anniston. Weatherly’s 1973 team won the regional championship and finished as the AHSAA Class 4A runner-up in the state tournament. In 1974, Weatherly accepted a coaching position at Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Springs, Ga. where he would remain until his retirement twenty-one years later. Eugene F. “Coach” Weatherly passed away on May 22, 2001. The lives of his players, family and friends provide an enduring legacy fitting for a man whose gift of unselfish service opened windows of opportunity for generations to come.