Hall of Fame
Don McBrayer has been a key fixture in and around the UNA athletic department for more than three decades. He coached the UNA volleyball team to a 24-8 record and to an AIAW State Championship in 1975. That was the first championship won by any Lion squad in women’s athletics and was also the first title of any kind for the school in 12 years, dating back to a pair of Alabama Collegiate Conference titles in 1963. He also served as UNA men’s tennis coach in 1980.
McBrayer served as facility coordinator for Flowers Hall, UNA’s multi-purpose athletics building, for more than 20 years. An instructor in the Department of Physical Education, he assisted the athletic department in every way imaginable, including serving as interview room coordinator for the NCAA Division II Football Championship Game since 1986, and as banquet coordinator for the Harlon Hill Banquet. He also was selected to serve as Interview Room Coordinator at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. A Birmingham, Ala., native, he resides in Florence and still serves as an adjunct instructor at UNA.
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