Edwin W. (Goat) Hale—1922-24, 1936-37 Wildcat Baseball, Basketball, and Football Coach

   "Goat" Hale began his illustrious 28-year coaching career at Pearl River College in 1922.  He coached everything in th book at PRC for three years before moving on to Mississippi College as an assistant. 
His coaching Career also includes tours with Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi and Milsaps and a second stint at Pearl River in 1936. 

   During his first three years at PRC, he lost only one game.  Hale's 1922 team was 7-1, his '23 unit was 8-0 and the '24 PRC team was 7-0. 

   The 1936 Wildcat team put together a 2-1-3 record and is the only year that the Wildcats have tied three games in one season. 

   Hale, who reportedly earned his nickname "Goat" after running through an end zone fence after scoring a touchdown while playing high school ball for Jackson Central, is already in four Halls of Fame. 

   Hale, considered by many as the greatest running back in the history of Mississippi football, was tagged "Red Grange of the South" in an article reporting his death at the age of 87. 

   Hale left coaching in 1946 and began a new career as a sporting goods salesman, first with Jackson Sports Store, and then in Louisiana.  In 1962 he joined Jerrel Jones in organizing the Hale and Jones Goods Co.  That shoestring operation at the outset has since grown into a major corporation with five stores in the Jackson area.