Longtime high school coach and educator, Kenneth Hull, died on December 5, 2008, at the age of 87. He was born, November 13, 1921, at Indianola, Okla. to Charlie and Ella McNutt Hull.
Kenneth graduated from McAlester High School in 1940. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Afterwards, he graduated from East Central State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science & Masters Degree and received his Educational Administrative Certification from the University of Oklahoma.
He began his coaching career at Atwood Public Schools in 1949. He assumed coaching duties at Moss Public Schools in 1953, and then coached boys' baseball and girls' basketball at Holdenville Public Schools from 1963 until 1970.
Kenneth is one of the most recognized coaches in high school athletics in Oklahoma, and is a multi-time member of the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His first induction was for Oklahoma Girls' Basketball, followed by induction into the Oklahoma Boys' Baseball Hall, and eventually the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame.
Upon leaving the Wolverines, Hull made his way to Seminole Junior College, where he started the first ladies' basketball program in the history of the school. He later returned to Moss School where he served as Superintendent from 1971 until his retirement in 1981. He has also served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association and was the first president of the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association in 1965. He is a member of Banner Baptist Church, Horntown.
Mr. Hull was preceded in death by his parents; brothers; Carl, Harlan, Otis and a sister, Jewel Hickerson, three wives and two grandsons. He is survived by three daughters and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of former athletes, students, and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, Okla., at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, with Reverend Jimmy Anderson officiating and Reverend Jason Yarbrough assisting. Interment will follow at Bohannon Cemetery, south of Stuart, Okla.
Kenneth graduated from McAlester High School in 1940. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Afterwards, he graduated from East Central State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science & Masters Degree and received his Educational Administrative Certification from the University of Oklahoma.
He began his coaching career at Atwood Public Schools in 1949. He assumed coaching duties at Moss Public Schools in 1953, and then coached boys' baseball and girls' basketball at Holdenville Public Schools from 1963 until 1970.
Kenneth is one of the most recognized coaches in high school athletics in Oklahoma, and is a multi-time member of the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His first induction was for Oklahoma Girls' Basketball, followed by induction into the Oklahoma Boys' Baseball Hall, and eventually the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame.
Upon leaving the Wolverines, Hull made his way to Seminole Junior College, where he started the first ladies' basketball program in the history of the school. He later returned to Moss School where he served as Superintendent from 1971 until his retirement in 1981. He has also served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association and was the first president of the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association in 1965. He is a member of Banner Baptist Church, Horntown.
Mr. Hull was preceded in death by his parents; brothers; Carl, Harlan, Otis and a sister, Jewel Hickerson, three wives and two grandsons. He is survived by three daughters and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of former athletes, students, and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, Okla., at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, with Reverend Jimmy Anderson officiating and Reverend Jason Yarbrough assisting. Interment will follow at Bohannon Cemetery, south of Stuart, Okla.
Longtime high school coach and educator, Kenneth Hull, died on December 5, 2008, at the age of 87. He was born, November 13, 1921, at Indianola, Okla. to Charlie and Ella McNutt Hull.
Kenneth graduated from McAlester High School in 1940. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Afterwards, he graduated from East Central State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science & Masters Degree and received his Educational Administrative Certification from the University of Oklahoma.
He began his coaching career at Atwood Public Schools in 1949. He assumed coaching duties at Moss Public Schools in 1953, and then coached boys' baseball and girls' basketball at Holdenville Public Schools from 1963 until 1970.
Kenneth is one of the most recognized coaches in high school athletics in Oklahoma, and is a multi-time member of the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His first induction was for Oklahoma Girls' Basketball, followed by induction into the Oklahoma Boys' Baseball Hall, and eventually the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame.
Upon leaving the Wolverines, Hull made his way to Seminole Junior College, where he started the first ladies' basketball program in the history of the school. He later returned to Moss School where he served as Superintendent from 1971 until his retirement in 1981. He has also served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association and was the first president of the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association in 1965. He is a member of Banner Baptist Church, Horntown.
Mr. Hull was preceded in death by his parents; brothers; Carl, Harlan, Otis and a sister, Jewel Hickerson, three wives and two grandsons. He is survived by three daughters and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of former athletes, students, and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, Okla., at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, with Reverend Jimmy Anderson officiating and Reverend Jason Yarbrough assisting. Interment will follow at Bohannon Cemetery, south of Stuart, Okla.
Kenneth graduated from McAlester High School in 1940. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Afterwards, he graduated from East Central State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science & Masters Degree and received his Educational Administrative Certification from the University of Oklahoma.
He began his coaching career at Atwood Public Schools in 1949. He assumed coaching duties at Moss Public Schools in 1953, and then coached boys' baseball and girls' basketball at Holdenville Public Schools from 1963 until 1970.
Kenneth is one of the most recognized coaches in high school athletics in Oklahoma, and is a multi-time member of the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His first induction was for Oklahoma Girls' Basketball, followed by induction into the Oklahoma Boys' Baseball Hall, and eventually the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame.
Upon leaving the Wolverines, Hull made his way to Seminole Junior College, where he started the first ladies' basketball program in the history of the school. He later returned to Moss School where he served as Superintendent from 1971 until his retirement in 1981. He has also served as president of the Oklahoma Coaches Association and was the first president of the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association in 1965. He is a member of Banner Baptist Church, Horntown.
Mr. Hull was preceded in death by his parents; brothers; Carl, Harlan, Otis and a sister, Jewel Hickerson, three wives and two grandsons. He is survived by three daughters and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of former athletes, students, and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, Okla., at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, with Reverend Jimmy Anderson officiating and Reverend Jason Yarbrough assisting. Interment will follow at Bohannon Cemetery, south of Stuart, Okla.
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