Bob Weathers (1995) - Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame

Bob Weathers

Induction:
1995

Bob Weathers came to the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 1950 after a tremendous career at nearby Oak Grove High School, where he earned all-state honors and set a scoring record in the state finals with 35 points.
   As a freshman he saw limited action joining a team that already had Southern Miss Hall of Famers like Tom Bishop, Jack Gallagher, Nick Revon, Jeep Clark and Billy Allgood playing on it. But during that rookie season he showed signs of becoming the type of player that would put Southern Miss on the map.
   Weathers was hampered by injuries his sophomore year after getting off to a good start, but he still doubled his point production from the year before, leading the team to a 29-8 record, the regular season and tournament championship of the Gulf States Conference and a first ever trip to the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City.
   1952-53 would again see Weathers enjoy an outstanding year helping to lead the team to a 27-8 record and another berth in the NAIA tournament, where this time they advanced to the third round where they were eliminated by Hamline.
   Weathers had perhaps his greatest year at Southern Miss as a senior where he and Nick Revon teamed to give the team one of the best 1-2 punches in the country. Bob averaged 16.0 points per game and the team finished 23-8 and made a third straight trip to the NAIA national tournament.
   In his four years at Southern Miss the teams he played on won 100 games and lost just 38, playing against one of the toughest schedules in the country.
   And success just seems to be a part of Bob Weathers life. After finishing at Southern Miss he stayed and worked as an assistant coach and finally got his first head coaching job at Picayune High School for the 1959-60.
The very next year he got the job as head coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and he has been there ever since. And while there he has enjoyed as much success as anyone ever has in junior college coaching. He has won 13 South Division Championships in the Mississippi
JuCo Conference and nine state championships. Three times they have won the regionals and advanced to the national tournament and finished fourth in the nationals in 1990-91 and fifth in 1992-93. He was nominated for National Coach of the Year in 1991. Numerous times he has been Coach of the Year in the State of Mississippi. His record at Gulf Coast makes him the winningest active junior college coach in the nation and the second winningest coach all-time in junior college basketball.