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East Tennessee State University

Hall of Fame

Walter “Buck” Van Huss

  • Class
    1952
  • Induction
    1979
  • Sport(s)
    High School Coach
Walter “Buck” Van Huss, at ETSU from 1948 to 1952, retired from Kingsport’s Dobyns-Bennett High School as the winningest basketball coach in Tennessee high school history with over 1,000 wins. Van Huss spent 14 years at Hampton where his teams compiled a 402-133 mark, including a postseason record of 47-19. He won the 1960 state basketball tournament and was inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.
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