After serving as an educator and administrator for almost four decades, Liberty County High School assistant principal and varsity boys’ basketball coach Willie Graham has decided to call it a day.Graham has tendered his resignation and will leave Liberty County High School at the end of the school year.Graham started his educational career teaching middle school in Statesboro in 1977. He moved to Hinesville in 1984 and taught health and physical education at Bradwell Institute and served as the boys’ basketball coach and assistant football coach under Clifford Johnson.“He came to work for me when I was coaching football at Bradwell, and I’ve known him ever since,” Johnson said. “He coached with me until I retired in 1987. … He is an outstanding man. … He has great moral character.”When the new Liberty County High School opened in the 1990-91 school year, Graham became and administrator and the school’s first principal.“And I have been in administration ever since,” he said.Graham said it took a lot of thought before he decided to tender his resignation.“I’ve done my time, and the county is restructuring its administrative staff. … That in itself lends to the fact that it is a good time for me to go ahead and retire,” he said.LCHS Principal Dr. Paula Scott said Graham is a true gentleman, looking out for the benefit of others.“It has been my pleasure and privilege to work with him for the past 22 years,” she said.
Willie Graham retiring from education
'A good time for me to go ahead and retire'
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