A.L. (Kayo) Willis

A.L. (Kayo) Willis

  • Year Inducted : 1996
  • Sport : Basketball

About Inductee

Biography

A.L. Kayo Willis was an accomplished basketball coach at both the high school and college levels. During his high school coaching career in Illinois, Kayos teams compiled a record of 268-80 and were consistently ranked in the top eight in the state. Kayo was the freshman basketball coach at Murray State where his record was 82-21. During the 1970-71 season at Murray State, Coach Willis team compiled a record of 21-0 and garnered a 6th place national ranking among freshman teams. Coach Willis became the head basketball coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1972. During his eleven year tenure, U.A.H. compiled a record of 205-136. Kayos Chargers won five regular season Southern States Conference titles and five S.S. C. tournament titles during that time. His 1980-81 U.A.H. team won a school record thirty games and finished second in the N.A.I.A. National Tournament.

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