High School & Grassroots

Coach of the Year

Tony Tadlock – Raymond

Despite having won four state titles in seven years and finishing with the number one ranked team in the state last season, Coach Tadlock had never been named Mississippi Hoop Report coach of the year. And to be frank it was because all those teams were very talented and were expected to be playing for the state championship. And while anyone who has coached will tell you meeting expectations is one of the hardest tasks any coach can face, there always seemed to be someone who got more out of their team than expected and/or overcame a bumpier road lifting them to coach of the year. Well, this year the coach who got more out of his team than anyone expected is Tony Tadlock. Having lost everything, and I mean everything, off last year’s state championship and number one ranked team, the Rangers came into this season unranked and with very low expectations, from everyone but Coach Tadlock and his players. Coach Tadlock likes to say that at Raymond they have a culture that breeds success and that they play for the name on the front of the jersey not the individuals, and this year he really stated his case as the Rangers kept playing better and better as the season rolled on and finished up winning 14 of their last 15 games as Coach Tadlock and the Rangers took home a sixth state title in the last nine years, and state championship number five for your Mississippi Hoop Report 2024-2025 Coach of the Year, Tony Tadlock, HE’S GRREEEAAATTT!!!

All-State Team

First Team

Player of the Year

Phil Nelson  6’0  Senior  Guard  Ridgeland 

Stats: 21 ppg, 6 rpg, 4 apg, 2 spg

Led Ridgeland to the 6A state title, led Ridgeland to back to back 

6A state championship games, 6A player of the year

Mike Williams  6’2”  Senior  Guard  Germantown 

Stats: 19.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.3 spg

Kedrick Simmons  6’7”  Senior  Forward  Booneville 

Stats: 23 ppg, 6 rpg, 5 apg

Jamarion Fleming  6’8”  Senior  Center  Canton 

25 ppg, 13 rpg, 4 bpg, 4 apg

Timothy Holiday  6’3”  Senior  Guard  Itawamba AHS 

Stats: 27.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.2 spg

Ethan Long  6’7”  Junior  Forward  Hattiesburg

24 ppg, 14 rpg, 5 bpg, 2 apg

Second Team

Ashton Magee  6’6”  Senior  Forward  South Jones

Stats: 15 ppg, 7 rpg, 2 spg, 2 apg, 1 bpg

Stanford Spearman  6’3”  Senior  Guard  Coffeeville

Stats: 29 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg

Sam Funchess  6’11”  Junior  Center  Germantown 

Stats: 14.7 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 4.7 bpg

Dylan Rowe  6’3”  Senior  Guard  Madison Central

Stats: 16.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 8.2 apg, 2.1 spg

Third Team

Braylon Barnes  6’3”  Senior  Guard  Brandon 

Stats: 21.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.9 spg

Reese Garrison  6’3”  Senior Guard  Olive Branch

Stats: 16.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 6.3 apg

Devonta Thompson  5’10”  Senior  Guard  Bogue Chitto

Stats: 20 PPG, 6 APG, 4 SPG

J.P. Baldwin  6’7”  Senior  Forward  Madison Central

Stats: 17.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg,

Jadius McCormick  6’6”  Senior  Forward  Bay Springs

Stats: 21 ppg, 12 rpg, 5 apg