Muskingum Barnes

Muskingum Barnes (MPHS 1997) lettered three years in both football and track and continues to hold the Tiger shot put record. He was named Region IV defensive player of the year and MVP of the 1997 Mississippi-Alabama Allstar Game. Muskingum lettered three years as a defensive lineman for LSU, where he was also named as an SEC All-Academic. Muskingum was a football coach at several stops in Mobile, Alabama before being named the first African American head football coach at Murphy High. He currently teaches at Williamson High in Mobile.