Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1981
Carla Coffey – Track & Basketball, 1967-1971
Coffey represents the first female included among the 44 athletes and coaches in the hall of fame. Honored as the most valuable player in track and basketball for three consecutive seasons, Coffey recorded the only first place finish in women’s national championship competition.
Coffey won the 100-meter hurdles with a meet record :14.6 clocking in the Division for Girls and Women’s Nationals in 1971.
Coffey also placed second in the 200-meter hurdles and seventh in the long jump in 1971 as Murray State finished ninth out of 25 teams with Coffey as the only MSU representative.
Coffey scored in the top five in 1970 in the 200-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles and helped both the 440-yard relay and 880-yard relay teams to fourth place finishes. Coffey established seven school indoor records during her career and eight new outdoor marks.
A native of Somerset, Ky., Coffey has had a successful coaching career on the collegiate level. She served as an assistant for one season at MSU in basketball and track and later was head track and cross country coach at Western Kentucky University, University of California-Davis and she is currently the track and cross country coach at the University of Kansas.
Coffey was recently appointed to the international rules committee for track on the United States Olympic Committee. (Murray State News, April 24, 1981)
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