| Years at Northeast: | 1953-55 |
| Sports: | Men's Basketball/Baseball |
| Occupation: | Student-Athlete |
Ellis "Myrl" Crowe began a career in the sport of basketball that would span six decades as a student at Thrasher High School before becoming a standout player at then-Northeast Mississippi Junior College.
Crowe started at forward in both his freshman and sophomore campaigns for legendary Tiger coach Bonner Arnold and found great success over the two-year period.
Both the 1953-54 and 1954-55 teams won the state championship. The Tigers made the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan., during his freshman campaign and finished in seventh place.
He was named to the All-State team during his sophomore season of 1955 and also starred on the Tiger baseball squad as a pitcher that same year.
After leaving Booneville, Crowe continued his basketball playing days at then-Bethel College in McKenzie, Tenn., where he was named to the All-Volunteer State Athletic Conference team as a junior.
Upon graduating with a Bachelor's degree from Bethel, Crowe returned to the sport he loved as the head coach of Marietta High School's basketball programs in 1957.
Fans there got an early taste of what would become one of the most successful careers in Mississippi's storied basketball history when he led Marietta's girls team to a North Half appearance in 1960.
After five years in rural Prentiss County, Crowe moved to Kossuth High School where he rose to fame over the next 20 years.
Over that period of time, Crowe captured numerous Alcorn County Tournament and invitational tournament crowns on both the boys and girls side of the game.
The Aggies finished as the Mississippi Class A-AA state runner-up in back-to-back seasons from 1965-66. The 1964-65 edition also won the Tombigbee Conference title.
He made another North Half appearance with the Lady Aggies in 1974 and was named the conference Girls Coach of the Year in 1981.
Following that season, he took a hiatus from coaching before returning to the Kossuth sidelines as girls only coach in 1988. He also had a stint as the headman of the girls program at Booneville High School.
Crowe coached high school girls basketball for 31 seasons total, the first 26 with no losing seasons, and boys basketball for 19 years with only two campaigns without a winning record.
Combining both sides, Crowe won more than 950 games throughout his illustrious career to become another Hill Country basketball legend.