Services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Frank Roof officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 until 7:30 tonight with a remembrance service at 7:30 at Morgan’s Funeral Home.
He had taught and coached at Caldwell County High School for 45 years and had played professional baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was a two-time All American football player and graduate of Murray State University where he is in the university’s Hall of Fame as well as the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
According to a report in The Times Leader, Princeton, his tenure at Caldwell County High School is thought to be a state record.
In addition to coaching football, he had also served as head coach of the baseball, golf and softball program at the school and was assistant basketball coach.
He is a member of the Caldwell County Football Hall of Fame, the State Softball Hall of Fame and the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
He was a Korean War veteran.
Memorials may be made to the Coach G Memorial Fund Benefiting Caldwell County Athletes, Post Office Box 128, Princeton, Ky., 42445.
