Legendary CBHS football coach Tom Nix dies at age 93
Flowers left in honor of CBHS coach Tom Nix sit in front of his eponymous stadium in East Memphis on April 22, 2020. The legendary coach died Wednesday morning at the age of 93. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Nix led the Purple Wave to championships starting in the late 1950s and won nearly 20 city, county, district and regional championships.
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Jonah Jordan was born and raised in Memphis, graduated from the University of Memphis and has covered the Memphis Tigers for three years. When he's not writing, he enjoys golfing and eating barbecue.
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