Hall of Fame
George Harrison played football under JCJC and MACJC Sports Hall of Famer Sim Cooley in 1962-63.
Harrison was a two-year letterman and a member of the J-Club. The Bobcats were 5-5-1 in 1962 and 7-3 in 1963.
He graduated from Jones in 1964 with an AA degree and received a football scholarship to Louisiana College, where he played in 1964 and 1965 and was a two-year letterman. He graduated from Louisiana College in 1966 with a BA degree.
Prior to Jones, Harrison lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track at Opelousas Catholic High School and transferred to Ellisville Agricultural High School for his senior year in 1961-62.
Harrison coached football and track at Maddox Junior High in Laurel in 1966-67. He served as an assistant football coach and head baseball coach at Bishop Kenney High School in Jacksonville, Fla., from 1967-69. His 1969 baseball team won the district title and competed in the state tournament.
He coached football and basketball at St. John High School in Gulfport in 1969-70. He was named the conference Coach of the Year in basketball in 1970.
Harrison then went to Harrison Central High School from 1970-72, where he coached football and track in 1970-71 and was athletic director and head football coach in 1971-72.
He received his master’s degree in education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1971 and did additional graduate studies at Southern Miss, Mississippi College and William Carey University.
He served as a history instructor and Director of Auxiliary Services at Jones from 1973-98 and as athletic director from 1998 until his retirement in 2006. Under his leadership, the Bobcats won two state football championships (1998, 2001), one state baseball title (2002) and one women’s state basketball crown (2001). He also reorganized the Bobcat Club in 1998.
Harrison served as president and was a member of the Mississippi Association of College Stores from 1973-98. He also served as president of the Ellisville Rotary Club for many years and was a member of the club’s WDAM Civic Quiz team.
He was a member of Laurel’s Immaculate Conception Church from 1961-2006 and served as Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus Laurel Council 2180. He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus since 1976.
Harrison is a member of the Immaculate Parish Council and is a lector and member of Saint Rose De Lima Church in Bay St. Louis.
He also coached youth league baseball in Ellisville for many years and has served on the Board of Directors at Dixie Golf Club, Laurel Country Club and Pass Christian Isles Golf Club.
He continues to be an active member of the JCJC Alumni Association and Bobcat Club.
Harrison and his wife, the former Princy Cook of Bay St. Louis, have been married for 45 years. They have four children: Lisa Chancellor and her husband, Mike; Sarah Ishee and her husband, Josh; George Harrison and John Harrison. They have four grandchildren: Claire Douglas, James Douglas, Grace Douglas and Emily Ishee.
