Maxie G. Boles - 1991

Maxie was born July 30, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Huntsville, Alabama.  He graduated from Columbia Military Academy, Tennessee, where he lettered in three sports and was named Athlete of the Year in 1961.  As a high school senior, he was named All-Conference in football, basketball, and track. 

Boles signed a football/track scholarship ward to Middle Tennessee State University in 1961, lettering in varsity football his freshman –sophomore years, and varsity track 1961-65.  He was named All-Ohio Valley Conference and team captain in 1965 while holding school records in the broad jump and 440 yard relay team. 

In the fall of 1966, Maxie Boles was named HPR Instructor/Golf Coach for Alexander City Junior College, and for twenty-five years has established one of the most successful golf programs at any level of college fog in the nation.  His coaching record includes: 18 Alabama College Conference Championships, 19 NJCAA Region Championships, and 21 consecutive trips to the NJCAA National Championship (national record).  His teams have won over 150 collegiate tournaments, finished national runners-up five times, and he has coached 44 All-Americans.  In 1990, Central Alabama Community College won their first NJCAA Golf Championship and Coach Boles was named National Coach of the Year. 

Maxie was named to the NJCAA Golf Hall of Fame in 1985 and has served as State and National Golf Coaches Association president.  He is presently Director of Athletics/Golf Coach at Central Alabama Community College. He and his wife, Mary, have two sons, Randall Scott and Jeffrey Gene.