Southwest Guilford High School

Southwest Guilford High School is a secondary school in High Point, North Carolina, United States established in 1979. It serves grades nine through twelve. The school was recently renovated and expanded to add more class rooms, a media center, and a gymnasium. The new gymnasium is the largest high school gym in Guilford County. The gym is named after long time SW Guilford teacher and coach Jim Coggins.

Southwest Guilford High School
Address
4364 Barrow Rd

High Point
,
North Carolina
27265

United States
Coordinates36°02′47″N 79°59′20″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1979 (1979)
School districtGuilford County Schools
CEEB code341851
PrincipalMicheal Hettenbach
Faculty87.67 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,588 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.11[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Green and black
  
Athletics conference3-A; Piedmont Triad Conference
Team nameCowboys/Cowgirls
NewspaperLariat
YearbookHorizons
Websiteswghs.gcsnc.com/pages/Southwest_Guilford_High

Athletics

The Southwest Guilford Athletic program is led by athletic director Brindon Christman.[2] The SW teams are known as the "Cowboys and Cowgirls." The school colors are kelly green, black and white. However, when the school was first started the colors were brown, kelly green, and white.

Southwest has rivalries with the Ragsdale High School Tigers, as well as crosstown schools T. Wingate Andrews High School and High Point Central High School.

Southwest has claimed state championships in nine different sports. The four latest are Volleyball in 2006, Men's Indoor Track in 2009, Women's Basketball in 2011, and Men's Basketball in 2017.

Southwest has enjoyed success of late in Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Baseball, and Men's and Women's Soccer winning numerous conference championships. The Women's Basketball team won the Piedmont Triad 3-A Conference Championship in 2007–2008 under Head Coach Duane Willis. It was the school's first women's basketball conference championship in 11 years. In the 2009–2010 season the Cowgirls went to a 20–6 final record winning the Piedmont Triad 4-A Conference Championship as well as the Conference Tournament Title. Women's basketball followed that season up with 4-A State Championship in 2011. The team's final record was 30–2.

The Men's Indoor Track team claimed the 1-A/2-A/3-A State Championship in 2009.

Notable outstanding athletes from SW are Olympic and professional soccer player Eddie Pope, MLS standout Clyde Simms (currently with the D.C. United), NFL Defensive Back Brian Williams (currently with the Atlanta Falcons), and NFL player Stefon Adams.

State championships
  • Women's Basketball 1984, 1985, 2011, 2017
  • Women's Volleyball 1995, 2006
  • Men's Volleyball 2004
  • Men's Indoor Track 2009,1995
  • Men's Basketball 1996, 2017, 2019
  • Men's Soccer 1994
  • Men's Golf 1987, 2004
  • Baseball 1997
  • Women's Swimming 1997
  • Women's Soccer 1997, 2001, 2002

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "Southwest Guilford High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. "Southwest Guilford High School Athletics » Tag Archive » Greensboro Sports". Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. Stefon Adams Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. Brandon Banks Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. Ingram, Cinde. (May 13, 2017). Doctor shares vision to bring health care to remote areas. emsworld.com. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  6. High Point University Panthers - Cheyenne Parker - 2011-2012 Women's Basketball. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  7. Eddie Pope - NC Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  8. Clyde Simms IV - NC Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  9. Brian Williams Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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