Goldsboro High School

Goldsboro High School is a public high school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Goldsboro High School was classified as a 2-A school with an enrollment of 858 students (2007-2008), but now is classified as a 1-A school.^[1]

The school's mascot is the cougar, and the school colors are navy and gold.

Notable alumni

• Karl Eikenberry (1969) - American Lieutenant General and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. He received an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard, and later returned as National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also received an M.A. in political science from Stanford, where he was a Ph.D candidate. In addition, Eikenberry has studied in Hong Kong at the UK Ministry of Defence Chinese Language School, earning the Foreign Office's Interpreter’s Certificate for Mandarin Chinese, and also studied at Nanjing University, earning an advanced degree in Chinese History.

• Clyde King - Former Major League pitcher, manager, and special advisor to George Steinbrenner, owner of the NY Yankees.

• Carl Kassell - American radio personality, most widely known as a newscaster for National Public Radio.

• Jerry Narron (1974) - Former Major League player (catcher) and former manager of the Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers.

• Dave Odom - Former men's basketball coach for Wake Forest, East Carolina, and University of South Carolina. Won over 400 games. Retired end of 2007-08 season. Member of North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

• David Thornton - Thornton is a linebacker in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans.

Notable faculty

Andy Griffith also taught English at Goldsboro High School for a few years. He is credited by many for creating the high school's marching band, which, to date, has been one of the most prolific high school bands in history.

Footnotes

1. ^ "Goldsboro High School NC School Report Card". January 18, 2007. http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/schDetails.jsp?pYear=2005-2006&pLEACode=960&pSchCode=335.