Bill Text: MS HR149 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Coach Gregg Perry; commend upon occasion of his retirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2026-03-26 - Enrolled Bill Signed [HR149 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-HR149-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative McMillan
House Resolution 149
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING COACH GREGG PERRY UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEREAS, after 30 years of exceptional service, Coach Gregg Perry will be retiring at the end of the 2025-2026 school year; and
WHEREAS, Coach Perry has been at Germantown High School for 15 years and served as the athletic director for the past five years, but before joining Germantown, he spent his coaching career at Madison Central High School for 10 years as Head Baseball Coach, two years at Winona High School as Head Baseball Coach and Assistant Football Coach, and three years prior as the Pitching Coach at Madison Central; and
WHEREAS, during his time at Germantown, Coach Perry has coached golf, football and baseball and the men's golf teams have won five state championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019, and seven district championships from 2012 through 2019, and the women's golf team won the Class II State Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2018; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, Coach Perry's girls golf team won the first ever 5A State Championship, and they also won six straight district championships from 2014 through 2019; and
WHEREAS, while at Madison Central, Coach Perry's baseball teams won nine district championships, five north state championships, and two state championships; and
WHEREAS, Coach Perry was named Jackson Metro Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2009, and selected to coach the High School All-Star Game in 2005, and in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019, he was chosen as Coach of the Year for the Mississippi Association of Coaches and the Clarion Ledger Mississippi Preps Coach of the Year in 2015, 2018 and 2019; and
WHEREAS, additionally, in 2015 and 2016, Coach Perry was chosen as the National Federation of High School Coaches Coach of the Year for the State of Mississippi, and in 2023, he was inducted into the Crossroad Diamond Club Hall of Fame, and in 2025, he was named Athletic Administrator of the Year by Mississippi Athletic Administrators Association, and he compiled a coaching record of 322 wins and 81 losses in his career as a Head Baseball Coach; and
WHEREAS, Coach Perry is a 1996 graduate of Belhaven College and East Central Community College, where he played both baseball and golf, and he is married to the former Diann Ingram of Philadelphia, Mississippi, and they have a son named Matthew who works at East Central Community College as the Head Golf Coach; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the House of Representatives to recognize and commend outstanding Mississippi educators, especially those such as Coach Gregg Perry, whose dedication and service brings honor to Germantown High School and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby recognize and commend Coach Gregg Perry upon the occasion of his retirement as Athletic Director at Germantown High School, and express sincere wishes for continued success in his lighter days ahead.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to Coach Gregg Perry and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.
