DURHAM, NC -- Anthony Price, an assistant football coach at North Carolina Central University and a 1980 graduate of NCCU, died Monday (May 11) morning (approximately 11 a.m.) of apparent heart failure. Price was 42. A Durham native and former head football coach at Durham High School (1991-94), Price was named offensive line coach at NCCU in 1995.
"We are grieved, first and foremost, for his family, and also for the University and this athletic program," said Dr. William Lide, NCCU Athletic Director. "Anthony Price was an outstanding individual and a good friend. We will miss him."
"Knowing him over the last four years, I am pleased to have had him as a member of our coaching staff, and happy to have had the opportunity to get to know him as a friend," Eagle Head Football Coach Larry Little said. "My heart goes out to his wife and two children."
A 1973 graduate of Durham High, Price continued his education at NCCU, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation in 1980. He lettered three seasons (1975-77) as an offensive lineman on the Eagle football team.
Price began his coaching career in 1986, as an assistant football and track coach at West Brunswick High School (Shallotte, NC). In 1989, he was named assistant football and track coach and head wrestling coach at South Brunswick High School (Boiling Springs Lake, NC).
In July 1991, Price returned to his hometown to serve as a teacher and coach at Durham High School. During his four-year tenure at Durham High, he coached football, wrestling and track.
In 1994, his fourth season as head football coach at Durham H.S., Price was recognized as the Crescent Conference Coach of the Year, Prep News 3A Coach of the Year, and Associated Press State Coach of the Year.
Visitation with the Price family will be held Thursday (May 14) from 12-1:30 p.m. at the LeRoy T. Walker Physical Education Complex Auditorium on the campus of NCCU. The funeral will be held on Saturday, May 16 in Supply, NC (Brunswick County).
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