On Tuesday afternoon, shortly after a social media post quietly announced her retirement, Myers Park’s Barbara Nelson — perhaps the greatest girls’ high school coach of any kind from Mecklenburg ...

On Tuesday, Myers Park’s Barbara Nelson became the second North Carolina girls’ basketball coach to reach 800 wins. Nelson reached the milestone when her visiting Mustangs defeated Palisades High ...

According to Langston Wertz Jr., of the Charlotte Observer, Myers Park head girls basketball coach Barbara Nelson is retiring from coaching at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 school year. After 38 ...

Barbara K. Nelson (Cairns), 84, of Girard, passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday December 20, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1940, to ...