Ex-Heel David Neal Excels As Apex Coach

Posted Mar 6, 2014
David Neal, now the boys basketball coach at Apex High, had such highlights at UNC as drilling a three-pointer vs. Tim Duncan’s Wake Forest squad, feeding Vince Carter on a basket vs. NC State and, being on a Final Four team. Neal got first coaching gig at Louisburg High before moving on to Apex where he's built a 280-176 record with a trip to the state championship game in 2008. (Chapelboro.com)

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