Hall of Fame
Larry Wood was a three-year letterman in basketball and a four-year letter winner in baseball at Eastern. He was a three-time Ohio Valley Conference basketball star and received the ‘E’ Club Award for basketball and the WHAS-TV Kentuckiana Senior Basketball Award in 1959. He scored 1,020 points during his collegiate career.
Wood was also a standout on the diamond where he was co-captain of the 1959 Eastern team and finished eighth in nation in hitting in 1958 with his .430 batting average.
He served as head basketball and baseball coach at Maysville High School from 1961-66 and directed that team to two district titles, one regional championship and the 1962 Ashland Invitational Tournament crown. His Maysville baseball team also won one district title and finished runner-up three times.
He served as a physical education instructor in Hamilton, Ohio, city school system he also has been head baseball coach and basketball coach at Harding Junior High School in Hamilton since 1971. His 1973 Harding basketball team finished in the runner-up position in the city championship.
Wood received his master in education from Eastern in 1967 and his guidance certificate from Xavier University in 1968.
