Claim: Davey Whitney, an American college basketball coach that worked at Texas Southern University and Alcorn State University,  began his coaching career in 1954 as varsity basketball head coach at Burt High School in Clarksville, Tennessee, and in ten seasons he led Burt to over 200 victories and the 1961 National Negro High School Basketball Championship.
Evidence: Davey Lee Whitney Sr. (January 8, 1930 – May 10, 2015), also known as "The Wiz", was an American college basketball coach and the head basketball coach at Texas Southern University from 1964 to 1969 and Alcorn State University from 1969 to 1989 and 1996 to 2003. Whitney began his coaching career in 1954 as varsity basketball head coach at Burt High School in Clarksville, Tennessee. In ten seasons, Whitney led Burt to over 200 victories and the 1961 National Negro High School Basketball Championship.