Complex sentence: He was a member of the Little Rock Central High Tigers and earned a high school All American award in 1957; he played at Oklahoma City University, and upon graduation from OCU in 1961 became a basketball coach at Southwest Junior High in Little Rock.
Split into simpler sentences: He was a member of the Little Rock Central High School Tigers and earned a high school All American award in 1957. He played at Oklahoma City University, and upon graduation from OCU in 1961 became a basketball coach at Southwest Junior High in Little Rock.