The South Conway County School District Board of Education approved the hiring of Allen Gum to serve as the Morrilton High School Head Baseball Coach for the 2023-2024 school year at a board meeting held on July 11, 2023.
Morrilton High School is excited to welcome Coach Allen Gum and his family: wife Sheena and sons Tyler and Calloway.
Coach Gum has served previously as Head Baseball Coach at Batesville High School, South Arkansas University, and the University of Central Arkansas.
Coach Gum’s overall head baseball coaching career record is 536-336. He was awarded the 2006 and 2009 Gulf South Conference Coach of Year honor.
Coach Gum had a decorated playing career at Crowder Junior College, where he is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame, and Southern Arkansas University, where he received the Charles Berry Hustle Award at the NAIA World Series.