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M.K. Turk played basketball at West Alabama from 1962-64. Turk led Livingston in scoring his junior and senior seasons, and was also named All-Conference twice. After serving as an assistant basketball coach for the Tigers under Jack Powell, Turk served as head coach at Copiah-Lincoln Junior College in Wesson, Miss. He led Copiah-Lincoln to the Mississippi Junior College Championships in 1973 and 1974, while being tabbed Region VII Junior College “Coach of the Year” in 1974. He then was an assistant basketball coach at Memphis State University for two seasons before being named University of Southern Mississippi’s head coach in 1976.
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