Coach Kip Herlong

2025-2026 Bill 4834: Coach Kip Herlong - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4834
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Atkinson, Hayes, Alexander, Anderson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0442WAB-WAB25.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 14, 2026
Summary: Coach Kip Herlong
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/14/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 38
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE AND HONOR COACH KIP HERLONG OF LAKE
VIEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR HIS HALL OF FAME CAREER OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS AS COACH AND
MENTOR TO COUNTLESS STUDENT-ATHLETES, TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE OCCASION OF
HIS RETIREMENT, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

W
hereas, it is with great
pleasure that the South Carolina House of Representatives honors those
individuals who give tirelessly of themselves to educate and mentor the young
people of this great State. Prominent in the roll call of such benefactors to
our youth is Kip Herlong, Lake View High School's legendary head baseball
coach, who is retiring at the end of the current season; and

W
hereas, a native of
Marion, Coach Herlong developed a love of baseball at an early age and became a
standout at Marion High School under Coach Don Cribb. He continued at the
college level, playing at Francis Marion University before beginning his
coaching career; and

W
hereas, Coach Herlong has
recorded more than 600 career victories in baseball during his storied 32-year
career, being only the third coach to reach that milestone in South Carolina
High School League history. He holds the league record for consecutive
victories, with 49 wins between 1999-2001; and

W
hereas, the Wild Gators
have claimed eight state championships in baseball under his leadership,
including five in a row from 1997 to 2001, as well as fifteen region
championships and twelve lower-state crowns. In a career filled with memorable
moments, his team's most recent state championship, from 2021, carries special
meaning because his son, Kason, scored the championship-winning run; and

W
hereas, Coach Herlong's
talents led to his selection as a North-South All-Star game assistant in 2000
and head coach of the South team in 2006, and coach of the South Carolina's
Select Team in 2013. In recognition of his tremendous accomplishments, Coach
Herlong was named the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association's overall
coach of the year in 2001 and was inducted into the association's Hall of Fame
in 2024; and

W
hereas, for all of his
coaching achievements, Coach Herlong's greatest professional success may be the
positive impact he has had on the countless boys he has coached and mentored
over the years, helping build character through lessons learned from sports. He
has also found special enjoyment through coaching with his brother, Assistant
Coach Chad Herlong, and in coaching his son, Kason; and

W
hereas, as Coach Herlong
begins a well-deserved retirement, he looks forward to cheering on Kason as he
begins his college career, and enjoying more time with his wife, Liz, their
daughters Taylor Newell and Morgan Callahan, and their sons-in-law and
grandchildren; and

W
hereas, grateful for
Coach Kip Herlong's legacy of consistent commitment and excellence, the South
Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in wishing him well as
he completes a distinguished baseball and football coaching career at Lake View
High School. The members trust he will find much enjoyment in the more
leisurely pace of the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the
House
of Representatives
:

That the members of the South Carolina
House of Representatives
, by this resolution, congratulate
and honor Coach Kip Herlong of Lake View High School for his Hall of Fame
career of thirty-two years as coach and mentor to countless student-athletes,
to congratulate him on the occasion of his retirement, and to wish him much
success in all his future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution
be presented to Coach Kip Herlong.

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