Faculty, Alumni, and Notable People
- Geoff Crompton, played for Williams in the early 1970s and went on to play for UNC and the Milwaukee Bucks.
- James Michael Barham (Class of 1959), whose mysterious death in his dormitory room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1960s was documented and discussed in Blood on the Old Well by Sarah Watson Emery, a book which discussed alleged communist involvement in Chapel Hill. The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia James Michael Barham Memorial Scholarship in music at Carolina is named in Barham's memory.
- Billy Bryan, Class of 1972, an All-American football player at Duke University and later played Center for the Denver Broncos.
- Tommy Cole, All-American basketball player for Elon College, now Elon University.
- Jerome Evans, former head football coach and former assistant principal, subject of the book Black Coach published by Dodd & Mead of New York. The Jerome Evans Memorial Scholarship is named in his memory.
- Jim Long, 1958 graduate, served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance from 1986 to 2008.
- Danny Morrison, President of the Carolina Panthers
- Brandon Spoon played football for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Buffalo Bills.
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