Picayune Memorial High School

Picayune Memorial High School is a grade 9–12 high school located in Picayune, Mississippi, United States. It is in the Picayune School District.

Picayune Memorial High School
Location
800 Fifth Avenue Picayune , Mississippi 39466 United States
Coordinates	30°31′54″N 89°41′15″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1925
School district	Picayune School District
Principal	Kristi Mitchell
Teaching staff	56.49 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	960 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.99[1]
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Mascot	Maroon Tide
Website	phs.picayuneschools.org

Communities in the school district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) are almost all of Picayune, the Nicholson census-designated place, and a small section of the Hide-A-Way Lake CDP.^[2]

State championships

Football

• 1925
• 1943
• 1948
• 1986
• 2011
• 2013
• 2021^[3]
• 2022

Baseball

• 2002^[4]

Golf

• 1992
• 2021^[5]

Notable people

Staff

• Butch van Breda Kolff, former college and NBA coach was head basketball coach from 1983 to 1984.^[6]
• Jimmy Johnson, former college and NFL head football coach was an assistant coach in 1966.^[7]

Alumni

• Jonathan Bender, basketball player of the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks^[8]
• Jerone Davison, football player of the Oakland Raiders^[9]
• Dante Dowdell, college football running back for the Oregon Ducks and the Nebraska Cornhuskers^[10]
• T. J. House, baseball player of the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays^[11]
• Rhyne Hughes, baseball player of the Baltimore Orioles