Southwest Guilford High School

Southwest Guilford High School is a secondary school in High Point, North Carolina, United States established in 1979. It serves grades nine through twelve. The school was recently renovated and expanded to add more class rooms, a media center, and a gymnasium. The new gymnasium is the largest high school gym in Guilford County. The gym is named after long time SW Guilford teacher and coach Jim Coggins.

Southwest Guilford High School
Location
4364 Barrow Rd High Point, North Carolina 27265 United States
Coordinates	36°02′47″N 79°59′20″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1979 (46 years ago) (1979)
School district	Guilford County Schools
CEEB code	341851
Principal	Darrick Bracy
Faculty	87.67 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,588 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.11[1]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Green and black
Fight song
Athletics conference	4-A; Piedmont Triad Conference
Team name	Cowboys/Cowgirls
Rival	Ragsdale Guilford Highschool.
USNWR ranking	4,451
National ranking	4,451
Newspaper	Lariat
Yearbook	Horizons
Website	swghs.gcsnc.com/pages/Southwest_Guilford_High

Athletics

The Southwest Guilford Athletic program is led by athletic director Brindon Christman.^[2] The SW teams are known as the "Cowboys and Cowgirls." The school colors are kelly green, black and white. However, when the school was first started the colors were brown, kelly green, and white.

Southwest has rivalries with the Ragsdale High School Tigers, as well as crosstown schools T. Wingate Andrews High School and High Point Central High School.

Southwest has claimed state championships in nine different sports. The four latest are Volleyball in 2006, Men's Indoor Track in 2009, Women's Basketball in 2011, and Men's Basketball in 2017.

Southwest has enjoyed success of late in Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Baseball, and Men's and Women's Soccer winning numerous conference championships. The Women's Basketball team won the Piedmont Triad 3A Conference Championship in 2007–2008 under Head Coach Duane Willis. It was the school's first women's basketball conference championship in 11 years. In the 2009–2010 season the Cowgirls went to a 20–6 final record winning the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference Championship as well as the Conference Tournament Title. Women's basketball followed that season up with 4A State Championship in 2011. The team's final record was 30–2.

The Men's Indoor Track team claimed the 1A/2A/3A State Championship in 2009.

Notable outstanding athletes from SW are Olympic and professional soccer player Eddie Pope, MLS standout Clyde Simms (currently with the D.C. United), NFL Defensive Back Brian Williams, and NFL player Stefon Adams.

State Championships

Southwest Guilford has won the following NCHSAA team state championships:

• Baseball: 1997 (2A)
• Boys Basketball: 1996 (2A), 2017 (4A), 2019 (3A)
• Girls Basketball: 1984 (2A), 1985 (2A), 2011 (4A)
• Boys Golf: 1987 (1A/2A)
• Boys Soccer: 1994 (1A/2A)
• Girls Soccer: 1995 (1A/2A/3A), 1997 (1A/2A/3A), 2001 (3A), 2002 (3A)
• Girls Swimming: 1995 (1A/2A/3A), 1997 (1A/2A/3A)
• Boys Indoor Track & Field: 2009 (1A/2A/3A)
• Volleyball: 1995 (2A), 2006 (3A)

Notable alumni

• Stefon Adams — NFL defensive back^[3]
• Brandon Banks — NFL defensive end^[4]
• Adam Lazzara — vocalist of Taking Back Sunday
• Raj Panjabi — physician, social entrepreneur and professor^[5]
• Cheyenne Parker — professional basketball player in the WNBA^[6]
• Eddie Pope — former MLS player and United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) member^[7]
• Clyde Simms — former MLS player and USMNT member^[8]
• Brian Williams — NFL defensive back^[9]

See also

• List of high schools in North Carolina