Melanie Stone

Melanie Stone
Head Coach
melanie.stone@mgccc.edu

  • Entering 5th Season as Women’s basketball Coach
  • Led MGCCC to the MACJC & Region 23 Tournaments (1st time since 2006/16-10 overall record)
  • 2002-2007 MGCCC Resident Manager
  • 2007 Graduate of the MGCCC Leadership Program
  • 2002-2007 MGCCC Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
  • 2002-2005 MGCCC Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
  • 2002-2004 MGCCC Co-Cheerleading Sponsor
  • 2002-2003 MGCCC Assistant Women’s Softball Coach
  • 2002 Earned Master of Science Degree from The University of Southern Mississippi
  • 2001-2002 Graduate Assistant Softball Coach for The University of Southern Mississippi
  • 2001 All-American Scholar
  • 2001 All-American Strength and Conditioning
  • 2000 Earned Bachelor of Science Degree from The University of Southern Mississippi
  • 1999-2001 Member of The University of Southern Mississippi C-USA Championship Softball Teams
  • 1999-2000 Member of The University of Southern Mississippi Regional Championship Softball Teams
  • 1999-2000 Member of The University of Southern Mississippi World Series Softball Teams
  • 1996-1998 Nicholls State University
  • 1996 Graduate of Sequoyah High School in Claremore, OK
  • 1996 Oklahoma All-State Softball Player
  • 1992-1996 Oklahoma High School Basketball All-Star

Peter Georgian

Peter Georgian
Assistant Womens Basketball Coach
peter.georgian@mgccc.edu

  • Fifth year as Women’s assistant coach
  • Bachelor's Degree in physical education/minor in social studies from USM in 1973
  • Master's Degree in physical education from William Carey College in 1985
  • 33 years of coaching middle school, high school, and junior college basketball
  • Overall girl's and boy's record: 789-241
  • 1979 and 1998 Mississippi Boy's State Championships (Stone High School)
  • 1979,1981,1982 and 1998 girl's and boy's Mississippi Regional Championships
  • 14 District Championships in various divisions
  • Selected to coach Mississippi South All-Star Girls 1982
  • Selected to coach Mississippi South All-Star Boy's 1992
  • Selected to coach the Mississippi/Alabama All-Stars 1994
  • Selected as Mississippi's Coach of the Year in 1998
  • Married to the former Violet Bates. They have three sons Timothy, Steven, and Nick

Brooke

Brooke Eccles
Coaching Assistant

  • Pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Southern Mississippi
  • Plans to graduate with Bachelor of Science degree and continue on to pursue a Master’s degree from USM
  • Attended MGCCC (2008-2010)
  • Member of the MGCCC Women’s Basketball Team (2008-2010)
  • Graduated with High Honors (May 2010)
  • Named Academic All-American (2010)
  • MGCCC Perkinston Hall of Fame (2010)
  • Who’s Who among students in American Community and Junior Colleges (2010)
  • Voted Teams Most Valuable Player (2009-2010)
  • Earned Teams Highest Free Throw % (2009-2010) – Finished the season 3rd in the nation with 83%
  • Chosen to represent MGCCC in the MACJC All-Star Game (April 2010)
  • MGCCC Women’s Basketball Team Captain (2009-2010)
  • Attended Pearl River Central High School (2004-2008)
  • Four Year Starter for the PRCHS Girl’s Basketball Team (2004-2008)
  • Graduated with Honors (May 2008)
  • Selected as Most Valuable Player in district 8-4a (2007-2008)
  • Selected as Offensive Player of the Year in district 8-4a (2006-2007)
  • Selected as All District Honorable Mention (2004-2006)