Jimmie Coggins '74
Member At-Large
Office: Newberry, SC
Degrees:
B.A. Newberry College, 1974
Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree, Newberry College, 2007
Bio:
Occupation:
Employment/Self-Employed/Professional. Currently President and General Manager, Newberry Broadcasting Co. Inc. radio station WKDK in Newberry, SC
Accomplishments:
Professional/Business/Personal/Volunteer
Chairman of the Newberry County Chamber of Commerce
Former Honorary Chairman of the Newberry County March of Dimes Walk America
Former Member of the Board of Directors, Association for a Greater Newberry
Past Member of the Board of Newberry’s Great Town Program
President of the Newberry County Unit of the American CancerSociety, 1979
Member and Former President of the Newberry Cotillion Club
Served as Chairman of the United Way of the Midlands Campaign for Newberry County
under area Chairman Dr. Hubert Setzler, President of Newberry College
Served as a Member of the Board of Directors and as Secretary of The Newberry County Development Board/Chairman of Commerce
Served 1981-1991 including 2 years as Chairman of the Board of the State Department of
Youth Services Juvenile Parole Board
Member of the Newberry Rotary Club (President 1979-9180)
Named Rotarian of the Year (2002-2003) and a Paul Harris Fellow
Member of the City of Newberry Planning Commission 1981-1985
Charter Member and Board Member of the Newberry County Touchdown Club
Honored and recognized by the SC general Assembly for services to the State Gift of Life Trust Fund
Former Member and Treasurer of the Newberry County Memorial Hospital Foundation Board
Former Member of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Broadcasters Association
Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Newberry County Family YMCA
Member of the Newberry College President’s Club
Served on several Academic and Athletic Committees at Newberry College,
including the 150th Anniversary Committee
Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Newberry College. August 19, 2007
Since 1982, Coggins has been the radio voice of Newberry College and Newberry High School Athletics.
