Who will be Charles McCullough’s successor?

It could be Stinson, the coach who brought national prominence to his school this season.

Stinson has been interviewed twice for the position. “It went very well,” he said Saturday night from his Concord home. “They were very receptive to the things I have to offer.”

What Stinson has to offer is recent success, something Livingstone didn’t have during last season’s 8-17 (4-12 in the CIAA) campaign. His Barber-Scotia men’s team went to the NAIA Division I playoffs for the first time in school history, finishing 26-8.

“The community was definitely excited about it,” said Stinson. “It opened doors that were closed.”

One of those doors may lead Stinson some 20 miles up the road to Salisbury. Stinson, in his 11th year at his alma mater, has had other offers but said he remained at Barber-Scotia because his goal was to make it respectable in basketball.

That has been accomplished and Livingstone would be a nice step up for the former North Mecklenburg High and Barber-Scotia player.

“It’s a Division IIopportunity with a rich tradition in the CIAA,” he said.

“I did get a final interview but I haven’t heard from them since then.”

Just for the record, Stinson has good basketball bloodlines. His first cousin is the female Michael Jordan, Andrea Stinson.

Is he a better basketball player?

I like to say that,” he chuckled, “but I think people know the truth.”

Joyner, a Winston-Salem native, doesn’t think he has much of a chance, at least that’s how it sounded when he talked with John Dell of the Winston-Salem Journal recently.

“From what I hear, there are two other candidates ahead of me and I think they are settling on one of those,” Joyner told the Journal. “I’m still interested but I haven’t heard from (Livingstone) lately.”

McCullough resigned in May after six years at the school. He was the first Blue Bear coach to be named CIAA Coach of the Year (1996) and engineered the first-ever wins in the CIAATournament in 1998.

His overall record was 51-105.

Livingstone athletic director Clifton Huff said no final decision had been made and no date for an announcement had been set.