Born July 25, 1904, Carrolton, Ga. Died May 10, 1993.

A head track coach for 33 years, most of it at the University of South Carolina, Weemie "Weems" Baskin also was an outstanding hurdler at Auburn University where he was coached by another Hall of Famer, Wilbur Hutsell.

He retired at South Carolina in 1969 after compiling a record of 90 victories and 47 defeats in dual meet competition. He was a former president of the National Collegiate Track and Field Coaches Association and along with Michigan's Don Canham helped start the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) indoor championships in Detroit. While at Auburn, Baskin won the national collegiate high hurdles title in 1927 and was the National AAU indoor high hurdles champion a year later, also setting several world indoor bests during that period. While coach at Georgia from 1931 to 1938, he helped develop world high hurdles record holder Spec Towns, also a Hall of Famer. Baskin also coached at the University of Mississippi from 1938 to 1943 before going to South Carolina. At one point in his career, he was also a sportswriter in New York.