2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 192
Celebrating the life of George Baskerville Lancaster, Jr.
Agreed to by the Senate, March 10, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 12, 2026
WHEREAS, George Baskerville Lancaster, Jr., a legend of Virginia high school basketball and beloved member of the Mecklenburg County and Henrico County communities, died on August 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, George Lancaster graduated in 1962 from the former West End High School in Mecklenburg County before earning a bachelor's degree in health and physical education at what is today Virginia State University, where he excelled at point guard on the basketball team, garnering Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association all-tournament honors in 1966; and
WHEREAS, George Lancaster began his illustrious teaching and coaching career at middle schools and a high school in Mecklenburg County and in the early 1970s joined the faculty at Huguenot High School in Richmond; and
WHEREAS, George Lancaster broke down barriers as the first Black head coach of Huguenot High School, and he took the program from two wins in his first year to an undefeated season in his third year; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, George Lancaster began a 37-year tenure as a coach and teacher at Highland Springs High School, where he would amass 549 wins as coach of the boys' basketball team, including state championships in 2003 and 2007 and several district and regional titles; and