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TP and Shane Compton were best friends in their youth and played the guard positions at Graham together in the late 80's in hoops. Compton is no longer at Southern Lee. He has been at Crest High in Shelby-Boiling Springs, NC, as the OC for 2 years. Crest won the state championship in December, 2014 and lost the state championship in 2013 in the final minutes. Compton went to Crest from Southern Lee to coach under Mark Barnes which is where he gained much of his offensive knowledge while coaching with Mark Barnes at Scotland High. Compton was at Southern Lee (new school at the time) for a couple of years prior to going to Crest and was at Scotland High with Barnes prior to Southern Lee. Mark Barnes is somewhat of a legend in the HS football coaching circles in NC and one of the winningest in its history having had a 26 year run of coaching at Reidsville, Brevard, Scotland, and Crest. Barnes is an offensive mind and this is where Shane Compton learned and studied regarding offense. Mark Barnes left Crest a couple of months ago to take over at Sumter High in SC.