Former Gray Collegiate Basketball Coach Dion Bethea is coming back to Gray to coach the boy’s team again.

Bethea had been at Georgia Southern University as an assistant for a year. Lou Bezjak of The State newspaper reported that Bethea will return, Thursday. That report stated that Reggie Anderson, of WLTX-TV was the first to report the news of Bethea’s return.

Gray, of West Columbia, won six Class 2A state championships in boys basketball under Bethea. Gray was re-classified as a 4A high school in 2025-25.