Roy Mattox
The basketball brotherhood is remembering one of its own.
Roy Mattox, who played three seasons of varsity hoops at Coupeville High School, recently passed away at age 81.
Mattox torched the nets for 191 points during his time in a Wolf uniform, while playing alongside CHS hardwood legends such as Mike Criscuola, Utz Conard, and Sandy Roberts.
He remains among the top 150 scorers in the 108-year history of CHS boys’ basketball — currently at 147th — six decades after his playing days.
Mattox scored 34 points as a sophomore during the 1958-1959 season, then followed that up with 74 and 83-point campaigns before graduating in 1961.
From the family:
Roy Michael Mattox passed away Jan. 19, 2025, in Carnation.
Mike was born in Queens, New York on Sept. 13, 1943, to Roy Milton and Jean Mattox.
He graduated from Coupeville High School in 1961. He then went to WSU.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Gary Lee Mattox and his sister, Gail Mattox Allen Welches.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joyce, and son, Michael, and daughter, Dawn, and also by cousins, in-laws, and many nieces and nephews.
With a career in life insurance sales, he retired after 25 years with Hartford Life first in Seattle and then in Simsbury, CT.
We are having a celebration of his life on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 1 PM at Wallin-Stucky Funeral Home in Oak Harbor, WA.
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