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Gene Haynes
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Gene R. Haynes (born 1944) is a long-time educator and principal of Omaha North High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Early life and education Haynes was born Mississippi to Ervin Haynes and Lovie Holmes-Haynes. Career Haynes has worked for the Omaha Public Schools (OPS) in Omaha, Nebraska since 1967. He began his career with OPS as a teacher and basketball coach at and was the first African American basketball coach for OPS. In 1979, Haynes was the assistant coach basketball coach. He worked at Tech High until the school closed in 1984 and then moved to McMillan Middle School where he was assistant principal and athletic director. Since 1987, Haynes has been at Omaha North High, where he has been principal since 2001. Haynes was featured in the fifth episode in Season 2 of the Where I Come From podcast by the Omaha World-Herald. Community involvement Haynes is active in the Omaha African-American community and is involved with the Urban League of Nebraska, the NAACP, and the Butler-Gast YMCA. Awards and honors Haynes was inducted into the Urban League of Nebraska African-American Leadership Hall of Fame in 2004. He was inducted into the Aksarben Foundation Court of Honor in 2011. In 2012, Haynes and musician Luigi Waites were the recipients of the African-American Congressional History Award presented by U.S. Representative Lee Terry. A portion of North 36th Street, near North High School, was renamed "Gene R. Haynes Street" in October 2014 by the Omaha City Council to honor Haynes. Haynes, Paul Younes and Mike Johanns received the Distinguished Nebraskalander award at the 2015 Statehood Day dinner held at the Nebraska State Capitol. At the "Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Champions" event in 2017, Haynes received a legacy award for his "efforts to create, develop and expand programs for young people." Inclusive Communities awarded Haynes the Otto Swanson "spirit of service." Personal life Haynes is married to his wife, Annie who he met while a student at Rust College. They have a son.<ref name=":0" /> 
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