Chantay Frost (inset) won three state titles at Columbia from 2009 to 2013 and was recently inducted in to the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on March 22. In the left photo she is coaching during the 2011 season.

Chantay Frost (inset) won three state titles at Columbia from 2009 to 2013 and was recently inducted in to the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on March 22. In the left photo she is coaching during the 2011 season.

Three-time Columbia Lady Eagles state championship coach Chantay Frost was inducted into the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame this past weekend at the GBCA’s annual All-Star Weekend.

Frost was one of 10 coaches inducted into the GBCA Hall of Fame and one five girls’ coaches. She joined James Bland (Randolph-Clay), Manson Hill (Gainesville), Jane Williamson (Haralson Co.) and AC McCullers (Morrow) in the girls’ coaches’ group.

“I was truly surprised and honored when I was selected to go into the Hall of Fame,” said Frost. “I was the youngest in the group and several had won 600 hundred or more games. I felt privileged to be among those giants of high school basketball in Georgia.”

Her career started in DeKalb as a junior varsity coach before she took a 14-year sabbatical to raise her three daughters. Along the way she got involved in several different levels of coaching including church league, AAU and middle school basketball.

She arrived at Columbia High School in 2009 with a core of players from Columbia Middle School including her two youngest daughters Mecca (junior) and Zuri (freshman).

“We won quickly mainly due to the fact we had all these girls who played together from the Columbia cluster that developed into a great group of players,” said Frost.

In that inaugural season, Frost’s team went 23-8 and reached the Elite Eight and they followed up with a state title in 2010 40-36 over Carver-Atlanta finishing at 27-3 overall with Mecca (injured, played 10 games) as a senior and Zuri scoring 373 points as a sophomore.

Coaching her daughters brought expectations for her, her daughters and the team but the success overall was indicative of the performance.

“Coaching my daughters was both gratifying and tough at times,” said Frost. “The expectations for me and them as the coach’s daughters made it tough on them as point guards. I feel it gave them the grit and fortitude to work and go out and win.”

Frost and her youngest, Zuri, went on to win another state title in 2012 after the team fell in the semifinals to Washington County in 2011. They regrouped and defeated Washington County 57-33 in the Class AAA state title game in 2012.

Joining Frost at her induction ceremony were family members including (l-r) Nafeesha Frost-Bailey (daughter), Chantay Frost, Mecca Frost (daughter), Gwendolyn Meadows (mother) and Zuri Frost (daughter).

Joining Frost at her induction ceremony were family members including (l-r) Nafeesha Frost-Bailey (daughter), Chantay Frost, Mecca Frost (daughter), Gwendolyn Meadows (mother) and Zuri Frost (daughter).

The Lady Eagles made it back-to-back titles in 2013 with a 38-37 thriller over Sandy Creek in the Class AAAA championship finishing 27-3 tying her best mark from 2010’s state title run.

In five years at Columbia Frost put together a 126-26 (2009-2013) mark that included all five seasons of 23 or more wins.

In 2010 and 2012, she teamed up with another Columbia GBCA Hall of Famer in boys’ coach Dr. Phillip McCrary to become the first DeKalb school to sweep state titles not once but twice. Miller Grove accomplished the sweep of both titles in 2013 as the only other DeKalb school to do so and gave DeKalb a sweep in two classifications in one season.

Frost finished her five years at Columbia with a 20-2 state tournament record before moving on to Mays and winning a title there in 2017 and going 11-3 in state tournament play for an overall mark of 31-5.Her Mays team defeated Harrison 52-51 in 2017 for her fourth state title. Her final career mark was 233-99 at the two schools.

Zuri and Mecca joined up at Albany State to win a conference title in 2018. Mecca would join her oldest sister, Nafeesha Frost-Bailey (strength and conditioning coach), and brother-in-law, Jawan Bailey, at Josey High School to win a state title as a coaching staff.

Frost noted that between her daughters and son-in-law the family has accumulated 13 state championships including the Baileys’ win at Newton this season.

Zuri (John Lewis Elementary) and Mecca (Sequoyah Middle) are now back in DeKalb County teaching after coaching stints of their own.

Frost returned to Columbia High School in 2021 as an Instructional Coach after retiring from coaching basketball.

The Georgia Basketball Coaches Association continues to celebrate the continued growth and success of high school basketball in Georgia, as these coaches’ legacies inspire the next generation of players and coaches. Each coach received their gold Hall of Fame jacket and rings in the ceremony.