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A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Brian Hales

Model and actress Brooklyn Decker is listed as one of the outstanding graduates of Butler High School in Matthews, NC. What’s also getting recognition recently is the performance of the football team – Butler is currently ranked #6 in the…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Josh Niblett

The Hoover football team has been nationally ranked a number of times and has won six state championships since 2000 including four in a row – 2002-2005 – under the direction of near legendary and controversial  head coach Rush Probst….



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Joe McBride

Head coach Joe McBride’s Coppell High School Cowboys are currently the number two ranked team in the state of Texas. But two weeks ago, McBride, his staff, the players and the entire community of Coppell had to deal with a…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Claude Mathis

Currently ranked as the top rated prep team in Texas, DeSoto High School is undefeated with quality wins against both Trinity High School in Euless and Jenks in Tulsa. The head coach at DeSoto for the past five years, Claude…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Harry Welch

Name the only California high school coach to win a state championship at three different high schools? The answer is Harry Welch, now in his third season at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. Welch won his first state championship at…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Joe Kinnan

Head coach of this season’s top ranked team in the nation, Joe Kinnan has helped Manatee High School in Bradenton (FL) win five state championships. Coach Kinnan grew up in Bradenton and was a Manatee grad, class of 1963. He…

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A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – John Rodenberg

The outstanding tradition of football at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati began under legendary high school coach Gerry Faust. The school’s first head coach, Faust had an incredible 178-23-2 record from 1962-1980. This included four mythical national championships and…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of : Mike Grant

To say that coaching is in Mike Grant’s blood is putting it mildly. Grant, the Head Coach at Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota, is the son of Bud Grant, the long-time Head Coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Bud Grant…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Chris Miller

James F. Byrnes High School lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwest corner of South Carolina in the town of Duncan. Last year Byrnes won their 8th state title in the last ten years. They…



A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of – Hank Carter – HC- Lake Travis High School (TX)

Lake Travis High School in Austin is truly a Texas powerhouse. They are the only five-time consecutive state champion with titles from 2007-2011. They have won their last two championships under the direction of Head Coach Hank Carter. In 2008…