Who is the best coach in East Tennessee

[Bassfishing_205]

Im just wandering who everybody thinks is the best coach and there opinions who is the best coach.

[Grubworm]

Coach Johnny Boynton of the Bledsoe County Warriors

[Indian]

No offense to Coach Boynton but are you serious. If so, why. Another thing, having multiple screen names is frowned upon. And, replying to your own posts will get you mocked. This is a rough group on here.

Edited August 18, 2006 by Indian

[michigan21]

I can't declare him the best, but Charlie Wiggins of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has done an amazing job in four years. He went from 1-9 to 8-4 to 13-1(NDs best season EVER) in just three years. You have to consider him to be one of the top in East Tennessee if not the entire state or Tennessee

Edited August 18, 2006 by michigan21

[w/r/d/s]

i think coaches sean and steve brock are the two most talented inspired coaches in the state both coach for nashville christian

[allsports#1]

I guess I'm just the first to say it but i know everyone has it in their mind. George Quarles (Maryville). Theres a reason you get offered the offensive coordinator job at South Carolina by Steve Spurriur. The next on my list is Gary Rankin (Alcoa) who could also coach at the next level. I personally wish George would have accepted the job at SC. It would be kind of cool for him to coach Cade Thompson a former player of his from Maryville. Who by the way will be exceptionally good when he starts (which he will).

[killtacular]

Tony Lamber who is a Defensive Coordinator at Oneida HS is a very good D coordinator, he was at AC before Oneida and i think he could coach anywhere in East Tennessee and be good at it.

[michigan21]

I guess I'm just the first to say it but i know everyone has it in their mind. George Quarles (Maryville). Theres a reason you get offered the offensive coordinator job at South Carolina by Steve Spurriur. The next on my list is Gary Rankin (Alcoa) who could also coach at the next level. I personally wish George would have accepted the job at SC. It would be kind of cool for him to coach Cade Thompson a former player of his from Maryville. Who by the way will be exceptionally good when he starts (which he will).

 

 

 

Allthough these are two very well respected coaches, it seems as if you are judging them on their winning streaks and their State Championships. I think a good coach isn't one who always wins, but instead one who turns around a program from losing season after losing season to an 8-2 or 9-1 team. I do not know the history of Alcoa or Maryville before they started the massacre of AA and AAAA so maybe they have came from a mediocre team to state champions. Someone help me out on these two teams history

[Class of '06 Big Dawg 71]

Mike Lunsford -Hampton

[PiRaTe._.MiKe]

Vic Grider @ South Pittsburg

[ric_flair]

Top 3:

 

Rankin at Alcoa - The Man! Whoo!

Quarles at Maryville - Football Coachin Son of a Gun! Whoo!

My man at Oak Ridge, Whoo!

 

Then...

 

Mike Lunsford, Whoo!, an assistant coach at Hampton took Cloudland (with 208 students) to the promised land in 2001. His addition to the staff at Hampton immediately turned a 4-6 team on average into a state semi-final squad that year. This year he will lead Hampton to the semi's again. Whoo!

 

Graham Clark, Dobyns-Bennett

Greg Stubbs, Tennessee High - Whoo!

[ThePentacostIsBack]

theres not a best coach because each team is different and they will all be different under other coaches.. when you look at maryville yeah they are great but but so are other teams that win state on a semi-regular basis.. every1 has their opinion but naming coaches good when their teams have a below 500 record is just wrong.. so dont do it