Name the best coaches ever in TN HS FB history

[SweetScience]

I am just naming some of the ones i am aware of..Anybody else feel free to add their own...I am sticking with public schools only and in no particular order. These coaches have either won a state title or multiple ones in their careers. Their may be some like DB's Graham Clark or GP's Benny Hammonds, but neither of them have won a state title, at least not yet. I am just starting it off, i'd like to see what others think!

 

 

 

George Quarles-Maryville

Gary Rankin-Riverdale/Alcoa

Ted Wilson-Maryville

John Tucker-Milan

Emory Hale-Oak Ridge

Jack Armstrong-Oak Ridge

Chig Ratledge-Loudon

Edited September 28, 2012 by SweetScience

[tradertwo]

Jim Stowe of Lexington deserves to be on the list.Back in the day,championships were awarded by the media,not won on the field.If getting the absolute best your team was/is capable of validates a coach,or gaining the lifelong admiration of former players for the life lessons taught them while playing a game counts for anything...well this conversation wouldn't be compleate without his name being mentioned.

[SweetScience]

Jim Stowe of Lexington deserves to be on the list.Back in the day,championships were awarded by the media,not won on the field.If getting the absolute best your team was/is capable of validates a coach,or gaining the lifelong admiration of former players for the life lessons taught them while playing a game counts for anything...well this conversation wouldn't be compleate without his name being mentioned.

Good one, tradertwo...I like hearing about guys like him..It's why i made this thread. Do you know what his record was?

[tpay]

turney ford gord

brownie roberson watertown

60;s and 70;s

[tpay]

turney ford gord

brownie roberson watertown

60;s and 70;s

[tpay]

turney ford gord

brownie roberson watertown

60;s and 70;s

[tpay]

turney ford gord

brownie roberson watertown

60;s and 70;s

[tradertwo]

Good one, tradertwo...I like hearing about guys like him..It's why i made this thread. Do you know what his record was?

I don't remember exactly,so I won't say.I do know that at the time of his passing he was #2 in Tennessee HS football wins.

[MSURacer]

Boyce Smith

Calvin Short

Jerry Pearson

[tpay]

where did smith coach at

[SweetScience]

Boyce Smith

Calvin Short

Jerry Pearson

Jerry Pearson is a good one.

[MSURacer]

where did smith coach at

 

 

Smith coached at Springfield. I can't remember the exact years, but he was there forever and a day. He's in both the TSSAA and National HSFB halls of fame.

 

And Short was the G-man at Gallatin who got that program rolling in the 70's and kept it rolling all the way through the early 90's.