MID STATE COACH OF THE YEAR

[sportsman]

No one every mentions Bobby Sharp at Lewis County. He seems to put a team together year in and year out that can compete on very high levels.

 

This year I would have to give the nod to Coach Smith at Mt. Pleasant. There were some good coaching this year though.

[itzme]

I don't think you can rule out Jeff Rutledge of MBA. After what he has been through, and having the #9 team in the nation, he certainly would be in the mix. Plus, just a really class person.

Edited October 31, 2003 by itzme

[russdfrye]

I would have to say Coach Pat Dyer of Macon County. He has taken a program with no tradition and has them in place to host a state playoff game for the first time since 1978. He has more wins in the previous two years (17 before the final regular season game) than Macon County has won over the last 5 or 6 years combined if not more. He has one of the top defenses in the state, having giving up double digits only once this year and could have had consecutive shutouts if he had kept starters in the games when it was decided at halftime.

[bigchief]

If you nominate Whit Taylor from Shelbyville then you need to put in Jerry Link at Hillwood. They are now 9-1 after beating Shelbyville tonight 45-34. They were 6-5 last year and I believe 1-9 in 2001. He is doing it with smoke and mirrors ( and one incredibly fast tailback).

[eaglefan15]

Dan Stevens of Northwest High. 3-7 to 8-2 great staff.

[WHHS1975]

I'd have to say Jeff Porter from White House and Kirk Williams from Greenbrier get my vote.

 

Jeff has built White House up and kept them on the top of the heap or somewhere near it for a few years now. As I read somewhere else, we have gotten pretty spoiled by winning. It's just a fact of life up here.

 

Kirk plays conservative ball but no fault in that. He has built the Greenbrier team and shown those boys how to play with heart. Two first round playoffs in two straight years proves to me that something's going on on the other side of the hill.

[letsgodevils]

I bet no one realizes White House has been in Region 6-4A three years, and if they beat Pearl-Cohn Friday, will be 19-2 in the region in that span, all a step up in class, with two co-championships both lost on tiebreakers, and one second place finish. Quietly consistent.

 

But when it comes to this year's coach of the year?

 

After years of losing...gotta be Macon County. Gotta be.

Edited October 31, 2003 by letsgodevils

[TnBball]

I'll have to go with Stevenson from Clarksville Northwest, The coach from Stratford, the coach from MBA, and Cody Finley from Cheatham Co.

 

All of those programs made big turn arounds vs the past seasons...Congrats to those programs..Well MBA is always a Powerhouse.

[Sportster]

WHHS your correct Coach Porter has done a greaat job as well he has his team atop the state. Especially in Class AAAA with a current Low AAA Enrollment. Probably the most organized coach in the state

[lilhibbs]

i vote coach johnson for taking the stratford spartans from a couple of seaons of 5-5 records to 9-1 record that could have very easily been a 10-0 record.

Edited October 31, 2003 by lilhibbs

[advocate23]

A team that has come close to even sniffing the playoffs in recent years. They have been one of the doormats of 3A ball since the 5-team classification took hold in 1993. This year the Tigers of MACON COUNTY are playoff bound!!!

 

 

You have to pick Pat Dyer.

[tackle]

Coach Busey at Houston County is one that a lot of people probably don't kow about.

 

The progress Houston County has made has been incredible. They went from being shut out by Montgomery Central in week one, to beating East Robertson and Westmoreland (and playing tough against Goodpasture) and qualifying as the number 3 seed in the playoffs.

 

He should at least the Region 4 2A coach of the year.