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Jan 28, 20172 min read
Jerry Elmore
To say that coaching is in Jerry Elmore’s blood would be an understatement. The long-time football coach learned from the best, his...


Mar 11, 20162 min read
Nolan Atkins
Nolan Atkins could just plain coach. His influence and coaching skill was so great that he made Sweetwater High School the model for...


Mar 11, 20163 min read
Ben Harris
He was an assistant coach at Baldwin County High School when he took the head coaching job at Mattie T. Blount High School in Prichard in...


Mar 11, 20163 min read
Tom Calvin
Football is about relationships and no coach in the history of high school football in Alabama mastered that as well as Tom Calvin. The...


Nov 30, 20153 min read
R.L. Watson
Coach Terry Curtis presents the Lifetime Award to Coach R.L. Watson (right). All great football coaches seem to have one skill that sets...


Nov 30, 20153 min read
Ivan Jones
Coach Ivan Jones (left) with former Foley coaches Lester Smith and Keith Smith Foley High School has always had good football—successful...


Nov 30, 20153 min read
Bobby Joe Johnson
(Coach Bobby Joe Johnson (left) accepts Lifetime Award from ALFCA board member Jay Brown) If you leave Birmingham and head for northeast...


Nov 30, 20143 min read
Louis White
Louis White loved teaching and coaching. He loved it so much that even after he retired from coaching he stayed on as athletic director...


Nov 30, 20143 min read
Charles Lee
Charles Lee is a Montgomery guy. He has spent his life affecting the lives of the citizens of Montgomery, while earning the respect of...


Nov 30, 20143 min read
Lefty Anderson
Photo credit Al.com Our state is known for a great tradition of high school football. In order to make that happen, we have had great...


Nov 30, 20133 min read
Jim Hubbert
Jim Hubbert (right) with Buddy Anderson and Jackie O’Neal at ALFCA Masters session. Jim Hubbert was always learning. He spent much of...


Nov 30, 20133 min read
Robert Herring
We have had many great coaches to achieve great things in our state. Go to a second state and produce great teams is something else....


Nov 30, 20132 min read
Jimmy Foshee
Consistency is something we all strive for in football. The ability not to be a one act show but to perform at a high level year after...


Nov 30, 20122 min read
Jack Wood
Many men have coached high school football in Alabama but few have put their personal stamp on it as many different ways as Coach Jack...


Nov 30, 20123 min read
John Tatum
When John Tatum arrived at Montgomery Academy in 1984, he took over a football program from Spence McCracken that was growing and had...


Nov 30, 20123 min read
Robert Shaw
Many of us are fortunate to have a strong and influential person come into our lives. For Murphy High School, the Murphy Panther football...


Nov 30, 20111 min read
Harry Wayne Parrish
Harry Wayne Parrish (Kneeling on left) Dothan City Schools Supt Sam Nichols said ”Coach Parrish has always demonstrated the highest...


Nov 30, 20113 min read
Harold Clark
When Harold Clark took over the Vigor football program in 1974, it was in disarray. The Wolves had won only 7 games in 3 seasons and he...


Nov 30, 20113 min read
Terry Burt
Terry Burt (left) receives the Lifetime Achievement from ALFCA Board Member Jackie O’Neal If you were a high school football coach in...


Nov 30, 20102 min read
Duane Webster
If one person was ever responsible for establishing a high school football tradition it is Duane Webster at Reeltown High School. Born...
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