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

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

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...

Football is about relationships and no coach in the history of high school football in Alabama mastered that as well as Tom Calvin.  The...

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

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

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

Louis White loved teaching and coaching. He loved it so much that even after he retired from coaching he stayed on as athletic director...

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

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...

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

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....

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...

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...

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

Many of us are fortunate to have a strong and influential person come into our lives. For Murphy High School, the Murphy Panther football...

Harry Wayne Parrish (Kneeling on left) Dothan City Schools Supt Sam Nichols said ”Coach Parrish has always demonstrated the highest...

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...

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

If one person was ever responsible for establishing a high school football tradition it is Duane Webster at Reeltown High School.  Born...