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Gabe Infante
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Impact Statement
“Failure is not fatal. Failure is a part of the process.”
-Gabe Infante
Biography
This past season, Infante led St. Joe’s to its fourth state championship in the last six years in Pennsylvania’s largest classification. In nine years as the school’s head football coach, Infante led the program to a 91-22 career record. Over the last three seasons, the Hawks finished with a 40-1 record. The 2018 season was special as the Hawks finished No. 4 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, No. 6 in the USA TODAY Super 25 and a No. 11 in MaxPreps’ Xcellent 25.
In an interview with the NHSCA, Infante said “I’ve told a lot of young coaches, ‘Failure is not fatal’. If you’re afraid of failure and you don’t have a plan for that you’re not going to be very successful because of a lot of times, future success depends on how you handle those moments”
While being named the National Coach of the Year, Infante stated it’s not what means the most. “Those are the things that are most rewarding – the relationships, where guys come back and they still talk about the things that you told them. To hear them come back and tell you what that’s meant to them and how it’s impacted their lives, wow, man! That’s what it’s about!”
After an impressive season, Infante left St. Joe’s and took a job at Temple University, where is the running backs coach. He has served in many capacities as part of USA Football’s national teams, including serving the head coach of the Under-17 team last season. Infante was the U.S. Army National Coach of the Year in 2017.
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Miami Central High School
Roland Smith took over Miami Central’s football program in 2013 and led the team to back-to-back 6A state championships.
Roland Smith took over Miami Central’s football program in 2013 and led the team to back-to-back 6A state championships.
Roland Smith
Miami Central High School
Impact Statement
Roland Smith took over Miami Central’s football program in 2013 and led the team to back-to-back 6A state championships.
Biography
Miami Central head coach Roland Smith’s time at the helm of Miami Central has been a successful one. Smith, who took over as head coach in 2013, has led the Rockets to back-to-back Florida Class 6A state football titles. Last year’s title was the school’s third straight and fourth in the last five years. In two seasons with the Rockets, Smith has only lost two games — both to Miami-rival Booker T. Washington. Last season, Miami Central finished #7 in the High School Football America/NHSCA Top 25 national rankings. Prior to arriving at Miami Central, Smith spent six seasons as the head coach at Miami Northwestern, leading the school to an overall record of 69-13, which included a perfect 15-0 season in 2006 that ended with a state championship. Smith is the third coach from Florida to be honored by the NHSCA with its National Football Coach of the Year Award. Past winners were St. Thomas Aquinas’ George Smith in 2011 and Charles “Corky” Rogers of The Bolles School in 2005.
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Katy High School
“I went into coaching because my father was happy to go to work every day. Like my dad, I’m doing what I love to do.” -Gary Joseph
“I went into coaching because my father was happy to go to work every day. Like my dad, I’m doing what I love to do.” -Gary Joseph
Gary Joseph
Katy High School
Impact Statement
“I went into coaching because my father was happy to go to work every day. Like my dad, I’m doing what I love to do.” -Gary Joseph
Biography
This past season, Coach Joseph led Katy to a perfect 16-0 record, winning the Texas’ Class 6A Division II title, which was the school’s fourth state title under Joseph, who has been the Tigers head coach since 2004.
The Tigers finished #3 in the High School Football America/NHSCA National Top 25 and were named “mythical” national champs by MaxPreps.com, NationalHSFootball.com and PrepNation.com.
Joseph, who has taken his school to eight overall Texas state championship games, began as an assistant with Katy more than 30 years ago and currently owns a lifetime record is 168-14. He’s led Katy to eleven district titles in twelve years as head coach and the Tigers haven’t lost a district game since 2008.
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Coach Joseph serves as a lector in his church.
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St. John Bosco High School
“I’ve always said Sean’s got really good vision, and he can find creases and get yards.” -Chris Petersen, UW Coach
“I’ve always said Sean’s got really good vision, and he can find creases and get yards.” -Chris Petersen, UW Coach
Sean McGrew
St. John Bosco High School
Impact Statement
“I’ve always said Sean’s got really good vision, and he can find creases and get yards.” -Chris Petersen, UW Coach
Biography
Sean McGrew finished his career with 5,762 yards with a 9.1 yards per carry average, plus he helped St. John Bosco to a record-setting 21-game league win streak with three consecutive Trinity League titles.
The Trinity League is considered one of the best high school football leagues in America. He never lost a league game over the course of his high school career. He was named the Trinity League Offensive MVP as a junior.
McGrew will play at the University of Washington in the fall.
Despite his senior year being cut short due to Covid, McGrew led the team in rushing yards again Oregon in the season opener. He was the team’s Academic Achievement Award winner. He was also honored with the Tyee Sports Council Community Service Award. He announced in December of 2020 that he will return for a sixth year as a Huskie.
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Mater Dei High School
Rollinson has led Mater Dei to seven CIF titles and four National Championships over his 30 year career.
Rollinson has led Mater Dei to seven CIF titles and four National Championships over his 30 year career.
Bruce Rollinson
Mater Dei High School
Impact Statement
Rollinson has led Mater Dei to seven CIF titles and four National Championships over his 30 year career.
Biography
Bruce Rollinson, who has been Mater Dei’s head coach since 1989, owns a record of 272-33-2. Last season Rollinson led his school to a 13-1 record and was ranked No. 14 in the national in the High School Football America/NHSCA National High School Football Rankings.
Since taking-over the reigns of the football program at his alma mater, Rollinson has directed the Monarchs to 11 CIF-Southern Section championship games, winning five titles. In the mid-90’s, two of Rollinson’s teams were named national champions by USA TODAY.
Among the top players he has coached are quarterbacks Matt Barkley and Matt Leinart, both of whom went to USC. Rollinson’s current quarterback, sophomore J.T. Daniels, has already thrown 100 touchdowns in his career, which gives him the most in Orange County history with two more years to go.
Rollinson is the second California high school football coach to receive the honor. De La Salle’s Bob Ladouceur, who is one of three two-time winners of the its Coach of the Year award, won the National Football Coach of the Year award in 2001 and 2004.
Since being honored, Rollinson has continued to lead Mater Dei. His team won another state and national title in 2018. He will return in 2022 for his 33rd season. In 32 seaons, he’s complied a record of 317-86-2.
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Bishop Gorman High School
Tate Martell finished his career 45-0 as the school’s starting quarterback with 113 touchdown passes.
Tate Martell finished his career 45-0 as the school’s starting quarterback with 113 touchdown passes.
Tate Martell
Bishop Gorman High School
Impact Statement
Tate Martell finished his career 45-0 as the school’s starting quarterback with 113 touchdown passes.
Biography
Tate Martell finished his career 45-0 as the school’s starting quarterback with 113 touchdown passes.
During his senior year, Martell completed 136 of 215 passes for 2,362 yards and 41 touchdowns with just one interception. He also ran for 1,257 yards and 21 touchdowns. Martell led Bishop Gorman to three straight USA TODAY Super 25 national championships, plus the Gaels finished No. 1 in the 2016 High School Football America Top 50. Martell played in the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.
In the classroom has a 3.32 GPA, plus he volunteers as a youth football coach and mentors elementary school students. Martell is attending Ohio State University. Martell is the first student-athlete from Nevada to win the NHSCA Senior Football Player of the Year Award.
Martell redshirted his freshman year at Ohio State. As a sophomore, Martell played in a handful of games finishing with 269 passing yards. At the completion of the season, Martell enter the portal and transferred to the University of Miami. Martell opted out of the 2020 season.
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Plymouth High School
“He finds a way to get the most out of his players and coaches each year without changing his approach to the game. It’s all about consistency.” T. Donahue, asst. coach
“He finds a way to get the most out of his players and coaches each year without changing his approach to the game. It’s all about consistency.” T. Donahue, asst. coach
Chuck Lenahan
Plymouth High School
Impact Statement
“He finds a way to get the most out of his players and coaches each year without changing his approach to the game. It’s all about consistency.” T. Donahue, asst. coach
Biography
Lenahan, who is completing his 41st year at Plymouth as football coach and athletic director, built the Bobcats into a small-school football powerhouse. Under his guidance, Plymouth has won 18 Division 3 and 4 state titles, most recently in 2009, and he is the state’s all-time leading winner with a 334-69-1 record.
Last fall, Plymouth finished 9-2 and second in state – the Bobcats’ 11th runner-up finish in Lenahan’s tenure – and his teams have compiled 12 unbeaten seasons. Lenahan’s teams dominated the decade of the 2000s as few programs have anywhere. From 1997 through 2009, Plymouth finished 136-5 and won 12 state titles, and the run included two lengthy winning streaks.
After winning 46 straight from 2000-04 – then a state record – the Bobcats shattered that record following a 2004 loss. Plymouth won its next 57 games, a streak that ended in 2010. Three Plymouth senior classes in the decade – 2003, 2008 and 2009 – won every game in their four years on the varsity. The National Federation of State High School Associations honored Lenahan as its National Coach of the Year in 2005.
Lenahan retired at the completion of the 2013 season after 43 years at the helm as the winningest coach in New England. He led his team to their 20th State Championship, just the cherry on the top.
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St. Thomas Aquinas High School
“Coach Smith is obviously a legend and an extraordinary personality, but what makes him so special is his selfless demeanor.” -Roger Harriott, University School Head Coach
“Coach Smith is obviously a legend and an extraordinary personality, but what makes him so special is his selfless demeanor.” -Roger Harriott, University School Head Coach
George Smith
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Impact Statement
“Coach Smith is obviously a legend and an extraordinary personality, but what makes him so special is his selfless demeanor.” -Roger Harriott, University School Head Coach
Biography
After taking the reins as head football coach in 1975, Smith could be found hammering nails and pouring concrete into what would become the visiting bleachers at the school’s football stadium.
Smith, 62, then built a program that became renowned at the state and national levels. He retired this spring after 34 seasons at the helm of the Raiders, building a 361-66 record in two separate stints and leading St. Thomas to 13 state championship games and six state titles – four in Class 5A and two in 4A.
Smith stepped down after St. Thomas won its first state title in 1992. He returned for the 1995 season and led the Raiders to the state playoffs in all 16 seasons of his second stint, adding state titles in 1997, 1999, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Overall, his teams earned 26 playoff berths and posted a 64-20 playoff record (only Charles “Corky” Rogers of Jacksonville Bolles School, the NHSCA’s National Coach of the Year in 2005, with 66 playoff wins, has more).
His 2008 team finished the season ranked No. 1 by the NHSCA and by USA Today, which named Smith its National High School Coach of the Year that year. His final team in 2010, which finished 15-0, also earned national title honors and the NHSCA’s No. 3 ranking.
Smith, who came to St. Thomas in 1972 as wrestling coach, has been elected to the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame, the Florida Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame and the Broward County Sports Bureau Hall of Fame. He will remain the school’s athletic director.
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Greenville High school
“Any great coach worth his or her salt is always looking forward to the next play. That is how I am wired. Always thinking of the next play.” -Jeremy Williams
“Any great coach worth his or her salt is always looking forward to the next play. That is how I am wired. Always thinking of the next play.” -Jeremy Williams
Jeremy Williams
Greenville High school
Impact Statement
“Any great coach worth his or her salt is always looking forward to the next play. That is how I am wired. Always thinking of the next play.” -Jeremy Williams
Biography
A standout safety at the University of Memphis from 1990-93, Williams has coached at Greenville, a school in a town of fewer than 1,000 people playing in small-school Class A, for the past eight seasons. He has led his teams to a 47-37 record and three state playoff appearances. Pictured below, Williams, #19, was part of one of the greatest upsets in college football history on September 2, 1991 when Memphis State knocked off USC.
So those numbers don’t impress you? Maybe this will: Williams coached the Patriots to a perfect 10-0 regular-season record last fall – they were eliminated by the eventual state champion in the second round of the playoffs to finish 11-1 – after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Riding to practices in a golf cart, sometimes having to lean on his players as he coached, he still inspired Greenville to heights the program hadn’t seen since its last unbeaten season in 1992.
The ABC television series, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, rebuilt Williams’ house to accommodate his health issues and those of his 6-year-old son, Jacob, who was born with spina bifida and is confined to a wheelchair, as well as the Greenville High School field house. Williams was named the Atlanta Falcons’ High School Coach of the Week for Nov. 23, and his was voted Sports Story of the Year for 2009 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Williams continued to coach until his retirement on June 30, 2011. Despite his retirement, coaching is still part of his life. He uses eye-tracking technology. This allows him to communicate via text with coaches, offering advice and tips. He breaks down films that coaches email him and gives feedback.
His wife Jennifer said it best, “although we have adverse circumstances in our life, I think it’s important not to focus on the bad, because we truly do live victorious lives.”
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Coach Williams still remains active in his community. He gives his testimony at local churches, men's conferences and Fellowship of Christian Athletes groups. He also co-leads a Bible study on Wednesday nights at his family's house.
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Summerville High School
“Football relates so much to life — you get knocked down and you got to get up.” -John McKissick
“Football relates so much to life — you get knocked down and you got to get up.” -John McKissick
John McKissick
Summerville High School
Impact Statement
“Football relates so much to life — you get knocked down and you got to get up.” -John McKissick
Biography
McKissick, who will turn 83 in September, is the dean of high school football coaches. He has coached 57 seasons at Summerville and his list of awards is almost as long as his list of victories. He is the nation’s all-time leading winner, with a career record of 565-133-13. He became No. 1 on the all-time victory list in 1993 and won his 500th game in 2004.
His teams have won 10 state championships, winning state crowns in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. They came within an eyelash of making it six championship decades by reaching the Class 4A Division 1 state title game in 2007. Last year’s team finished 9-2 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
Named National High School Coach of the Year three times, McKissick was the recipient of the Power of Influence award from the American Football Coaches Association in 2003. Inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Hall of Fame in 1990, he was South Carolina’s “Coach of the Three-Quarter Century” honoree by Coach and Athletic Director magazine in 2007.
Since being honored in 2009, McKissick continued to lead Summerville to victory. As of October 26, 2012, McKissick became the winningest coach in football history with win number 600 with a 37-21 victory over Ashley Ridge.
McKissick retired from coaching just before the 2015 season after 63 years at the helm.
A true football legend, McKissick passed away November 28, 2019.
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Booneville High School
Over his 45 year career, Drewry lead 3 teams to State Titles and finished with a 346-158-5 record. He lead his teams both on and off the field to success.
Over his 45 year career, Drewry lead 3 teams to State Titles and finished with a 346-158-5 record. He lead his teams both on and off the field to success.
James Drewry
Booneville High School
Impact Statement
Over his 45 year career, Drewry lead 3 teams to State Titles and finished with a 346-158-5 record. He lead his teams both on and off the field to success.
Biography
Drewry has won three state championships in two tours of duty at Booneville during a coaching career that has spanned 43 seasons. Booneville gave Drewry his first head coaching position in 1965 and he coached the Blue Devils for 14 seasons before moving on to Kossuth High. He also coached at Brandon High and Tishomingo High before returning to Booneville in 1990, winning the first of three state championships that season. His teams added back-to-back state crowns in 1999 and 2000 and have made seven trips to the state title game.
With a career record of 327-151-5, including a 7-5 mark and a second-round state playoff appearance this year, Drewry is Mississippi’s all-time leading winner. Elected to the Mississippi Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992, Drewry will be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame this summer. He was selected Mississippi’s “Coach of the Three-Quarter Century” honoree by Coach and Athletic Director magazine in 2007. Drewry, who turns 77 this month, plans to return to the Blue Devils sideline next fall for a 44th season.
And indeed Drewry did return for his 44th season after being honored in 2007. Drewry continued to coach until 2009 when he retired.
He finished with a career record of 346-158-5 after 45 years. He was honored s the 2009 recipient of The American Football Coaches Foundation’s Power of Influence Award. This award is an honor given to a deserving high school football coach for his effect on his players, school and community.
Drewry passed away at the age of 86 in April of 2018.
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Alcoa High School
“We develop our kids from the get-go,” he said. “We get them as much experience as we can”
-Gary Rankin on Alcoa’s consistency
“We develop our kids from the get-go,” he said. “We get them as much experience as we can”
-Gary Rankin on Alcoa’s consistency
Gary Rankin
Alcoa High School
Impact Statement
“We develop our kids from the get-go,” he said. “We get them as much experience as we can”
-Gary Rankin on Alcoa’s consistency
Biography
Rankin established himself as one of the state’s elite coaches in 16 seasons at Riverdale High in Murfreesboro. In 1990 he took over a Riverdale program coming off three consecutive losing seasons. After a 4-6 opening season, Rankin developed the Warriors into one of the state’s top programs, leading Riverdale to Class 5A state titles in 1994, 1997, 2001 and 2004 and nine state title games, including five straight from 2000-04. His teams won 14 district/region titles and he concluded his tenure at Riverdale with a 70-game winning streak against district/region opponents.
Last season, Rankin took over at Class 2A state power Alcoa High and led the Tornadoes to a 13-2 record – the losses coming to the Class 3A and Class 4A state champions – a third consecutive state title and the fifth of his career. EA Sports named Rankin, whose career record is 207-27, its National High School Coach of the Year in 2004.
Since being honored in 2007, Rankin has continued to lead Alcoa to dominance. In 2019 Alcoa captured their 14th State Championship, and Rankin’s 18th overall.
In 2011 Rankin was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame.
In September of 2017 Rankin became the winningest coach in Tennessee by capturing his 400th career victory. After the 2019 season, Rankin’s career record is 439-76.
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Highland Park High School
Allen led Highland Park to four State Titles, accumulated over 375 wins and is the 4th winningest coach in the storied Texas football history.
Allen led Highland Park to four State Titles, accumulated over 375 wins and is the 4th winningest coach in the storied Texas football history.
Randy Allen
Highland Park High School
Impact Statement
Allen led Highland Park to four State Titles, accumulated over 375 wins and is the 4th winningest coach in the storied Texas football history.
Biography
Allen, also the athletic director at Highland Park, has been a football coach for over 25 years. Since arriving at Highland Park in 1999, his teams have an overall record of 80-9 and won the 2005 Class 4A state title, the school’s first state football title in 48 years. Highland Park finished 15-0, and its 59-0 championship-game victory over Marshall High was the most lopsided in state final history.
Allen previously coached 19 seasons at Ballinger High, Brownwood High and his alma mater, Abilene Cooper High, leading Cooper to the state finals in 1996. His career record is 234-65-6. Inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor this year, Allen recently published a book about coaching: “Coaching by the Book: The Purpose and Passion of a High School Coach.”
Since being honored, Allen has led Highland Park to it’s fourth title under his direction. The Scots won a three state championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
In 2017 Allen was selected as the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award honoree. This award named after legendary NFL coach Don Shula is for their ” character, integrity, leadership, dedication to the community, commitment to player protection and on-field success” according to the NFL’s website.
Allen has completed his 37th season and has a career record of 376-78. He’s ranked fourth overall in wins in Texas.
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The Bolles School
Rogers was voted the best football coach in Florida history in an Orlando Sentinel poll.
Rogers was voted the best football coach in Florida history in an Orlando Sentinel poll.
Charles “Corky” Rogers
The Bolles School
Impact Statement
Rogers was voted the best football coach in Florida history in an Orlando Sentinel poll.
Biography
Rogers, 61, is the winningest coach in football-mad Florida. When his 2004 team won the Class 2A state title, it was his sixth state crown in 18 years at the helm – the others coming in 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2002. He also has two runner-up finishes, and his teams have made the playoffs 16 consecutive seasons.
He owns Florida records for state titles (6), playoff victories (41) and career victories (record 326-65-1). A member of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Rogers is being inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame this year.
Since being honored in 2005, Rogers continued to excel as Bolles’ head coach.
In 2007, Rogers was selected as Florida High School Athletic Association’s All-Century Team Coaching Staff. In 2015 he was voted the best football coach in Florida history in an Orlando Sentinel poll, beating out many other legends in the sport.
Overall, Rogers led Bolles to 10 State Championships and six State Runner Up finishes. He retired from coaching in 2017. He amassed an impressive career record of 465-84-1.
Rogers passed away in February of 2020.
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De La Salle High School
“We’re not asking you to play a perfect game. That’s impossible. What we’re asking of you,and what you should be asking of yourself, is that you give a perfect effort.”
“We’re not asking you to play a perfect game. That’s impossible. What we’re asking of you,and what you should be asking of yourself, is that you give a perfect effort.”
Bob Ladouceur
De La Salle High School
Impact Statement
“We’re not asking you to play a perfect game. That’s impossible. What we’re asking of you,and what you should be asking of yourself, is that you give a perfect effort.”
Biography
The choice as NHSCA National Football Coach of the Year was readily apparent this season, as Bob Ladouceur’s De La Salle squad in Concord, California has now reeled off a national record 151 wins in a row. Ladoucer’s Spartans have now won 12 consecutive California Interscholastic Federation North Coast titles.
Ledouceur lead De La Salle to five California State Bowl championships in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
With a remarkable overall coaching record of 399–25–3, his record gave him a winning percentage of .934 and makes him the winningest football coach in the CIF history. Ladouceur resigned as the head coach in 2013, although he remained on staff as an assistant coach until the 2019 season.
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Heritage High School
“We are going to try to develop good students, good players and good citizens.” -Chris Jones
“We are going to try to develop good students, good players and good citizens.” -Chris Jones
Chris Jones
Heritage High School
Impact Statement
“We are going to try to develop good students, good players and good citizens.” -Chris Jones
Biography
“Chris Jones has demonstrated success in his career across seasons, and now by winning a state championship at yet another school he has demonstrated that same success across schools and divisions,” said NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro. “The NHSCA is proud to recognize Chris Jones as the National High School Football Coach of the Year.”
Jones coached Heritage High to the Group AA Division 4 state championship this past season, one year after taking his former school, Bath County High to the Group A Division 1 state title. Heritage’s 34-7 victory over Lafayette High in this year’s final game made Jones the first Virginia coach to ever complete the back-to-back feat at different schools.
After seven season, Jones resigned from Heritage in January of 2009. In the fall, he took over the head coaching position at Franklin County High School until 2014. During the 2015 season he was the assistant at Northside before taking the head job at Covington High School in Virginia, a position he currently holds.
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Jenks High School
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Allan Trimble
Jenks High School
Impact Statement
Oklahoma’s winningest football coach, both on and off the field.
Biography
In his six years at the helm, Trimble has continued Jenks High’s run as a football powerhouse. All six of his teams at Jenks have won Class 5A state titles, and his overall record is 79-4. His teams also were nationally ranked all six years, reaching a high of No. 2 nationally in 2001. After this past season, Trimble was honored as the Russell Athletic Coach of the Year.
It didn’t stop there. In all, Trimble would lead Jenks to 13 State Championships, which is a record for any coach in Oklahoma. He led Trojans to 17 District titles in 22 years.
In addition, Sports Illustrated magazine also recognized Trimble’s distinguished career with a mention in its “Faces in the Crowd” section in 2002.
Trimble retired from the sideline on April 12, 2018. He lost his battle with ALS.
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During the early 2000's, Trimble's team has hosted a dinner honoring students participating in the Special Olympics. The students also get rousing applause at the football team's huge preseason pep rally. His players have raised $1,000 for the Special Olympics and $1,650 for an opposing team's cancer-stricken quarterback; they also read regularly to Jenks elementary school students.
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Central Bucks West High School
“He always had football on his mind, it was always there.” -Mike Pettine Jr.
“He always had football on his mind, it was always there.” -Mike Pettine Jr.
Mike Pettine Sr.
Central Bucks West High School
Impact Statement
“He always had football on his mind, it was always there.” -Mike Pettine Jr.
Biography
“Mike Pettine is an outstanding example for successful high school football coaches,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “They place a high value on the teamwork skills athletes learn for success in the classroom and on the field, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
Pettine retired at the end of this season after closing his 33-year coaching career with a 45-game winning streak and three consecutive Class 4A state titles. He built a dominant program in the days prior to the start of the state tournament series.
From 1984 through 1988, Pettine’s teams did not lose a game, building a winning streak of more than 50 games. He had 16 unbeaten seasons – nearly half of his total seasons as a head coach in ultra-competitive Pennsylvania. He also won the 1991 state title and was the 1993 state runnerup. He had an outstanding career record of 326-42-4.
During his time at CB West, Pettine also coached his son, Mike Pettine Jr (pictured below with his father). Pettine Jr. has continued in the business as an NFL coach. He has been involved with the Baltimore Ravens, the Cleveland Browns, and currently with the Green Bay Packers.
He also was named the Tri-State Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club.
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