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Hoover Buccaneers

Head Coach: Josh Niblett (ninth season)
Stadium: Regions Park
Career Record: 16 seasons, (171-43)
At Hoover: 8 seasons, (106-11)
2014 Enrollment:  2,143
Rank:  1st in the AHSAA, 1st in Class 7A

 History 
Overall Record:   461-163-7   (74.0%)
Last 25 years:   270-63   (81.0%)  (Rank: 2nd in the AHSAA, 1st in Class 7A)
Since 2010:   79-8  (91.0%)  (Rank: 2nd in the AHSAA, 1st in Class 7A)
Last Region Championship:   2014

 2015 
Class:  7A              Region:   3
Record:  10-3
Region Record:   5-2, (second)
Playoff Record:   Quarter-finals loss to Spain Park by a score of 7-6.
Final ASWA Poll:   5th
Scoring:  337 (25.9)
Defense:  137 (10.5)

D1 Players lost to Graduation
      Daniel Aust,  ,  ,  OL  [Samford]
      Christian Bell,  ,  ,  LB  [Alabama]
      Quincy Cox,  ,  ,  TE/WR  [Tuskegee]
      Nick Eldridge,  ,  ,  OL  [Kennesaw St.]
      P.J. Hall,  ,  ,  DB  [Tulane]
      Malachi Herron,  ,  ,  DB  [Mississippi College]
      Jeremiah Moon,  ,  ,  LB  [Florida]

 2016 
Class: 7A              Region:   3
Strength of Schedule: 47-43 (52%) (151st in the AHSAA, 25th in Class 7A)
Region Strength:  38-39 (49%)
Non-Region Strength:  9-4 (69%)



 2015 Results 
 8/22  @ Oakland TN    24-6   W  
 8/28  vs. Manatee FL    42-21   W  
 9/4  @ Mountain Brook  (7A)  *  21-14   W  
 9/11  @ Oak Mountain  (7A)  *  17-14   W  
 9/18  vs. Thompson  (7A)  *  31-14   W  
 9/25   OPEN 
 10/1  vs. Spain Park  (7A)  *  0-17   L  
 10/9  vs. Tuscaloosa County  (7A)  *  45-3   W  
 10/16  @ Vestavia Hills  (7A)  *  13-20   L  
 10/23  vs. Hewitt-Trussville  (7A)  *  38-0   W  
 10/29  vs. North Marion FL    38-14   W  
 Playoffs 
 11/6  vs. Buckhorn    38-7   W  
 11/13  vs. Vestavia Hills    24-0   W  
 11/20  @ Spain Park    6-7   L  

 2016 Schedule 
 8/19   Central Phenix City  (7A)       
 8/26  @ Allen TX        
 9/2  vs. Mountain Brook  (7A)  *      
 9/9  vs. Spain Park  (7A)  *      
 9/16  @ Tuscaloosa County  (7A)  *      
 9/23   OPEN 
 9/30  @ Oak Mountain  (7A)  *      
 10/7  vs. Huffman  (7A)  *      
 10/14  vs. Vestavia Hills  (7A)  *      
 10/21  @ Thompson  (7A)  *      
 10/28  vs. Grayson GA        
 11/4  vs. Bob Jones        
 11/11  vs. James Clemens        
 11/18  @ Gadsden City        
 11/30   McGill-Toolen        


Class  7A Region  3
Team 2015 Record Scoring                            
Hoover 10-3337-137
Huffman 4-7124-203
Mountain Brook 3-7134-237
Oak Mountain 5-5213-213
Spain Park 12-2302-140
Thompson 5-5279-206
Tuscaloosa County 0-1082-274
Vestavia Hills 9-3261-187

 2016 Preview 


       With their 5-2 region record and a second place finish in Class 7A region 3, the Buccaneers earned a spot in the playoffs in 2015. Hoover lost in the quarter-finals of the playoffs last season to a strong Spain Park team by a score of 7-6.

       Over the past two seasons the Buccaneers have gone 22-5 and will be looking to continue that winning tradition. Averaging over ten wins a season since 2010, Hoover has gone a combined 79-8. Their 91.0% winning percentage ranks 1st in Class 7A over the past six seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Hoover has gone a combined 270-63. Their 81.0% winning percentage ranks 1st in Class 7A and 2nd in the AHSAA.

       The Buccaneers are led by head coach Josh Niblett who is entering his eighth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 106-11 over the past eight seasons at Hoover. Under his direction the Buccaneers have qualified for the playoffs a total of eight times. They have won five region crowns with Coach Niblett.

       Coach Niblett's overall record as a head football coach in sixteen seasons stands at 171-43 (79.9%). His 171 wins rank 14th among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach Niblett's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of fifteen times and won six region championships.

      

      The Hoover Buccaneers will play in Class 7A region 3 during the 2016 season.

       The Buccaneers enter the season with expectations of not only a region title but reaching the state championship game. They are considered one the favorites in region 3 and should be a team in the thick of the hunt to represent the North in the Class 7A title game.

       The Buccaneers open the 2016 season on a neutral field against non-region opponent Central Phenix City on Friday, August 19 Last year the Central Phenix City Red Devils finished with an overall record of 9-4 and in first place in Class 7A region 2. The Red Devils lost in the semi-finals round of the Class 7A playoffs to McGill-Toolen by a score of 26-21.

       Hoover and Central Phenix City have met a total of 4 times on the football field. The Buccaneers have a 4-0-0 record against the Red Devils. They last met in 2019 with Hoover winning by a score of 17-14.

  








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