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Gulf Shores Dolphins

Head Coach: Matt Blake (first season)
Stadium: Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium
Career Record: 1 season, (2-8)
At Gulf Shores: First season
2017 Enrollment:  613
Rank:  88th in the AHSAA, 57th in Class 6A

 History 
Overall Record:   62-109   (36.0%)
Last 25 years:   62-109   (36.0%)  (Rank: 309th in the AHSAA, 50th in Class 6A)
Since 2010:   26-45  (37.0%)  (Rank: 268th in the AHSAA, 46th in Class 6A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2013
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2013
Last Losing Season:   2016

 2016 
Class:  6A              Region:   1
Record:  0-10    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   0-8, (ninth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  118 (11.8)
Defense:  397 (39.7)


 2017 
Class: 6A              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 61-49 (56%) (72nd in the AHSAA, 12th in Class 6A)
Region Strength:  50-39 (56%)
Non-Region Strength:  11-10 (52%)

D1 Prospects
      Rett Files,  6-3,  210,  QB


 2016 Results 
 8/19  vs. Mountain Brook  (7A)   6-56   L  
 8/26  @ Baldwin County  (6A)  *  9-44   L  
 9/2  vs. Spanish Fort  (6A)  *  10-38   L  
 9/9  vs. B.C. Rain  (6A)  *  24-42   L  
 9/16  @ LeFlore  (6A)  *  21-22   L  
 9/23  @ Faith Academy  (5A)   14-21   L  
 9/30  @ Saraland  (6A)  *  7-42   L  
 10/7  vs. Daphne  (6A)  *  7-52   L  
 10/14   OPEN 
 10/20  @ Blount  (6A)  *  7-46   L  
 10/28  vs. Robertsdale  (6A)  *  13-34   L  

 2017 Schedule 
 8/25  @ Mountain Brook  (7A)       
 9/1  vs. Baldwin County  (6A)  *      
 9/8  @ Spanish Fort  (6A)  *      
 9/15  @ B.C. Rain  (6A)  *      
 9/22  vs. LeFlore  (6A)  *      
 9/29  vs. Faith Academy  (5A)       
 10/6  vs. Saraland  (6A)  *      
 10/13  @ Daphne  (6A)  *      
 10/20   OPEN 
 10/27  vs. Blount  (6A)  *      
 11/3  @ Robertsdale  (6A)  *      


Class  6A Region  1
Team 2016 Record Scoring                            
B.C. Rain (6A) 5-5225-267
Baldwin County (6A) 5-5244-238
Blount (6A) 10-3450-231
Daphne (6A) 9-3366-164
Gulf Shores (6A) 0-10118-397
LeFlore (6A) 3-7146-291
Robertsdale (6A) 2-8154-361
Saraland (6A) 6-5301-267
Spanish Fort (6A) 10-3309-161

 2017 Preview 


       Gulf Shores finished the 2016 season with a disappointing 0-10 record. Last year Gulf Shores finished ninth in Class 6A region one with a 0-8 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Dolphins lost as many games as in any season since 2000.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Gulf Shores averaged scoring just 11.8 points a game. The Dolphins also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 39.7 points a game.

       The Dolphins would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 1-19 record. Since 2010, Gulf Shores has gone a combined 26-45. Their 37.0% winning percentage ranks 46th in Class 6A over the past seven seasons.

       Over the past 17 seasons, Gulf Shores has managed to compile a record of 62-109. Their 36.0% winning percentage ranks 50th in Class 6A and 309th in the AHSAA.

Jamie Williams was let go at Gulf Shores after two seasons that produced a 1-19 record. Playing in a very difficult region, the Dolphins found very little success under Williams.


Rick Cauley resigned in July after accepting the head coaching position at Gulf Shores. He took a job at Satsuma.

Matt Blake was hired in late July to take over the football program at Gulf Shores. Blake spent the past four years as an assistant coach at Spanish Fort. He is a graduate of Lee in Montgomery and the University of Alabama. He was also the head coach at Monroe County in 2010.



       Coach Blake's overall record as a head football coach in one season stands at 2-8 (20.0%).

       The Gulf Shores Dolphins will play in Class 6A region one during the 2017 season.

       The Dolphins enter the 2017 season in the middle of a 12 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

       This season, the Dolphins will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region one. After not winning a single game last year, the goal at Gulf Shores will be to simply win some games.

      The defense returns Senior linebacker Jacob McDaniel who collected 3 interceptions last year.

       The Dolphins open the 2017 season on the road against non-region opponent Mountain Brook on Friday, August 25 at Spartan Stadium. Last year the Mountain Brook Spartans finished with an overall record of 8-3 and in second place in Class 7A region three. The Spartans lost in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs to Gadsden City by a score of 15-7.

       Gulf Shores and Mountain Brook have met a total of 2 times on the football field. The Dolphins have a 0-2-0 record against the Spartans. They last met in 2016 with Mountain Brook winning by a score of 56-6.

       College prospects include: Rett Files (6-3, 210) quarterback,

  


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