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Thomasville Tigers

Head Coach: Jack Hankins Jr. (seventeenth season)
Stadium: Anderson Field
Career Record: 16 seasons, (146-51)
At Thomasville: 16 seasons, (146-51)
2018 Enrollment:  273
Rank:  224th in the AHSAA, 19th in Class 3A

 History 
Overall Record:   639-327-49   (66.0%)
Last 25 years:   189-95   (66.0%)  (Rank: 51st in the AHSAA, 4th in Class 3A)
Since 2010:   65-29  (69.0%)  (Rank: 57th in the AHSAA, 9th in Class 3A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2017
Last Region Championship:   2010
Last Winning Season:   2017
Last Losing Season:   2014

 2017 
Class:  4A              Region:   1
Record:  7-4
Region Record:   4-2, (third)
Playoff Record:   First round loss to Tallassee by a score of 35-32.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  350 (31.8)
Defense:  261 (23.7)


 2018 
Class: 3A              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 66-42 (61%) (26th in the AHSAA, 1st in Class 3A)
Region Strength:  25-30 (46%)
Non-Region Strength:  41-12 (77%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25  vs. Demopolis  (5A)   29-18   W  
 9/1  @ Sweet Water  (1A)   36-15   W  
 9/8  vs. W.S. Neal  (4A)  *  36-19   W  
 9/15   OPEN 
 9/22  @ Monroe County  (4A)  *  51-6   W  
 9/29  @ Jackson  (5A)   28-22   W  
 10/6  vs. Andalusia  (4A)  *  28-38   L  
 10/13  @ Escambia County  (4A)  *  45-22   W  
 10/19  @ UMS-Wright  (4A)  *  20-28   L  
 10/27  vs. Satsuma  (4A)  *  30-28   W  
 11/2  vs. Clarke County  (3A)   15-30   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/10  @ Tallassee    32-35   L (OT) 

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24   OPEN 
 8/31  vs. Sweet Water  (1A)       
 9/7  @ St. Michael  (3A)  *      
 9/14  vs. Bayside Academy  (3A)  *      
 9/21  @ Mobile Christian  (3A)  *      
 9/28  @ Leroy  (2A)       
 10/5  vs. Jackson  (5A)       
 10/12  @ T.R. Miller  (3A)  *      
 10/19  vs. Flomaton  (3A)  *      
 10/26  vs. Excel  (3A)  *      
 11/1  @ Clarke County  (4A)       
 11/9  @ Beulah        
 11/16  vs. Pike County        


Class  3A Region  1
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Bayside Academy (3A) 5-6184-243
Excel (3A) 2-8139-283
Flomaton (3A) 4-6235-252
Mobile Christian (3A) 9-4348-168
St. Michael (4A) 0-127-41
T.R. Miller (3A) 5-5283-214
Thomasville (4A) 7-4350-261

 2018 Preview 


       Thomasville completed the 2017 season with a 7-4 record. With their 4-2 region record and a third place finish in Class 4A region one, the Tigers earned a spot in the playoffs in 2017. Thomasville's season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Tallassee by a score of 35-32.

       Since 2010, Thomasville has gone a combined 65-29. Their 69.0% winning percentage ranks 9th in Class 3A over the past eight seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Thomasville has managed to compile a record of 189-95. Their 66.0% winning percentage ranks 4th in Class 3A and 51st in the AHSAA.




       The Tigers are led by head coach Jack Hankins Jr. who is entering his seventeenth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 146-51 over the past sixteen seasons at Thomasville. Under his direction the Tigers have qualified for the playoffs a total of sixteen times. They have won two region crowns with Coach Hankins Jr.. Coach Hankins Jr. led Thomasville to a state championship in 2010.

       Coach Hankins Jr.'s overall record as a head football coach in sixteen season stands at 146-51 (74.1%). His 146 wins rank 29th among active coaches in the AHSAA.

       Coach Hankins Jr. needs four wins this season to reach the 150 win milestone.

       The Thomasville Tigers will play in Class 3A region one during the 2018 season. The Tigers may find the schedule slightly easier this season with the move down in classification from Class 4A to 3A. They will compete in region one this year. The Tigers have one of the toughest schedules in Class 3A. Their opponents had a combined record of 66-42 last season. That ranks 1st in Class 3A and 26th in the AHSAA.

       The Tigers should be considered one of the favorites for the region one championship this season and a home game in the first round of the playoffs. The Tigers have successfully qualified for the playoffs every year since 2001 and expect to be included again when November rolls around.

       The Tigers open the 2018 season at home against non-region opponent Sweet Water on Friday, August 31 at Anderson Field. Last year the Sweet Water Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 13-1 and in first place in Class 1A region one. The Bulldogs won the Class 1A State Championship last season when they defeated Pickens County by a score of 20-6 in the Super Seven finals in Auburn.

       Thomasville and Sweet Water have met a total of 78 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 63-14-1 record against the Bulldogs. They last met in 2017 with Thomasville winning by a score of 36-15.

       Thomasville returns 4A All-State  receiver Braylon Washington. He was named to the second team last season.

  


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