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Blount - Ramon Nelson leaves Blount after three seasons with only six victories to show for all his hard work and effort leading the football program. The Leopards have not qualified for the playoff since 202o which is the longest streak since before the Ben Harris era back in the 1980s. The program is a long way removed from the glory days of the 1990s when they won five state championships. 2026 Season - Gus Smith Chelsea - Todd Cassity leaves Chelsea after four seasons as the head coach. He resigned in January to pursue opportunities in Georgia after spending the last 28 years in Alabama. His overall record in 13 seasons as a head coach stands at 74-72. 2026 Season - Tad Niblett Hueytown - Greg Patterson. resigned his position as head coach at Hueytown after seven seasons as the head football coach. He steps down with a record of 75-54 at Sumiton Christian and Hueytown over eleven seasons. Each of his Golden Gophers teams reached the playoffs with the 2021 squad playing for a state championship. 2026 Season - Jeremy Vines Huffman - Rodney Bivens Jr. leaves after three seasons leading the Vikings of Huffman football program. His teams only managed to win three games but showed some progress each year. The Vikings have fallen on tough times over the past twenty seasons as they have not won more games than they lost since 2005. They also have not won a playoff game since 2001. They will be in search of the fifth head coach in the past seven years. 2026 Season - Darrell LeBeaux will be back on the sidelines after one season away from his head coaching duties. LeBeaux had great success at Pleasant Grove leading the Spartans to an impressive 75-16 record in eight seasons. Every team won at least nine games and reached the second round of the playoffs. He also led the Spartans to three consecutive championship game appearances. Lee Huntsville - Antonio Ford leaves Lee High School after just one season to join the staff at Albertville under head coach Adam Winegarden. 2026 Season - Navendra Woods Minor - Adrian Abrams leaves Minor High School after eight seasons with a record of 35-47 and 0-4 in the playoffs. The Tigers last winning season was 2020 when they finished 6-4 losing in the first round of the playoffs. 2026 Season - Rico Jackson has been much traveled over the course of his career but will be returning closer to home by taking over the head coaching job at Minor. All he did last season was lead Anniston to a 14-1 record and a trip to the Class 4A state championship game in Birmingham. While his team did lose to a Great Jackson team it did not diminish the fact that Anniston had a great season. Pell City - Nick Gentry resigned his position as the head football coach at Pell City in early December. After only two seasons he will be moving on but certainly will reappear in another coaching job soon. His two seasons produced a record of 12-10 with playoff berths each year. The seven wins in 2025 were the most for any Panther coach since the 2012 football season. Since that year the Panthers will in search of their eighth coach in the past fourteen seasons. 2026 Season - Jake Ganus arrives in Pell City with his championship game trophy in hand and hopes of working his magic for the Panthers. He led Moody to a championship in 2025 after being at the school for only four seasons. It was the first ever title for the Blue Devils. Pell City has promised to whatever it takes to allow him the same opportunity with the Panthers. Pinson Valley - James Thompson leaves Pinson Valley after only two seasons with a record of 5-15. The Indians will be in search of their seventh head football coach since 2016. That is just ten short years. They need to find some stability at the top if they wish to return to the days of winning state championships. 2026 Season - Logan Colafrancesco Rehobeth - Toby Greene leaves Rehobeth after just three seasons at the helm with a 14-16 record. His teams failed to reach the playoffs in any of the three seasons. The Rebels will be in search of their seventh head coach since the end of the 2011 football season. The last playoff win for the Rebels came back in 2005 under the direction of head coach George Kennedy whose team that season finished with a 10-2 record. They have not found much success on the field since that season making the playoffs just three times the past twenty years. 2026 Season - Ethan Holland spent the 2025 season as the head coach at Headland where his only team finished with a 4-5 record. Holland served as defensive coordinator at Cottonwood for three seasons prior to accepting the job at Headland last season. Russellville - Dustin Goodwin 2026 Season - Darrell Higgins Theodore - Steve Mask stepped down as the head football coach at Theodore after leading the Bobcats the past three seasons. His career spans 29 year in Alabama with a record of 231-120. He will be most remembered for the four state championships his teams won at St. Paul's. His head coaching career began in 1990 at Bradshaw for five seasons followed by another five years at Buckhorn. On to Colbert County where his experience started to produce winning football teams consistently. After going 52-15 at Colbert County his St. Paul's teams finished a combined 110-25 in ten seasons. The Theodore job should be considered one on the better spots in Mobile County for some lucky coach. 2026 Season - Randy Larson | |
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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
From 1947 until his retirement in 1992 Glenn Daniel's teams won 302 games at Pine Hill and Luverne. He was the winningest coach in state history until 2010.
From 1947 until his retirement in 1992 Glenn Daniel's teams won 302 games at Pine Hill and Luverne. He was the winningest coach in state history until 2010.
