Ultimate FL Football Quiz Answers

[OldSchoolLion]

Some possible answers:

-All of these schools have been around for at least 25 years.

-All of these teams had a head coach who spent at least 15 years with the program and that coach's teams won at least 8 playoff games.  Their names are listed below.  What does this say about the importance of having coaches in place for a long time to build a program?

-All of these teams have appeared in at least one state championship final. 

-All of these teams have played in at least 25 playoff games.

-All of these teams have won at least 10 playoff games. 

-All of these teams have made the playoffs in at least 10 different seasons.

-All of these teams have appeared in playoff games in at least 4 different decades.

Interesting facts:

-All of the coaches whose names appear below had a team(s) that appeared in a state final, with the exception of one-Don Drinkhahn of South Dade. 

-One coach's name appears twice below-Byron Walker....who had long tenures at Glades Day and American Heritage. 

-16 of the 36 coaches whose names appear below did not win a state title during their tenure, demonstrating how difficult it is to win such a title. 

-30 of the 37 schools are public schools, demonstrating that historically we have had coaches at public schools who stayed a long time...unlike some today.

 

 

Name at least 4 things each of these 37 football programs have in common?

*=Coach had at least one team at that school that won or tied in a state championship game

American Heritage/Plantation - Byron Walker

Astronaut - Randy Hallock

Bartow - Paul Quinn*

Benjamin - Ron Ream

Bishop Moore - Matt Hedrick*

Bolles - Corky Rogers*

Bradford - David Hurse*

Carol City - Walt Frazier*

Chamberlain - Billy Turner

Clewiston - Al Morrell*

Columbus - Chris Merritt

Coral Gables - Nick Kotys*

Frostproof - Farris Brannen*

Glades Day - Byron Walker*

Hillsborough - Earl Garcia

Lake Brantley - George Clayton

Lake Wales - Rod Shafer

Lakeland - William Castle*

Leon - Gene Cox*

Manatee - Joe Kinnan*

Merritt Island - Gerald Odom*

Milton - Hurley Manning*

Naples - William Kramer*

Niceville - John Hicks

Palatka - Jim McCool

Palm Bay - Dan Burke*

Pensacola - Mike Bennett*

Pine Forest - Jerry Pollard*

Riverview - John Sprague

St Augustine - Joey Wiles*

St Thomas Aquinas - George Smith*

South Dade - Don Drinkhahn

South Sumter - Inman Sherman

Tampa Catholic - Bob Henriquez

Union County - Robby Pruitt*

Vanguard - Phillip Yancey

Wakulla - J.D. Jones

 

[DisabledAccount]

5 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Some possible answers:

-All of these schools have been around for at least 25 years.

-All of these teams had a head coach who spent at least 15 years with the program and that coach's teams won at least 8 playoff games.  Their names are listed below.  What does this say about the importance of having coaches in place for a long time to build a program?

-All of these teams have appeared in at least one state championship final. 

-All of these teams have played in at least 25 playoff games.

-All of these teams have won at least 10 playoff games. 

-All of these teams have made the playoffs in at least 10 different seasons.

-All of these teams have appeared in playoff games in at least 4 different decades.

Interesting facts:

-All of the coaches whose names appear below had a team(s) that appeared in a state final, with the exception of one-Don Drinkhahn of South Dade. 

-One coach's name appears twice below-Byron Walker....who had long tenures at Glades Day and American Heritage. 

-16 of the 36 coaches whose names appear below did not win a state title during their tenure, demonstrating how difficult it is to win such a title. 

-30 of the 37 schools are public schools, demonstrating that historically we have had coaches at public schools who stayed a long time...unlike some today.

 

 

Name at least 4 things each of these 37 football programs have in common?

*=Coach had at least one team at that school that won or tied in a state championship game

American Heritage/Plantation - Byron Walker

Astronaut - Randy Hallock

Bartow - Paul Quinn*

Benjamin - Ron Ream

Bishop Moore - Matt Hedrick*

Bolles - Corky Rogers*

Bradford - David Hurse*

Carol City - Walt Frazier*

Chamberlain - Billy Turner

Clewiston - Al Morrell*

Columbus - Chris Merritt

Coral Gables - Nick Kotys*

Frostproof - Farris Brannen*

Glades Day - Byron Walker*

Hillsborough - Earl Garcia

Lake Brantley - George Clayton

Lake Wales - Rod Shafer

Lakeland - William Castle*

Leon - Gene Cox*

Manatee - Joe Kinnan*

Merritt Island - Gerald Odom*

Milton - Hurley Manning*

Naples - William Kramer*

Niceville - John Hicks

Palatka - Jim McCool

Palm Bay - Dan Burke*

Pensacola - Mike Bennett*

Pine Forest - Jerry Pollard*

Riverview - John Sprague

St Augustine - Joey Wiles*

St Thomas Aquinas - George Smith*

South Dade - Don Drinkhahn

South Sumter - Inman Sherman

Tampa Catholic - Bob Henriquez

Union County - Robby Pruitt*

Vanguard - Phillip Yancey

Wakulla - J.D. Jones

 

Paul Quinn was also the coach of Columbia when we won our only state title

 

He still holds highest winning percentage in Columbia history

[MuckCityChamp]

6 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Some possible answers:

-All of these schools have been around for at least 25 years.

-All of these teams had a head coach who spent at least 15 years with the program and that coach's teams won at least 8 playoff games.  Their names are listed below.  What does this say about the importance of having coaches in place for a long time to build a program?

-All of these teams have appeared in at least one state championship final. 

-All of these teams have played in at least 25 playoff games.

-All of these teams have won at least 10 playoff games. 

-All of these teams have made the playoffs in at least 10 different seasons.

-All of these teams have appeared in playoff games in at least 4 different decades.

Interesting facts:

-All of the coaches whose names appear below had a team(s) that appeared in a state final, with the exception of one-Don Drinkhahn of South Dade. 

-One coach's name appears twice below-Byron Walker....who had long tenures at Glades Day and American Heritage. 

-16 of the 36 coaches whose names appear below did not win a state title during their tenure, demonstrating how difficult it is to win such a title. 

-30 of the 37 schools are public schools, demonstrating that historically we have had coaches at public schools who stayed a long time...unlike some today.

 

 

Name at least 4 things each of these 37 football programs have in common?

*=Coach had at least one team at that school that won or tied in a state championship game

American Heritage/Plantation - Byron Walker

Astronaut - Randy Hallock

Bartow - Paul Quinn*

Benjamin - Ron Ream

Bishop Moore - Matt Hedrick*

Bolles - Corky Rogers*

Bradford - David Hurse*

Carol City - Walt Frazier*

Chamberlain - Billy Turner

Clewiston - Al Morrell*

Columbus - Chris Merritt

Coral Gables - Nick Kotys*

Frostproof - Farris Brannen*

Glades Day - Byron Walker*

Hillsborough - Earl Garcia

Lake Brantley - George Clayton

Lake Wales - Rod Shafer

Lakeland - William Castle*

Leon - Gene Cox*

Manatee - Joe Kinnan*

Merritt Island - Gerald Odom*

Milton - Hurley Manning*

Naples - William Kramer*

Niceville - John Hicks

Palatka - Jim McCool

Palm Bay - Dan Burke*

Pensacola - Mike Bennett*

Pine Forest - Jerry Pollard*

Riverview - John Sprague

St Augustine - Joey Wiles*

St Thomas Aquinas - George Smith*

South Dade - Don Drinkhahn

South Sumter - Inman Sherman

Tampa Catholic - Bob Henriquez

Union County - Robby Pruitt*

Vanguard - Phillip Yancey

Wakulla - J.D. Jones

 

So I was almost dead on with my answer.