Quiz-Who Is This Central Florida Coach?

[OldSchoolLion]

This Orange County head coach has more tenure at his present school than any other Orange County coach does at their respective school.   Who is he and where does he coach? 

[DisabledAccount]

14 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

This Orange County head coach has more tenure at his present school than any other Orange County coach does at their respective school.   Who is he and where does he coach? 

Rick Darlington  Apopka 

 

[OldSchoolLion]

8 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Rick Darlington  Apopka 

 

Good guess but no

[DisabledAccount]

4 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Good guess but no

Matt Hedrick 

 

Bishop Moore 

[DarterBlue2]

21 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Matt Hedrick 

 

Bishop Moore 

It's either him or Jim Buckridge at Timber Creek then. Darlington was away from Apopka for three years when he coached in South Georgia, so that's why it's not Rick. 

[OldSchoolLion]

It is Jim Buckridge of Timber Creek, who has been there for 17 seasons and built a solid program.  

Orange County has 4 coaches with 10+ years of tenure.  For perspective, Broward County, a much larger school district, has just one.

Timber Creek/Jim Buckridge 17 seasons

Apopka/Rick Darlington 16 seaons

Bishop Moore/Matt Hedrick 16 seasons

Winter Park/Tim Shifflet 12 seasons

Good job Darter!

 

[DarterBlue2]

6 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

It is Jim Buckridge of Timber Creek, who has been there for 17 seasons and built a solid program.  

Orange County has 4 coaches with 10+ years of tenure.  For perspective, Broward County, a much larger school district, has just one.

Timber Creek/Jim Buckridge 17 seasons

Apopka/Rick Darlington 16 seaons

Bishop Moore/Matt Hedrick 16 seasons

Winter Park/Tim Shifflet 12 seasons

Good job Darter!

 

I have a lot of respect for Buckridge and his staff. Most of them coached at Boone under Ziegler at one time or another. They know their football and make the best of the talent available to Timber Creek. It doesn't hurt that the TCHS community supports its athletic programs. 

[Pipe Dreams]

Great coach, always been a fan.

 

[Dan in Daytona]

Shout-out to (3) longtime Mainland assistant football coaches. 1996- xx ,    23 years and counting :

Terry (TA) Anthony - OC, Wr's, H.C. (Track)

Jonathan (JB) Brown - DC, Lb's

Walter Brunson -  JV, (Track)

[DarterBlue2]

On 6/26/2018 at 8:47 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

It is Jim Buckridge of Timber Creek, who has been there for 17 seasons and built a solid program.  

Orange County has 4 coaches with 10+ years of tenure.  For perspective, Broward County, a much larger school district, has just one.

Timber Creek/Jim Buckridge 17 seasons

Apopka/Rick Darlington 16 seaons

Bishop Moore/Matt Hedrick 16 seasons

Winter Park/Tim Shifflet 12 seasons

Good job Darter!

 

Regarding Tim Shifflet, he took over from Larry Gergley as head coach at WP in 2007. So that would make him 11 seasons there, with the 12th this year.

Prior to that, he was a coordinator under Larry and was also with him at Bishop Moore before that.