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Who is this famous coach and at what high school did he coach?

  • Won over 200 FL hs football games
  • Coached at one school for over 25 years
  • Led his team to 14 playoff appearances spanning 4 decades
  • Led his team to back-to-back state title game appearances
  • Has a stadium named after him

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30 minutes ago, gatorman-uf said:

Al Morrell - Clewiston?

Al Morrell is a GREAT guess, but just misses the mark. 

Won 200+ games-check.

Coached exactly 25 years at Clewiston...not over.  

Led Clewiston to 16 playoff appearances spanning 4 decades.

Led Clewiston to back-to-back state title game appearances-check.

Al Morrell Stadium...where?

Posted
2 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Who is this famous coach and at what high school did he coach?

  • Won over 200 FL hs football games
  • Coached at one school for over 25 years
  • Led his team to 14 playoff appearances spanning over 4 decades
  • Led his team to back-to-back state title game appearances
  • Has a stadium named after him

Was this coach ONLY a head coach at one school during his career, or was he a head coach at more than one school?

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While this has nothing to do with the current topic, I wish the FHSAA would update the record books. I think it a shame that the football book has not been updated since  2015. The book made it easier to look at success overtime, shame the FHSAA has given up on it.

Posted
18 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Who is this famous coach and at what high school did he coach?

  • Won over 200 FL hs football games
  • Coached at one school for over 25 years
  • Led his team to 14 playoff appearances spanning over 4 decades
  • Led his team to back-to-back state title game appearances
  • Has a stadium named after him

With only 14 playoff appearances, I'm lead to believe that he spent much of his coaching career when only district champs made the playoffs. 

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My first thought was Billy Turner (Hillsborough/Chamberlain), but I think he only made it to the big dance once. 

All of the others that I can think of who have a stadium named after them won at least one state title.  And based on the way the question is worded, it leads me to believe the coach in question made it to the title game twice in a row, but came up short both times.  

Hmmm, may have to do a little digging. 

Posted
19 minutes ago, Perspective said:

My first thought was Billy Turner (Hillsborough/Chamberlain), but I think he only made it to the big dance once. 

All of the others that I can think of who have a stadium named after them won at least one state title.  And based on the way the question is worded, it leads me to believe the coach in question made it to the title game twice in a row, but came up short both times.  

Hmmm, may have to do a little digging. 

I was thinking Billy Turner as well but he only got to the finals once. Then I figured it would be Jim Powell (Venice) but he didn't quite have 200 wins.

Posted
11 minutes ago, Hwy17 said:

I was thinking Billy Turner as well but he only got to the finals once. Then I figured it would be Jim Powell (Venice) but he didn't quite have 200 wins.

Or have back-to-back title games (best I can tell).  

Posted
1 hour ago, Hwy17 said:

I'm going to guess, Larry Gergley

Good guess!  ...but no.

  • Won over 200 FL hs football games-CHECK
  • Coached at one school for over 25 years-CHECK
  • Led his team to 14 playoff appearances spanning over 4 decades-CHECK
  • Led his team to back-to-back state title game appearances-NO..never made a state final appearance
Posted
1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Good guess!  ...but no.

  • Won over 200 FL hs football games-CHECK
  • Coached at one school for over 25 years-CHECK
  • Led his team to 14 playoff appearances spanning over 4 decades-CHECK
  • Led his team to back-to-back state title game appearances-NO..never made a state final appearance

Somebody mentioned in a previous thread; Gene Cox.

Posted
1 hour ago, Hwy17 said:

Somebody mentioned in a previous thread; Gene Cox.

Another GREAT guess...but no

He meets all of the criteria except one.  His Leon teams appeared in playoff games over three decades, not four.  

Posted
11 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Another GREAT guess...but no

He meets all of the criteria except one.  His Leon teams appeared in playoff games over three decades, not four.  

Hmm, Cox had more than 2 title game appearances and the only time he appeared in back-to-back title games, he won one ('74) and lost one ('75).   This adds a new wrinkle.  He may have had multiple title appearances and may have won one or more titles, but only appeared back-to-back once.   At least that's how I'm interpreting the responses to the selections. 

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