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The best of the best in Alabama High
School Football over the past 100 seasons.
The average tenure of all the 2A coaches is 4.0 years. That is a huge drop from the 4.9 posted prior to last season. It is tied with 7A for the second shortest behind 6A.
New Hires: Fourteen
Best Hire: Phil Lazenby, Bayshore Christian
Hardest to Replace: Will Pouncey, Highland Home
Best Job: Highland Home
Toughest Job: Central Coosa
Most Interesting: The most interesting coaching changes have to be at Highland Home and Loachapoka. Both football programs have found success the past few seasons but will be under new leadership when the season opens in late August. Both schools also turned to young coaches with no prior experience as a head football coach. 2024 Coaching Changes Class 2A saw the second most coaching changes percentage wise as fourteen schools will have new leadership as the 2023 football season begins. Nine of the new hires have no head coaching experience. That is more than any other classification.
Team 2023 Season 2024 Season 
Aliceville (5-6) Grady Griffin Vacant 
Central Coosa (3-7) Shundell Russaw Daniel Flowers Central Hayneville (2-7) Corvin Johnson Jul Little 
Chickasaw (5-6) Carl Herring Dedrick Sumpter 
Gaston (2-8) Alan Beckett Derrick Sewell 
Geneva County (0-10) Josh Thompson Al Gilmore 
Highland Home (10-2) Will Pouncey Justin Bragg 
Houston County (5-5) Jake Allen Tanner Harris 
Lanett (4-6) Chip Seagle R.J. McDonald 
Loachapoka (10-1) Frederick Newton Branden Hall 
Luverne (7-4) Ed Rigby Bobby Hudson 
North Sand Mountain (5-6) Keith Kirby Jay Lipscomb 
St. Lukes (6-5) Ronn Lee Joe Gilmore 
Tanner (8-4) Oscar Bonds Matt Smith 
West End Walnut Grove (5-6) Derrick Sewell Matt Harris Most Victories Coach Phil Lazenby will lead the Bayshore Christian team into their inaugural season of varsity football this fall. He leads the list of 2A coaches with 200 victories in twenty-six seasons. Josh Wright and Steven Kilcrease who both have over 100 victories during their coaching careers. Phil Lazenby Bayshore Christian 200 108 JoshWright Tuscaloosa Academy 158 48 StevenKilcrease Ariton 108 45 Tate Leonard Isabella 75 21 Kenny Keith Providence Christian 73 55 Juan Williams LaFayette 71 112 Matt Johnson Reeltown 68 28 Jonathan Nix Pleasant Valley 66 90 Most Playoff Victories Newcomer to the AHSAA Josh Wright has his program at Tuscaloosa Academy very competitive after moving from the AISA a couple of seasons ago. His team has a ton of talented players this season and will make even more noise in 2A before the 2024 football season is over. Josh Wright Tuscaloosa Academy 31 11 Phil Lazenby Bayshore Christian 28 21 Steven Kilcrease Ariton 14 10 Matt Johnson Reeltown 11 7 Rob Carter Clarke County 11 6 Tate Leonard Isabella 8 8 Mark O'Bryant Coosa Christian 8 4 Luke Pruitt Pisgah 6 5 * only in-state wins counted Longest Tenureat Current School In fifteen seasons at J.U. Blacksher, Coach Wesley Sims has led his teams in Uriah. While the Bulldogs may not be a 2A powerhouse they have been consistently in the playoffs over the past ten seasons. Kenny Smith at Providence Christian and Jonathan Nix are also somewhat of a surprise on the list at second and third. 15 - Wesley Sims,J.U. Blacksher 13 - Kenny Smith, Providence Christian 10 - Jonathan Nix,Pleasant Valley 9 - Steven Kilcrease,Ariton 9 - Tate Leonard,Isabella 9 - Stephen Bailey,Ranburne 9 - Matt Johnson,Reeltown 8 - Robert Bradford,Lamar County 7 - Edwin Starr, Calhoun 7 - Luke Pruitt,Pisgah 7 - Jason Wambles,Samson 7 - Kevin Byrd,Southeastern 7 - Lucas Weatherford,Vincent Coaching Turnover 2000-2024 The lack of success in most football programs often leads to a change in the head coach.These schools have had the most head coaching changes over the past 24 years.
We all know about the most recent success at Coosa Christian but they top this list having gone through fourteen different head coaches the past twenty-four seasons before Mark O'Bryant arrived in 2020. Aliceville has to be the surprise in 2A. The Yellow Jackets have had only four losing seasons during this time but have made a dozen coaching changes.14 Coosa Christian 13 Central Hayneville 12 Aliceville 12 Barbour County 11 Calhoun 11 Pike Liberal Arts 11 Sulligent 11 Highland Home 10 Central Coosa 10 Greene County 10 Tuscaloosa Academy 9 Ariton 9 Geneva County 9 Luverne 9 Samson 9 Houston County 9 Susan Moore
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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
The first night game played between high school teams in the state occurred on September 23, 1927 when Pike Road and Cloverdale met in the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.
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