Brookland Gets Football!!!

[BLITZ]

Brookland says goodbye to being the largest school in the state without football. Starting next year Brookland will begin to play football. They will ramp up over the next 4 years and will begin varsity the 2011 school year. They will likely be a division 4a school by that time. 

[Lions84]

Congrads to Brookland!

[wawa111]

Where's Brookland?

[jacosportsfreak]

     Between Jonesboro and Paragould.

[HorseFeathers]

Bout Time....Now when's Tuckerman going to start?? They'll be the new Largest school without football..

[Missco]

As long as Morgan Gilbert is at Tuckerman then they'll never have football.

[jacosportsfreak]

     Missco hit the nail on the head!!!

[True Believer]

Congrats to Brookland.  Do they have a mascot yet?  Or is that decided later? 

[jacosportsfreak]

     They are the Bearcats.

[GlennMParrish]

Always room for a Bearcat

[sam]

They aren't the bearcatz are they?  I think that's Melbourne. 

[jacosportsfreak]

     Melbourne may be too, I don't know; but I know that that Brookland is the Bearcats!

[rodzilla]

way to go brookland!! it seemed like a few years ago football was losing schools, now we are getting more...

[Rulesman]

As long as Morgan Gilbert is at Tuckerman then they'll never have football.

And he's been there forever, and then some. If he is not currently the longest tenured coach at any one school, I'd like to know who is.

[Missco]

Rivercrest,Gosnell and Blytheville all have a few coaches that have been there for over 35  years. Gilbert was at Tyronza and I think Bay before he was went to  Tuckerman.

[triberulz]

When are they going to interview for the Head Coaching job

[Rulesman]

Rivercrest,Gosnell and Blytheville all have a few coaches that have been there for over 35  years.

Who are they?

[Missco]

Rick Wilson has been at Rivercrest for 34 or 35 years. Wayne Griffin has been at Gosnell for 40 years. Mark Blount has been at Gosnell for slightly over 30. John Church has been at Blytheville over 30. I'll have to check on the exact  years on the last 2. Kelley Chandler has been at Rivercrest for 29 or 30. Higgins the Jr. high coach has been at Rivercrest for over 30.

[Rulesman]

Rick Wilson has been at Rivercrest for 34 or 35 years. Wayne Griffin has been at Gosnell for 40 years. Mark Blount has been at Gosnell for slightly over 30. John Church has been at Blytheville over 30. I'll have to check on the exact  years on the last 2. Kelley Chandler has been at Rivercrest for 29 or 30. Higgins the Jr. high coach has been at Rivercrest for over 30.

Thats slightly different than your quote "Rivercrest,Gosnell and Blytheville all have a few coaches that have been there for over 35 years."

Wilson may have been at Rivercrest for nearly that long, but he has not been in the same position (boy's head basketball coach) longer than Gilbert has held his at Tuckerman. H.C. Wallace was Wilson's predecessor and he was at Rivercrest through the mid-to-late 1970s.

Griffin was at Dell in the early 70s, so he hasn't been at Gosnell for 40 years.

One name I overlooked (but falls in the same category as those you mention) is Lynn Greenwell at Trumann. He has held different positions as assistant and head football coach and AD, and has been there since at least 1970 or 1971.

[Missco]

I'll ask Kristy when he became the head coach but he has been at Rivercrest his whole career. HC wasn't at Rivercrest very long.  I know Griffin was at Dell but technically since they consolidated its considered the same district. I see your point though. I remember you from your Mid-south official days.

[Missco]

Gilbert started at Tuckerman in 1973-74.

[GOSNELLBASKETBALL10]

Williams was at gosnell for awhile then retired and now is back but im not so sure about how long