Remembering Your old Coaches.

[Lions84]

I'm getting Older now and they are too so I wanted to publically say thanks to the men who helped shape my life through the game of Football.

My HC in HS Mike Gray and DC Phineas Wilson.  They taught me to never quit! Loyalty to school, community and team. That the puking and bleeding in August bought Victory's in Oct and Nov.
To my Mentor Coach Scooter Register who took me under his wing when I was at UALR and put me to work learning the game of football on a deeper level.
To Coach Frank McClellan who I never beat as a player at Clarendon but when I called him  after I got my first coaching job shared with me the secrets of the Wing T.

An Offensive system I still love even though I am out of coaching but would still run if I got back into it.

Thanks Gentleman for all you mean to me.   
Now I have gotten to tell these men that to their faces over the past few years.
I ask that you tell us about the Coaches or Coach that impacted your life in a positive manner. I challenge you also to call or write them and tell them what they mean to you and how they impacted your life.
It will do you both a world of Good.

Mods if these needs to be moved  Move it and let me know where you put it.

Lions84

[Lions84]

WOW after all this time I was sure some one would have given a shout out to their favorite or beloved coach.   

[bnathlete]

ok, I haven't had time to look at this thread til now.  So hear is mine.
I had some FB coaches in HS that I still think the world of that helped me in alot of different ways.  Coach B. Bridwell (RHS), Blackie Bond (HFB @ RHS) and certainly Coach L. Melson (RHS) had alot to do with me developing as a player but more importantly as a man.  Great character guys, and I will forever be appreciative of them.  Coach Melson died several years ago-real tough on me personally. He really influenced me spiritually as well. He had tremendous integrity. His son coaches at RHS now as the baseball coach.  I do get to visit with the other 2 from time to time, although they don't coach anymore. 

[parpar]

Some of us are trying to forget them.

[True Believer]

[Hoghead]

Gaylord Soloman, Bill Alexander, Rock Hutson (yes thats his real name),Willie Tate,  Billy Barnes, Bill Nivens, Elijah "Cadillac" Harris Green Run High Va. Bch, Va. Frank Webster 1st Colonial High Va. Bch, Va. just to name a few......Thanks....!!!!

[bnathlete]

Hoghead, are you from Hope or Arkadelphia?  I am very familar with Willie Tate (I was with him at HSU for a year), he was a very down to earth, funny guy. Good coach as well. Any word on how he's doing by the way? 
Also remember the name Rock Hutson and I personally know Nivens, real good man. I spent a little time in Hope in late 80's-early 90's.

[Hoghead]

Hoghead, are you from Hope or Arkadelphia?  I am very familar with Willie Tate (I was with him at HSU for a year), he was a very down to earth, funny guy. Good coach as well. Any word on how he's doing by the way? 
Also remember the name Rock Hutson and I personally know Nivens, real good man. I spent a little time in Hope in late 80's-early 90's.

Red & white !! HHS

[Lions84]

Bump

[GuvHog]

I was not a player but rather a High School football team trainer for a very short time. In 1971 we moved to Mountain Pine which is just outside of Hot Springs where the Football team hadn't won a game in 2 years and had basicly lost their will to win. They decided to make a coaching change and hire a man that I will never for get. His name was Stanley May. He took a scrawny ole 15 year old kid and started teaching him to be a man while leading that team to a 5-5 record his first year then they went 10-0 4 years straight. Thanks a million Stanley!

[Valleysports]

Coach Phil Collins - Arkansas Tech - Brilliant Football Mind!
Coaching at Western Yell County now.
Thanks for reminding me to check up on him!

[spurrr]

Phil was a good person and class act. Will never forget Charlie Wade, great offensive mind!

[Valleysports]

haha Spurrrr - I'm still mad at Charlie for abandoning us! 

[The Infidel]

For me at Des Arc it was Coach Mac. I loved the way his lips disappeared when he would get mad because the line didn't block to suit him. He would tell the linemen that if we didn't do the job he would put a foot up our butt and then proceeded to do so. A truely great man and still lives about 2 blocks away. It was a sad day when he stopped coaching football.

[old noseman]

Lions 84 how can one forget mike gray. His son mj lives 4 houses down from me he's a good guy. I remember phineas,wayne lindley,dennis meins and I think there was a coach freeman in jr high. I hadn't seen any of these guys in many years. I can't forget the ex hog noseman mike campbell.  Wow that dude was a trip. Great guy. Nath tumlinson was here in augusta when I moved here 25 years ago. I guess he has been the only one I've seen in all this time.

[Lions84]

Coach Tumlinson was great in Science we made Carmel Apples almost every day!

I have not see Dennis Meins since he stopped being super at Clarendon.

[colts1992]

I have memories from Coach Medley, Coach Charles Stong, Coach Michael Hooks, and Coach Gatham. These were some of my coaches in the 80s at Luxora, PANTHER Country.

[Hoghead]

Lions 84 how can one forget mike gray. His son mj lives 4 houses down from me he's a good guy. I remember phineas,wayne lindley,dennis meins and I think there was a coach freeman in jr high. I hadn't seen any of these guys in many years. I can't forget the ex hog noseman mike campbell.  Wow that dude was a trip. Great guy. Nath tumlinson was here in augusta when I moved here 25 years ago. I guess he has been the only one I've seen in all this time.

I KNOW MIKE GRAY !  ONE HECK OF A GUY !!!!!!!!

[Lions84]

Lions 84 how can one forget mike gray. His son mj lives 4 houses down from me he's a good guy. I remember phineas,wayne lindley,dennis meins and I think there was a coach freeman in jr high. I hadn't seen any of these guys in many years. I can't forget the ex hog noseman mike campbell.  Wow that dude was a trip. Great guy. Nath tumlinson was here in augusta when I moved here 25 years ago. I guess he has been the only one I've seen in all this time.

I KNOW MIKE GRAY !  ONE HECK OF A GUY !!!!!!!!

Iron Mike Gray was tough as a pine knot on us !

[bigbucks]

Coach Leon Smith and Coach Charles Vereen . Two excellent Coaches 

[fb is king]

Coach Jim Massarelli
Greenbrier HS 1977-1987
mills, bauxite, st annes among others

[Mr. Beautiful]

Gus Malzahn (Shiloh 2000) you always knew he was upset with you when he smiled and said son.....insert mistake.

[Big Abner]

Coach Graffton Moore at West Memphis who still strolls the sidelines after retiring to AD and couldn't stand to be away from the game. He has been a great asset to Coach D and plans on continuing for a few more years and I am pround that now my son will get to play for him a few years.
Coach Gary Withrow my O Line coach at ASU in the 80's. he was a mean rascal but a great coach who passed a few years ago.

[beaverfan007]

Stanley may was a good coach and has retired and now had the family farm camp in glenrose

[redandgray]

I have an awesome relationship with my former coach...which also happened to be my dad.  Danny Graham at Rivercrest High School.  Objectively, I don't know how anyone could've outworked him....his ability to breakdown film was amazing.  As great as he was at the Xs & Os, he was better at knowing how to handle each player.  The rules applied to everyone with no exceptions but he also knew everyone wasn't treated the same...some kids needed tough love, some needed encouragement, etc...he had a knack for knowing what each player needed.  He truly wanted to see each of his players not only grow as a football player but also as a man!

[madwolf]

Prescott is celebrating its 100 year anniversary of football and brought as many coaches as they could get in touch with and honored them at a game.

[Dr. Defense]

Coach "Red" Parker........legend

[Otown06]

At Ozark, Coach Rick Gage, funny guy could always get you fired up and it seems hes been there forever, Coach Brannon Haney...I think hes at Har-Ber now, taught me a lot about reading defenses, Coach Matt Coleman, head baseball coach, also my position coach in football, taught us to never give up no matter how tough things get anything is achievable, and Coach Jerimy Burns, now the head coach, there was always just something about him that you just new he would be a head coach someday, and a good one.

[thebigshot]

Coach Scooter Register was my coach at El Dorado. He taught us never give up in life, and always do the right thing in life. He was always there for you when you needed him. He was a great role model to us. He knew what it took to have a good football team, and it wasn't always about winning. If we lost he taught us to leave with our heads high and leave it on the field.  Scooter knows how to put discipline back in a team that has been lacking that.  I wish he could go out with a state title because he deserves it.

[Lions84]

BUMP for Pappa Frank where are those Rabbid Bear fans at.

[keohog]

My 10th grade year (1977) just happened to be Coach Gaylon Gibbs first year at England. Our first thoughts was the big eared sucker had lost his mind , a crazy man , trying to kill us all. England went from 0-30 the three years before he got their to 7-3 his first year. I will be 50 in a few weeks and to this day if  he needed me to do something for him I would do it.

[chaos]

For me in football it had to be Coach Joe Hart!!!!

[Lions84]

Keep them coming!

[good times]

For me in football it had to be Coach Joe Hart!!!!

Jaguar juice- green kool-aid, water, salt, stir gently so it is a little crunchy...... that's old school. It is a wonder we all made it through two-a-days without having strokes!

[Hoghead]

Hoghead, are you from Hope or Arkadelphia?  I am very familar with Willie Tate (I was with him at HSU for a year), he was a very down to earth, funny guy. Good coach as well. Any word on how he's doing by the way? 
Also remember the name Rock Hutson and I personally know Nivens, real good man. I spent a little time in Hope in late 80's-early 90's.

Coach Tate sadly passed away earlier this year. Ironically so did John Outlaw who was the Head Coach at Arkadelphia where he and Coach Tate won a State Title.

[atown_ballah]

I went to Alma and played under Frank Vines and his defense wins championships mentality. He was a man that had one rule "do right" and as a player you just knew what that meant. He instilled his knowledge into you more about life then he did football and taught you the meaning of hard work and dedication and playing for more than yourself. Every day he challenged you to be better than the day before and demanded perfection pushing you towards your best. His mentality was to run the ball down your throat controlling the tempo of the game as well as mixing in option until you gave up then burn you deep with the play action. My last game we lost in the playoffs to Batesville in the quarter finals 14-7 and he looked all the seniors in the face and said "Guys you had one heck of a season and it hurts to lose, but if this is the worst thing to ever happen to you, consider yourself lucky." Those words have stuck with me and are part of the reason I chose to become a coach and mentor.

[Lions84]

Keep them Coming  Yep Hoghead we lost a great coaching duo when Coach Tate and Outlaw moved to the great Football Field in the shy!

[ea cat]

Learned many life lessons from many great
men in the coaching profession! Ken Newsome
Sterling Love from DeWitt. Jerry Acree, Ronnie
Carter, Hal Steelman, Phynaus Wilson from Lonoke.
God Bless them all!

[nomorewhining]

Lee Hardman....stepped into a difficult situation at Pine Bluff Dollarway, when racial tensions were still very high....turned them into one of the most winning dynasties in Arkansas...never saw color....never saw economic differences.....just taught everyone...players, coaches, and community....that if you work hard and do what's right...good things happen.

[whippersnapper]

I have 2 to mention. I didn't play for either of them but i also didn't play football. But the first one is Rodney Selph, I didn't play for him but hw always treated me as one of his players and would always talk football with me. And he still does to this day. He has worked wonders at west fork and has helped turn them into an almost guaranteed playoff team every year. And has a way of getting everything he wants out of a player. Second is one I can't speak on to much but The General Don Campbell. I have only met coach one time for just a few hours but those few hours I will definitely cheerish for the rest of my life. I had asked him if I could meet him for lunch but he just invited me to his house instead. We have talked on here and Facebook a decent amount since then. And he has convinced me on his diamond t offense and philosophy of football. Thank you both coaches for the impact you've made on my life, Coach Selph part of a huge reason I want to go into coaching and Coach Campbell for all the simple things of the game that are so often forgotten about in today's fast paced football world.

[beaverfan007]

coach elmore kehner  weatherford and coach horn at glenrose were the coaches that put glenrose where they are today  all great coaches

[tmycjy]

Here two of mine favorite coaches Bill ryley of Wynne high school won the 1986 state tittle and don Campbell  who one the 2001And 2004 state tittle also kinda like coach bill smith who Was state runner up in 1980

[tmycjy]

Here some other top coach that should named on here

Bill keydey of newport
Frank vines of alma
Ronny peacock of greenwood and Rogers
David Alpie of Malvern
Tim Tice of Harrison

[Hoghead]

Anyone knows whatever happened to Coach Gaylord Soloman ? He was from Mena. He was the Head Coach at Hope from 71 to 73. Then he headed up to Stuttgart. Guy could coach and didn't play the "I'm the president of the booster club and my son should start stuff" You had to earn your way to play and start.

[Lions84]

Learned many life lessons from many great
men in the coaching profession! Ken Newsome
Sterling Love from DeWitt. Jerry Acree, Ronnie
Carter, Hal Steelman, Phynaus Wilson from Lonoke.
God Bless them all!

I love Phynaus Wilson ! He was my Jr High Science Teacher and Coach and was our DC in when I played HS at Clarendon. He is a great Man!

[cuckoobird]

Coaches Jon Watson and Jimmy Don Dupuy. Both were great to the young men of the Gillett Wolves.

[Lions84]

Keep them coming we as a state been blessed with some great FB Coachs.

[Devil Supporter]

Coach Carroll Wilson & Alex Jackson.  Both these men, I feel were great coaches.  I never had Coach Wilson as a classroom teacher but Coach Jackson was a great math teacher also.  He was also a great mentor as I got the privilege to work with him several years before he retired. 
They both knew how to get the most out of their players.

[33TRAP]

My coaches thru high school were...

Head Coach and A.D- Roger Featherston
Offensive Line  Coach- Ben Williamson
Defensive Coach- Tom Jones
Defensive Backs Coach-  David Bennett

Where are they now?

Roger Featherston---Superintendent South Pike County School District
Ben Williamson--- I have no Idea.  If you do, I would like to say hello to him.
Tom Jones--- Cowling Title Agency (retired from teaching and coaching)
David Bennett--- Head Coach at Dierks, Arkansas

EDIT- RIP TOM JONES AND DAVID BENNETT

[Lions84]

Post Thanksgiving Bump.

Thanks Scooter Register for taking me under your wing as a College Assistant at LR McCellan.