article The Five Best Young Head Coaches in KY High School Football

[Ram]

Eddie Eviston, Covington Catholic.

2 State Titles

2 Regional Titles

3 District Championships

4 seasons as a head coach.

Agreed, Coach Eviston has to be on the list.

[jcarter]

Atlcat,

 

Your stats on Smith are off by a year last year was only his second year as head coach. Riherds.com has the last year of Mark Nelson assigned to Brandon for some reason but below is the actual stats for the coaches of South for the first 5 years.

 

YEAR COACH RECORD PLAYOFFS

2011 Mark Nelson 4-7 First Round

2012 Mark Nelson 9–4 Third Round, Region 1 Runner up

2013 Mark Nelson 11-2 D2 Champs, Region 1 Runner Up

 

2014 Brandon Smith 13-1 D2 Champs, Region 1 Champs, State Semi's 3A

2015 Brandon Smith 15-0 D2 Champs, Region 1 Champs, 4A State champs

All Time Record 52–14

 

This makes his record even more impressive to me 28 and 1 in his first two years and State championship in his second year.

Edited April 11, 2016 by jcarter

[futurecoach]

I think Randy Borchers fits in this criteria still as I think he is right at 10 years. What he has done is quite impressive because he didn't step into a top football program school who was already winning before he got there like some others. He has had to build from the ground up.

 

He has a state runner up appearance, another state semi final appearance and was a two point conversion away from another regional championship and semi final appearance last year at Cooper.

[Mr. Sixer]

I think Randy Borchers fits in this criteria still as I think he is right at 10 years. What he has done is quite impressive because he didn't step into a top football program school who was already winning before he got there like some others. He has had to build from the ground up.

 

He has a state runner up appearance, another state semi final appearance and was a two point conversion away from another regional championship and semi final appearance last year at Cooper.

 

Have to agree. What he has accomplished in the short 8 year existence of the school is impressive and doing it at the 5A and 6A levels warrants at a least HM.

[maysvilleky]

Not in the young ones category, but I think Coach David Buchanan could be classified in the current day coaches. He did a great job at Paris, Mason County and will do the same at Mercer County.

[ATLCat]

I think Randy Borchers fits in this criteria still as I think he is right at 10 years. What he has done is quite impressive because he didn't step into a top football program school who was already winning before he got there like some others. He has had to build from the ground up.

 

He has a state runner up appearance, another state semi final appearance and was a two point conversion away from another regional championship and semi final appearance last year at Cooper.

 

I know he coached at Ludlow in 2006... I thought he had coached somewhere else prior to Ludlow (Scott maybe?) but I could be off.

[rjs4470]

I know he coached at Ludlow in 2006... I thought he had coached somewhere else prior to Ludlow (Scott maybe?) but I could be off.

 

I believe he was set to become the coach at Scott at one point, but things fell through at the last minute and he ended up staying at Ludlow.

[Hatz]

Not in the young ones category, but I think Coach David Buchanan could be classified in the current day coaches. He did a great job at Paris, Mason County and will do the same at Mercer County.

 

 

He is way TOO OLD to be considered. :lol2:

[FootballBobcat]

I would put Jamie Reed from South Oldham into the conversation. He took over a program that was down and turned it around. South has won three straight district titles and came within a point of winning the Regional Title and going to the semi-finals this past year. The program as a whole has thrived under his leadership, with the middle school team making the state finals this past season.

[ATLCat]

I would put Jamie Reed from South Oldham into the conversation. He took over a program that was down and turned it around. South has won three straight district titles and came within a point of winning the Regional Title and going to the semi-finals this past year. The program as a whole has thrived under his leadership, with the middle school team making the state finals this past season.

 

South Oldham is a program that I would be BUYING if it were a stock.

 

They really have their act together at the HS level and their feeder system is solid

[futurecoach]

I know he coached at Ludlow in 2006... I thought he had coached somewhere else prior to Ludlow (Scott maybe?) but I could be off.

 

He decided to stay at Ludlow as an assistant and not take the Scott job and then became the head coach at Ludlow in 2006. Was only the head coach for 2 years before starting the Cooper program. So he is right at the 10 years experience for a head coach now.

[That One Guy]

What Dan Wooley has done at Scott has been good so far. Regional runner up last year.

[EQUUS GREVYI]

John Edge

 

39yrs Old

3 State Runners Up 2004,2005,2010

1 Semi Final Runner Up 2006

3 Regional Runners Up 2008,2011,2015

 

Record: 111-45

 

If he was coaching in 2004 he has more than 10 years as head coach. Impressive, but doesn't meet the criteria

[brooks4prez]

A guy who is 39 is not a young head coach

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

A guy who is 39 is not a young head coach

 

I have no idea what the actual answer is, but I'd be interested, based on your statement, to hear what you think the average age is of a first-year head football coach in Kentucky.