Mercer County

[HolmesBend]

I heard Lou Holtz make a statement that was originally said by another man at some point in time, and I cant remember the name. The saying went something along the lines of, " Winning has a hundred fathers, but losing is an orphan."

 

I've read a lot on here that I never have posted about, both as a member and non member, but that saying seems to fit what has happened at Mercer in regards to Jaggers.

 

If anyone is foolish enough to believe that this program isn't much better than it was before Jaggers got to Mercer, merger or not, then they are living in Peter Pan's Never Never Land. They can't see the forrest for the trees.

 

Mercer used to place 3rd and 4th on a continuous basis to teams much lesser than them. Wishing for great seasons to result in 4-6, 5-5 records against lesser opponents. Mercer Co was one of the smallest 5A teams in the state the past two years. He won the district this year and the fact that he was even able to make the playoffs with his 2007 is nothing short of remarkable when you consider that he lost starters from the previous 2006 season in practically every position. Jaggers has proven that the school could win. He has done that. You can't dispute that.

 

From reading these posts there seems to be a select couple, few from Mercer that are extremely disgruntled for whatever reasons. More than likely they are parents or at least relatives of players that they felt were done 'wrong'.

 

Marty Jaggers has won everywhere he has ever been. He's a winner. Bottom line. You either like him or you don't and that is ok. I've never met a highly successful individual in whatever their profession that wasn't viewed in those same regards.

 

A couple of you want to make remarks towards him not trading films with Boyle County this year due to one of the films not being adequate enough. To you I say, get over it. That type of situation has happened all over the state. It's not uncommon for coaches to come to agreement on 2 quality games, not just the previous two.

 

All I can say to those who are against Jaggers' is-----be careful what you wish for. Whatever he decides to do. You have had the best coach in the entire history of your program, bar none. Nobody has accomplished what he has in the span of four straight years, permerger or post merger.

[PurplePride92]

This seems to be the one part of this thread that you may or may not understand. No one in this thread has disputed the fact that Marty Jaggers is a winner, he clearly is a winner. While I do think Larry French is a better head coach than Jaggers, quite honestly, Larry French did more for and with Mercer while he had less to coach with than Jaggers. Like it or not, Jaggers didn't win state until the merger year and that title was in class 2A with a 5A team(let's be honest). Without Cory Jackson and Brandon Ford(Harrodsburg's running backs pre merger) Mercer County DOES NOT win state that year. Period. Don't even try to dispute that fact. And they almost lost that game, and yes I was there freezing my tail off. You obviously have an undying loyalty to Jaggers and there is nothing wrong with that, but that loyalty is blinding you from one fact, which is.... a voice in the community coming from somewhere that is displeased with Marty Jaggers regardless of his win/loss record before, during and after his Mercer County tenure. You also are forgetting or don't know that Mercer has had Larry French, Tony Franklin, and Chuck Smith as coaches, just to name a few, before Marty Jaggers was handed every athlete in the Harrodsburg/Mercer County area. Can you imagine how many state titles Mercer County would have won if they had Larry French or Chuck Smith, or Tony Franklin coaching Harrodsburg stars such as Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Julius Yeast, etc. Larry may have never left for Meade County and Tony Franklin could have a job right now for all we know. The point I am trying to make, and again, I am an outsider looking in, is that the Mercer County football program is and always will be bigger than the head coach whether it be Marty Jaggers or whomever comes after him. I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers and if I did, I apologize.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

[Commander 25]

This seems to be the one part of this thread that you may or may not understand. No one in this thread has disputed the fact that Marty Jaggers is a winner, he clearly is a winner. While I do think Larry French is a better head coach than Jaggers, quite honestly, Larry French did more for and with Mercer while he had less to coach with than Jaggers. Like it or not, Jaggers didn't win state until the merger year and that title was in class 2A with a 5A team(let's be honest). Without Cory Jackson and Brandon Ford(Harrodsburg's running backs pre merger) Mercer County DOES NOT win state that year. Period. Don't even try to dispute that fact. And they almost lost that game, and yes I was there freezing my tail off. You obviously have an undying loyalty to Jaggers and there is nothing wrong with that, but that loyalty is blinding you from one fact, which is.... a voice in the community coming from somewhere that is displeased with Marty Jaggers regardless of his win/loss record before, during and after his Mercer County tenure. You also are forgetting or don't know that Mercer has had Larry French, Tony Franklin, and Chuck Smith as coaches, just to name a few, before Marty Jaggers was handed every athlete in the Harrodsburg/Mercer County area. Can you imagine how many state titles Mercer County would have won if they had Larry French or Chuck Smith, or Tony Franklin coaching Harrodsburg stars such as Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Julius Yeast, etc. Larry may have never left for Meade County and Tony Franklin could have a job right now for all we know. The point I am trying to make, and again, I am an outsider looking in, is that the Mercer County football program is and always will be bigger than the head coach whether it be Marty Jaggers or whomever comes after him. I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers and if I did, I apologize.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

Do you know what years Coach French was at Mercer?

[HolmesBend]

This seems to be the one part of this thread that you may or may not understand. No one in this thread has disputed the fact that Marty Jaggers is a winner, he clearly is a winner. While I do think Larry French is a better head coach than Jaggers, quite honestly, Larry French did more for and with Mercer while he had less to coach with than Jaggers. Like it or not, Jaggers didn't win state until the merger year and that title was in class 2A with a 5A team(let's be honest). Without Cory Jackson and Brandon Ford(Harrodsburg's running backs pre merger) Mercer County DOES NOT win state that year. Period. Don't even try to dispute that fact. And they almost lost that game, and yes I was there freezing my tail off. You obviously have an undying loyalty to Jaggers and there is nothing wrong with that, but that loyalty is blinding you from one fact, which is.... a voice in the community coming from somewhere that is displeased with Marty Jaggers regardless of his win/loss record before, during and after his Mercer County tenure. You also are forgetting or don't know that Mercer has had Larry French, Tony Franklin, and Chuck Smith as coaches, just to name a few, before Marty Jaggers was handed every athlete in the Harrodsburg/Mercer County area. Can you imagine how many state titles Mercer County would have won if they had Larry French or Chuck Smith, or Tony Franklin coaching Harrodsburg stars such as Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Julius Yeast, etc. Larry may have never left for Meade County and Tony Franklin could have a job right now for all we know. The point I am trying to make, and again, I am an outsider looking in, is that the Mercer County football program is and always will be bigger than the head coach whether it be Marty Jaggers or whomever comes after him. I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers and if I did, I apologize.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

No feathers ruffled whatsoever. You mention Mercer County, Jaggers and company winning the state title with Ford and Jackson who were great talents. However, I think many in Mercer County and former Harrodsburg will agree that no matter how good those two were, they were far from the talents of Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Dennis Johnson, Adrian Patton, Derek Johnson, Jay Parks, Julius Yeast, Mark Dunn's etc. All of those were very legitimate Division 1 football players, some even having good careers in the NFL. Brandon Ford and Cory Jackson were good, but they werent of the calibar that those that came before, and that's no slap to them in any means. Mercer County didnt inherit the talent that those around the state had been accustomed to Harrodsburg having.

 

I've always found it funny how Ford and Jackson went from good to great in their transition from Harrodsburg to Mercer. Was it because they, individuallly, got that much better from their junior year to their senior year? I don't think so. Somehow, someway they went from being around 1,000 yard rushers or less, to both being over or close to 2,000 yard rushers in less than a year. Why is that?? My guess is coaching. Was more expected? Were they pushed more? Were they given the ball more? All of those questions will be forever questioned unless those around them were asked.

 

Tony Franklin, as good as a coach he was, went 1-9 in his one year at Mercer. Jaggers went 10-2 with a team that had just lost the previous years (2005) Class AA player of the year in Andrew McCloud. He was able to take a team to new heights with far less than any team that the program had seen since the late 1980's.

 

Mercer County, along with any other program in the state of Kentucky will be much bigger than their previous head coach. I completely agree with you on that. It doesnt matter whether or not it is Trinity or some 'Sisters of the Poor'. The program(s) will go on. At the sametime, and I will forever hold my opinion, those who deny that this program isn't in much better shape than before he took over are living in complete and utter denial.

 

Like you, I'm and outsider of Mercer Co. and their football program. I have just always found it funny how some on here were so quick to praise Mercer County, Jaggers, etc. one minute, then as soon as they fall on harder times, judge them in a completely opposite fashion (not saying you do).

 

Whoever the coach to be, whether Jaggers goes onto bigger and better endeavors, best to luck to all involved.

Edited November 27, 2008 by HolmesBend

[Wildcat77]

This seems to be the one part of this thread that you may or may not understand. No one in this thread has disputed the fact that Marty Jaggers is a winner, he clearly is a winner. While I do think Larry French is a better head coach than Jaggers, quite honestly, Larry French did more for and with Mercer while he had less to coach with than Jaggers. Like it or not, Jaggers didn't win state until the merger year and that title was in class 2A with a 5A team(let's be honest). Without Cory Jackson and Brandon Ford(Harrodsburg's running backs pre merger) Mercer County DOES NOT win state that year. Period. Don't even try to dispute that fact. And they almost lost that game, and yes I was there freezing my tail off. You obviously have an undying loyalty to Jaggers and there is nothing wrong with that, but that loyalty is blinding you from one fact, which is.... a voice in the community coming from somewhere that is displeased with Marty Jaggers regardless of his win/loss record before, during and after his Mercer County tenure. You also are forgetting or don't know that Mercer has had Larry French, Tony Franklin, and Chuck Smith as coaches, just to name a few, before Marty Jaggers was handed every athlete in the Harrodsburg/Mercer County area. Can you imagine how many state titles Mercer County would have won if they had Larry French or Chuck Smith, or Tony Franklin coaching Harrodsburg stars such as Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Julius Yeast, etc. Larry may have never left for Meade County and Tony Franklin could have a job right now for all we know. The point I am trying to make, and again, I am an outsider looking in, is that the Mercer County football program is and always will be bigger than the head coach whether it be Marty Jaggers or whomever comes after him. I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers and if I did, I apologize.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

This is as about as silly as people arguing over who is a better singer Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift.Jaggers beat Harrodsburg his 1st year when Harrodsburg had Cory Jackson and Brandon Ford and tied Larry French's school record of 10-2 in his 1st year at Mercer premerger. Does that mean he's a better coach, no, does that mean he's not as good, no.Jaggers has beaten French and French has beaten Jaggers .Jaggers beat Smith in their only meeting. Jaggers dad beat Larry French several times and Larry French beat him a few times.Jaggers and his Lincoln County Patriots beat your beloved Dan Haley Purples in the fall of 92. Tony Franklin won 1 game his only season at Mercer. Does this mean he couldn't coach? Obviously not. Most coaches will tell you that usually the team with the better players usually win.I've yet to see a really good team that didn't have some really good players.Sam Harp hasn't won the state title since 2003 when Jaggers was calling his offense. Does this mean he won't and can't win it again? Of course not. He won it before and if he doesn't retire he'll win it again.This is so childish. The man has coached and taught 27 years if he wants to retire than I hope he enjoys his retirement .Anyone that has been in the education business and had to deal with today's kids and parents deserves it.

[HolmesBend]

No feathers ruffled whatsoever. You mention Mercer County, Jaggers and company winning the state title with Ford and Jackson who were great talents. However, I think many in Mercer County and former Harrodsburg will agree that no matter how good those two were, they were far from the talents of Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Dennis Johnson, Adrian Patton, Derek Johnson, Jay Parks, Julius Yeast, Patrick Bugg, Mark Dunn's etc. All of those were very legitimate Division 1 football players, some even having good careers in the NFL. They all proved themselves to some extent at the highest level of college football. Brandon Ford and Cory Jackson were good, but they weren't of the caliber that those that came before, and that's no slap to them in any means.

 

Mercer County didn't inherit the talent that those around the state had been accustomed to Harrodsburg having. I've always found it funny how Ford and Jackson went from good to great in their transition from Harrodsburg to Mercer. Was it because they, individually, got that much better from their junior year to their senior year? I don't think so. Somehow, someway they went from being around 1,000 yard rushers or less, to both being over or close to 2,000 yard rushers in less than a year. Why is that?? My guess is coaching. Was more expected? Were they pushed more? Were they given the ball more? All of those questions will be forever questioned unless those around them were asked.

 

Tony Franklin, as good as a coach he was, went 1-9 in his one year at Mercer. Jaggers went 10-2 with a team that had just lost the previous years (2005) Class AA player of the year in Andrew McCloud. He was able to take a team to new heights with far less than any team that the program had seen since the late 1980's.

 

Mercer County, along with any other program in the state of Kentucky will be much bigger than their previous head coach. I completely agree with you on that. It doesn't matter whether or not it is Trinity or some 'Sisters of the Poor'. The program's) will go on. At the sametime, and I will forever hold my opinion, those who deny that this program isn't in much better shape than before he took over are living in complete and utter denial.

 

Like you, I'm and outsider of Mercer Co. and their football program. I have just always found it funny how some on here were so quick to praise Mercer County, Jaggers, etc. one minute, then as soon as they fall on harder times, judge them in a completely opposite fashion (not saying you do).

 

I don't have necessarily an underlying loyalty to Jaggers' as much as I do to any other head coach across the state of KY. I've always wondered how Jaggers' perception would have been if he had resigned after the 2005, 2006 seasons? You know..after he had helped build a program to better than it had ever seen before, then to it's pinnacle the year after that. You know, the days of 2005 when he helped lead the school to its first playoff win in almost 20 years and the best record in school history. Then only to win a state championship the following year with the pressure from a whole entire state looking down on you. Not just to win it, but to go through the year in very convincing fashion with exception to the last game.

 

Chuck Smith, Larry French, etc. are all GREAT coaches. Chuck Smith and his success story at Boyle might be one of the best, if not the best in the entire state of KY football history, and he deserves all the credit he deserves and then some.. But, I wonder how these people would have felt if Smith had stayed at Boyle after their Glory years. You know, the years after he left and they went around .500, might that have been more because of talent, or lack of it? Or was is because of coaching ability? Also, how those and others in the area would have felt towards French if he had stayed at Lincoln this year. Mike Settles, the current LC coach, has proven himself as a head coach at places like Ohio County, who has never had a real tradition. He then went onto Bullitt East, a place where he carried on the tradition. Nobody wants to say it, but French knew what Lincoln had comming up and more power to him, he left for a better opportunity. Anybody can say want they want, and I'm sure I will get blasted for this, but most do when speaking the truth, but I find it hard to believe that Chris Pardue and Mike Settles are much lesser coaches than Chuck Smith (formerly of Boyle) and Larry French (formerly).

 

I've always heard from successful head coaches in private, clinics, etc. all in the same form or fashion, "If you are ever wanting to leave for a better opportunity, strike while the Irons still HOT." Basically, if you go to a place that hasn't done well for a while and think that you might want to move on, get that place you are currently at, to the top, as much as you can, then get out. If in fact you want to go somewhere else.

 

Going back to my point, I wonder how Jaggers would have been perceived at Mercer and across the state if he had left Mercer after a two year record of 25-2, which include Pre Merger and Post Merger records. I wonder?? I wonder how Chuck Smith would be perceived if he had stayed at Boyle after their dominant run, when they clearly fell on bad times, in my opinion, due to lack of talent than they had previously had, I wonder? I wonder how Larry French would be perceived at Lincoln County and across the state if he hadn't have left for Boyle this year? Lincoln, from everything I have heard clearly didn't have the talent that they had in French's last and best two years at Lincoln, or even close.

 

I think Jaggers should be commended on staying and making the best of the jump to 5A, more than he is talked down of the last two years. Theres no doubt in my mind that he had other opportunities after his first two years at Mercer, instead, he stayed for a 2007 season that had nowhere near the talent that was fielded in 2006, Class 2A or Class 5A. I saw them play both years. The talent level was night and day.

 

As for this year, flip a coin. Mercer, Letcher Central and from what I have seen of Whitley County are all on the same level. Mercer just ended up on the short side of the stick.

 

Whoever the coach to be, whether Jaggers goes onto bigger and better endeavors, best of luck to all. And, I mean every team, every coach that was brought up in this discussion. Boyle County and their rise to fame under Smith is a story in it's own. French should be highly commended as well for helping re-establish it. Mercer County, in my opinion is and will forever be on the map in KY high school football. French is a winner. Smith is a winner. Jaggers is a winner.

 

Let the chips from here on out fall where they may.

Edited November 27, 2008 by HolmesBend

[PurplePride92]

No feathers ruffled whatsoever. You mention Mercer County, Jaggers and company winning the state title with Ford and Jackson who were great talents. However, I think many in Mercer County and former Harrodsburg will agree that no matter how good those two were, they were far from the talents of Jason Dunn, Craig Yeast, Dennis Johnson, Adrian Patton, Derek Johnson, Jay Parks, Julius Yeast, Patrick Bugg, Mark Dunn's etc. All of those were very legitimate Division 1 football players, some even having good careers in the NFL. They all proved themselves to some extent at the highest level of college football. Brandon Ford and Cory Jackson were good, but they weren't of the caliber that those that came before, and that's no slap to them in any means.

 

Mercer County didn't inherit the talent that those around the state had been accustomed to Harrodsburg having. I've always found it funny how Ford and Jackson went from good to great in their transition from Harrodsburg to Mercer. Was it because they, individually, got that much better from their junior year to their senior year? I don't think so. Somehow, someway they went from being around 1,000 yard rushers or less, to both being over or close to 2,000 yard rushers in less than a year. Why is that?? My guess is coaching. Was more expected? Were they pushed more? Were they given the ball more? All of those questions will be forever questioned unless those around them were asked.

 

Tony Franklin, as good as a coach he was, went 1-9 in his one year at Mercer. Jaggers went 10-2 with a team that had just lost the previous years (2005) Class AA player of the year in Andrew McCloud. He was able to take a team to new heights with far less than any team that the program had seen since the late 1980's.

 

Mercer County, along with any other program in the state of Kentucky will be much bigger than their previous head coach. I completely agree with you on that. It doesn't matter whether or not it is Trinity or some 'Sisters of the Poor'. The program's) will go on. At the sametime, and I will forever hold my opinion, those who deny that this program isn't in much better shape than before he took over are living in complete and utter denial.

 

Like you, I'm and outsider of Mercer Co. and their football program. I have just always found it funny how some on here were so quick to praise Mercer County, Jaggers, etc. one minute, then as soon as they fall on harder times, judge them in a completely opposite fashion (not saying you do).

 

I don't have necessarily an underlying loyalty to Jaggers' as much as I do to any other head coach across the state of KY. I've always wondered how Jaggers' perception would have been if he had resigned after the 2005, 2006 seasons? You know..after he had helped build a program to better than it had ever seen before, then to it's pinnacle the year after that. You know, the days of 2005 when he helped lead the school to its first playoff win in almost 20 years and the best record in school history. Then only to win a state championship the following year with the pressure from a whole entire state looking down on you. Not just to win it, but to go through the year in very convincing fashion with exception to the last game.

 

Chuck Smith, Larry French, etc. are all GREAT coaches. Chuck Smith and his success story at Boyle might be one of the best, if not the best in the entire state of KY football history, and he deserves all the credit he deserves and then some.. But, I wonder how these people would have felt if Smith had stayed at Boyle after their Glory years. You know, the years after he left and they went around .500, might that have been more because of talent, or lack of it? Or was is because of coaching ability? Also, how those and others in the area would have felt towards French if he had stayed at Lincoln this year. Mike Settles, the current LC coach, has proven himself as a head coach at places like Ohio County, who has never had a real tradition. He then went onto Bullitt East, a place where he carried on the tradition. Nobody wants to say it, but French knew what Lincoln had comming up and more power to him, he left for a better opportunity. Anybody can say want they want, and I'm sure I will get blasted for this, but most do when speaking the truth, but I find it hard to believe that Chris Pardue and Mike Settles are much lesser coaches than Chuck Smith (formerly of Boyle) and Larry French (formerly).

 

I've always heard from successful head coaches in private, clinics, etc. all in the same form or fashion, "If you are ever wanting to leave for a better opportunity, strike while the Irons still HOT." Basically, if you go to a place that hasn't done well for a while and think that you might want to move on, get that place you are currently at, to the top, as much as you can, then get out. If in fact you want to go somewhere else.

 

Going back to my point, I wonder how Jaggers would have been perceived at Mercer and across the state if he had left Mercer after a two year record of 25-2, which include Pre Merger and Post Merger records. I wonder?? I wonder how Chuck Smith would be perceived if he had stayed at Boyle after their dominant run, when they clearly fell on bad times, in my opinion, due to lack of talent than they had previously had, I wonder? I wonder how Larry French would be perceived at Lincoln County and across the state if he hadn't have left for Boyle this year? Lincoln, from everything I have heard clearly didn't have the talent that they had in French's last and best two years at Lincoln, or even close.

 

I think Jaggers should be commended on staying and making the best of the jump to 5A, more than he is talked down of the last two years. Theres no doubt in my mind that he had other opportunities after his first two years at Mercer, instead, he stayed for a 2007 season that had nowhere near the talent that was fielded in 2006, Class 2A or Class 5A. I saw them play both years. The talent level was night and day.

 

As for this year, flip a coin. Mercer, Letcher Central and from what I have seen of Whitley County are all on the same level. Mercer just ended up on the short side of the stick.

 

Whoever the coach to be, whether Jaggers goes onto bigger and better endeavors, best of luck to all. And, I mean every team, every coach that was brought up in this discussion. Boyle County and their rise to fame under Smith is a story in it's own. French should be highly commended as well for helping re-establish it. Mercer County, in my opinion is and will forever be on the map in KY high school football. French is a winner. Smith is a winner. Jaggers is a winner.

 

Let the chips from here on out fall where they may.

 

 

 

Pardue's faults as head coach didn't lie with his knowledge of the game but more or less how he delivered that knowledge to the kids. I think his treatment of the kids is what hurt him. He has a great mind, but there are kids on this years Boyle County team that absolutely would not play for Pardue last year.

 

My best friend was at the very last Mercer-Harrodsburg game and he told me the day after that game that if Mercer had Harrodsburg's running backs that they would win state. He said Harrodsburg's offensive line was the same size as Cory and Brandon and that those two earned every yard they got when they ran the ball. I'm not taking anything away from Jaggers, but I have always believed that Mercer could have won state in 1A, 2A, and 3A that year with those two running behind that line. I also will never compare Cory and Brandon to the tremendous amount of talent Harrodsburg football put on display before the merger. Had the schools merged in the 80's imagine how many titles Mercerburg would have now.

 

I think as years go on and this merger becomes more routine things will get better. No one can deny the job Jaggers has done and when he leaves there will be tough shoes to fill. The year before the merger when Mercer went 10-2 an excitement about Mercer football had been born/rejuvenated and that is because of Marty Jaggers. I am sure Jaggers will continue to be successful regardless of where he may end up if he leaves.

 

Once again, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[PurplePride92]

Do you know what years Coach French was at Mercer?

 

I don't know the exact dates, but I know it was in the 80's because a co worker of mine played for him at Mercer and I believe French left Mercer to coach Meade County because he partially ruined my senior year(class of 92) at Bowling Green High School when Meade County beat us 19-14 in the state semifinals the day after Thanksgiving on about a 90 yard run from his running back with about 1:14 seconds on the clock. So depressing. I didn't play, but those were my classmates and we all felt the loss that day. Thanks Larry.

[Commander 25]

I don't know the exact dates, but I know it was in the 80's because a co worker of mine played for him at Mercer and I believe French left Mercer to coach Meade County because he partially ruined my senior year(class of 92) at Bowling Green High School when Meade County beat us 19-14 in the state semifinals the day after Thanksgiving on about a 90 yard run from his running back with about 1:14 seconds on the clock. So depressing. I didn't play, but those were my classmates and we all felt the loss that day. Thanks Larry.

 

I knew that he was at Meade Co because they lost to Bell Co in the state finals. Thanks

[GusMcRae]

WOW...I didnt realize I was opening a can of worms. I had just heard he had 27 in and was looking to retire from High School.

[PurplePride92]

Oh yeah, Marty Jaggers decision to stay or leave has been a hot topic in Harrodsburg all season.

[RebelK]

WOW...I didnt realize I was opening a can of worms. I had just heard he had 27 in and was looking to retire from High School.

And speaking as someone who "had" 27 in and was looking to retire...perhaps that's all his leaving, if he actually is, is all about!

[Hatz]

Do you know what years Coach French was at Mercer?

 

French was the head coach at Mercer from '78 to '88. He was an assistant under John Buchanan from '74 to '77.

 

French went to Meade County in '89. While at Mercer he took the Scotties to the Class A semi-finals in '86 I believe.

Edited November 27, 2008 by Hatz
More accurate data was obtained.

[Commander 25]

French was the head coach at Mercer from '78 to '88. He was an assistant under John Buchanan from '74 to '77.

 

French went to Meade County in '89. While at Mercer he took the Scotties to the Class A semi-finals in '86 I believe.

 

Thanks I was just curious.

[Mr.Network]

French was the head coach at Mercer from '78 to '88. He was an assistant under John Buchanan from '74 to '77.

 

French went to Meade County in '89. While at Mercer he took the Scotties to the Class A semi-finals in '86 I believe.

 

Coach French was at Lincoln County from 2004-2007 (4 seasons). During his four seasons, he was 29-17 (.630) and appeared in the 5A Semi-Finals in 2007 before losing to Highlands.

 

Coach Jaggers was at Lincoln County for 1991-1996 (6 seasons) where he compiled a 49-27 (.644) record and appeared in the 3A Finals in 1993 and coached Mr. Football Jeremy Simpson.