Congrats Coach Mac

This is not good news for other 1A schools in the mountains. I will give him two or three years and he will have Pikeville back on top in 1A football in the mountains.

This is not good news for other 1A schools in the mountains. I will give him two or three years and he will have Pikeville back on top in 1A football in the mountains.

 

Certainly hope you are correct. I truly believe he is the rig.ht hire at the right time. We've got a good group of Soph. & Juniors (last season) & 0nly lost six seniors to graduation, so he does have some talent to work with.

In 99' he took the Panthers to the State semi finals on the road against Beechwood. The Panthers had the Tigers on the ropes, but a late game interception ended the threat. Don't know what happened at Central, but Coach Mac will do fine ,Imo.

 

I actually left that game after Pikeville scored to take a 25-6 lead midway through the 4th. I wish I would have stayed because of the outcome with the Tigers coming back. I always loved when we played Pikeville back in the early 90's. They have some of the classiest fans in the state. They would always tell us good luck after the game. My dad is from Richlands so he would always go visit my grandparents after the game when we played down there. This rivarly was one of the best during those times. I hope Chris gets them back near the top so they can have a rivarly in the finals.

I feel confident Chris will bring stability to the program which is something that is definitely needed.Beechwood has always been the best competition for us. Always fundamentaly sound, as well as great coaching. Like you, i'm looking toward the future for some more Beecwood & Pikeville games.