Backseat Ball Coach

It’s becoming more and more obvious of why Coach Crutchfield left at the first chance he got. 

Maybe wait a year and the hoptown Christian county consolidation sounds like perfect situation to me.  A guy like Coach Smith in that situation seems like title contender right away. 

O sorry, it says clearly that it is written by Mr. Network.  I apologize for that. 

http://www.kyhssports.freewebspace.com/fb_mad_lincoln_county.doc

This is a great look at Lincoln’s coaching history.  I’m not sure who wrote it, but Mr. Network may be able to help us out with that. 

I know Rogers had back to back double digit winning seasons at Lincoln as a QB. I’m not sure the last time this was done in the program, but hasn’t come anywhere close to that since then. Those seasons resulted in district titles, a regional title, and state-semi appearance. He was also brysons QB coach and OC for most of his career.  I could be wrong, but I think he still holds every other QB passing record at the school (season yards, season TD’s, Career TD’s).  He also is the guy responsible for bringing Coach Crutchfield to LC because they are first cousins.  He was the defensive coordinator for Coach Crutchfield. They had 2 shutouts this season, which I’m not sure when that has happened in the program history. He was an assistant on a staff that won Garrard county their only regional title in school history as well. I think it’s very safe to say he knows what it takes to win at LC. 

1 hour ago, Mr.Network said:

The names most mentioned here all are “Lincoln County guys.” 
 

Levi Rogers is a 2008 LCHS grad, and was the career passing yardage leader until surpassed by Bryson Yaden, and that was on a team that Levi was the assistant coach. He played at Lincoln for Larry French, and coached at Lincoln with Leffew and Crutchfield, and his father played at Lincoln in the late 70s and early 80s.

Daniel Cooper is also a former player and is a current teacher in the system, having graduated LCHS in 2016. He played for both Settles and Leffew, his father played for Wooldridge, and his grandfather played at Stanford High. His history with football at Lincoln is kinda like Crutchfield’s at Garrard.  
 

Josh Jaggers spent his most formative years in Lincoln County, attending school there from the 4th through 9th grades, and playing football for one season—his father’s last at Lincoln as head coach. Josh lived and died with the Lincoln football teams of the early and mid 90s, and what many may not know, is that he deep-down wanted to stay at Lincoln when Marty resigned. Eventually, the family moved to Danville and Josh enrolled there. Also, you may find it interesting to know that Josh wore a Lincoln football shirt under his pads for every game during the three years he played at Danville. In my opinion, Josh considers two places home—Larue County, where his mother is from, and Lincoln County where he has so many good memories. 
 

Will Josh take the job if offered? Only Josh knows that, but to say that Lincoln needs a Lincoln guy, is ignorant to Josh’s history, and to imply that he isn’t a proven head coach is silly. While he doesn’t have a winning record at Larue County, he’s been in a pretty tough alignment and has fared better than anyone else there. 
 

Josh Jaggers football resume:

-2000 Danville graduate

-Played one season at Lincoln County 1996; attended Lincoln County schools 4th through 9th grades

-Ball-boy/Coach’s son at Lincoln County 1991-1995

-1 state runnerup as player (Danville 1998)

-1 state title as Assistant Coach (2006 Mercer County)

-Mr. Football finalist 1999

-1st Team All-state lineman 1999; 2nd Team 1998

-Advocate Messenger Lineman of the year 1999, All-Area team three years (1997, 1998, 1999)

-UK Scholarship-player, signed 2000

-Finished football career at Campbellsville University (2005 graduate)

-Named to 2004 NAIA All Mid-South Conference first team offense

-Assistant coach North Hardin 2005 (1 season)

-Assistant coach at Mercer County 2006-07 (2 seasons)

-Assistant coach Larue County 2008-2011 (4 seasons)

-Head Coach Larue County 2012-2014 (3 seasons), record 8-26, including 0-11 season in 2013

-Assistant Coach John Hardin 2015-2016 (2 seasons), after resigning at Larue County after losing confidence of administration. 

-Head Coach Larue County 2017-Present (5 seasons), record of 30-23. Best season was 10-2 in 2017, deepest playoff run was semifinals loss to Lou. Central in 2018; won the school’s second region title since playoffs started in 1959

-Overall head coaching record 38-49 over 8 seasons. 

-Playoff results: (1) semi-final appearance; (3) 2nd round losses; (4) first round losses

-Playoff record: 6-8

Can we get a look at the other 2 resume? Because I sure Rogers and Cooper have much more than what you listed. You seem pretty one sided here.

33 minutes ago, WKY_Football said:

Solid coach but hottest name in the state? Idk about that. He would do well at Lincoln though. 

Hard to say against the teams LC plays…. But after game photo shoots and TikTok reels of staff chasing refs to cars are a guarantee lol😂😂

1 hour ago, gchs_uk9 said:

A quick Josh Jaggers career recap at Larue County:

• 45-55 career record at Larue County (9 seasons total)
• 37-29 record during this second stint (6 seasons)
• Four times advanced to the second round and one trip to the state semifinals

A quick Lincoln County recap during those same nine years:

• 38-60 record
• Three times advanced to the second round

 

I'm not saying he's the best choice, or if he or Lincoln are even interested. But you could do a whole lot worse. And spare us the "won't have a varsity roster if this is the hire" nonsense. When has that ever happened? And before you say Danville this year, the KHSAA shows 38 kids on the Danville roster in 2021 while showing 43 in 2020; hardly a sizable difference.

I wasn’t trying to say josh jaggers isn’t a good coach by any means so I apologize if it came out that way. He has had some good seasons at Larue. I said he has a losing record which he does as you showed us. Lincoln lost a bunch from last years team and has less than 10 returners that have varsity experience, so if you lose 4 or 5 of those with a small senior class coming up I would say yes they will have less than a competitive varsity roster. 

43 minutes ago, Hitemdeep said:

Starting to heat up that a former coaches son is interested. Exceptional football family that would bring knowledge and Championship experience back to Lincoln. 

I hope we aren’t talking jaggers lol. He has a losing record overall at Larue by quite a margin while having all kinds of talent in his time. Don’t think that translates to wins when you have to play much better competition in a higher class. This name came up early amongst parents and community members, and let’s just say Lincoln won’t have a varsity roster if this is the hire. 

Rogers was also offensive coordinator for Leffew before 4 seasons with Crutchfield. He also had plans of head coaching before Crutchfield left, so I don’t think Lincoln is passing on him. Lincoln’s timeline of not starting the process until after the holidays has allowed other programs to contact and interview Rogers first. He was interviewed at Knox and I would imagine Lincoln will give him an opportunity after putting 8 years in if he isn’t hired elsewhere first. Not to mention he was the QB during Larry French’s 4 years. 

Heard LC is taking this well into January, which in my opinion is a huge mistake. Kids fall behind in the weight room and most coaches will be hired.

6 hours ago, CentralSports said:

If Levi isn’t offered the Lincoln County job he will follow Spencer Crutchfield to Garrard County. 

Levi Rogers is the one responsible for bringing Spencer Crutchfield to Lincoln County in the first place as they are first cousins.  Idk if it’s following Spencer to Garrard or another head job because there are other programs interested in him.