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QUOTE=wildthang3;1645843]The rumor at the time Bert Browne was hired was the PC Coach Johnny Hines turned the job down, can any one confirm or deny that..? Of course that was a few years ago, before Coach Hines got PC in the shape they are now. I guess the point of my questions is why would anyone want to coach in Class 6A esp in the region MC is in..? Outside of Bowling Green 5A seems to be the easier of class then them all, imo.[/QUOTE]

I do know that Coach Hines wanted the Madison Central job at that time. He tried to keep it quiet, but its a small town here. He and Tom Floyd (Superintendent of Madison at that time) played football together at Georgetown College back in the day. This was after several good seasons at PC:
2002-7-5
2003-11-2 (Region Championship Game)
2004-7-5
2007-10-2
2008-8-4
2009-10-4 (District & Region Champs)
-since missing the Central job-
2010-11-2 (Region runner up)
2012-9-4 (Region runner up)
Hines did not even get an Interview for the Central job. They interviewed 6 I am told. Hines was never offered the job. On another note, I am told he was contacted by officials at Madison Southern the next year about that job. I don't know if that job was ever offered to him or not. Hines says he has no plans to leave Pulaski.