[baseball1974]

I think I would swap 3 and 4 on your list. I also think Chuck Smith has to be on there and while he may not have the years or the overall Win/Loss record I think Scroggins has to be heavily consider if for no other reason than 5 State Championships, with the schedule they play he may never look as good in the win/loss column but 5-0 in State Titles is impressive.

Actually, I think #3 through #6 could be interchangeable.

I agree with you about Chuck Smith being on the list, but who do you replace? The reason I kept him off was based off of the comparison of other coaches with less than 15 years. So in comparison, you'd have to look at Bob Beatty and Mike Yeagle. Beatty coached in KY for 13 years, went to 12 championships, and won 10 of them. Yeagle was similar, going to 10 and winning 8 titles. I agree he is one of the best, and if he stays at the high school level then he will no doubt be top 5 all-time when he retires, and if he hadn't gone up to college, he may have already have been there.

The three I struggled with on wanting to add them were Tom Duffy, who coached for 24 years with 213 wins for three different programs, as well as going 4-0 in state title games. Mike Holcolmb, who is in his 32nd year I think, closing in on 300 wins, has been succesful at two different programs, and has gone 3-1 in state championship games. I should have found a place for him. The last guy I struggled with was Kevin Wallace from Bowling Green. He also use to coach at Warren East. He's currently sitting somewhere in the 260 range for wins and is still going strong, could have won a state title this year. Hes been to 6 state title games and won 3 of them. Dan Haley is the only other one I had trouble with, but it was difficult trying to find reason for why one should be in there over the other. I probably could have replaced McGlone for Holcolmb, and Wallace and Duffy could've also been in there for Hillard Howard or Bob Redmand.