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I agree with Old School, the mountains are full of very good coaches and it would be impossible to name the top one. You have Howard with all the history and trying to build a tradition at LCC, to Larkey taking on the same task as Harlan Co. to Coach Hilton, to the current guru at Belfry Mr. Haywood, to coach Holcomb in Breathitt Co. to Mr. Matney over at Johnson Central, and I agree that Coach Hager is going to be great and the many more young coaches busting their butts daily trying to make a name for themselves and their respective schools should be respected. I think we all need to realize what the rest of the state sometimes forgets, mountain football has just as many good coaches and players as those schools in Central, Northern and Western Kentucky. We should be proud every Friday night when one of these coaches get's a win and realize it's for mountain pride not only school pride.

excellent post,