Check out the records for area coaches entering the 2018 seasons:
John King, Longview, 152-36
Scott Surratt, Carthage, 135-27
Steve Pinnell, Winnsboro, 127-84
Dale Irwin, Arp, 125-65
Phil Castles, Henderson, 125-67
Antwain Jimmerson, Jefferson, 122-15
Joe Drennon, Hallsville, 120-70
Kerry Therwhanger, Timpson, 118-59
Scott Ford, Elysian Fields, 114-67
Claude Mathis, Marshall, 103-68
Roger Adams, Union Grove, 100-83
Bobby Reyes, Nacogdoches, 93-115
Steve Wells, Liberty-Eylau, 90-81
Chris Edwards, Hughes Springs, 88-48
Buddy Griffin, DeKalb, 80-84-1
Shane Mallory, Union Hill, 76-31
John Frazier, West Rusk, 76-48
Terry Ward, Harleton, 74-35
Mike Bickham, Beckville, 74-41
Tim Russell, Harmony, 74-47
Whitney Keeling, Waskom, 73-29
Josh Finney, Mount Vernon, 73-31
Tracy Blankenship, Ore City, 71-78
Mike Wood, Kilgore, 66-34
Wayne Coleman, Jacksonville, 63-73
Kris Iske, White Oak, 62-46
Ritchie Pinckard, Mount Pleasant, 59-42
Larry Minter, Big Sandy, 58-44
Dewaski Davis, Clarksville, 58-84
Ricklan Holmes, John Tyler, 56-20
Allen Cross, Maud, 56-57
Gerry Stanford, Texas High, 54-26
Eddy May, James Bowie, 50-48
Matt McClure, Atlanta, 49-35
M.K. Hamilton, Detroit, 47-47
Scott Holzhauer, Mount Enterprise, 45-53
Larry Prince, Garrison, 40-78
John Eastman, Troup, 39-35
Matt Turner, Gilmer, 37-6
Josh Gibson, Pleasant Grove, 34-17
Tommy Graf, Redwater, 32-36
Robby Clark, Palestine, 32-59
Derek Simmons, Linden-Kildare, 29-52
John Berry, Gladewater, 26-19
Jeremy Miller, Trinity School, 23-11
Greg Jenkins, Tenaha, 22-13
Brad Baca, Pittsburg, 21-13
Chris Birdwell, Hooks, 21-13
Wade Lawson, Joaquin, 20-12
Keylon Kincade, Winona, 20-26
Rex Sharp, Sabine, 19-40
Derek Smith, Alba Golden, 18-33
Andy Bates, Leverett’s Chapel, 15-5
Scott Evans, Hawkins, 12-30
Michael Ridge, Grand Saline, 11-39
Kelly Mercer, Spring Hill, 9-21
Kurt Traylor, Tyler Lee, 6-4
Luke Blackwell, Mineola, 5-6
Kerry Lane, Pine Tree, 5-16
Chris Cochran, Lindale, 4-6
Jaso Davis, Cushing, 4-6
Bryan Oakes, Quitman, 0-10