Lots of Wins on MaxPreps' A-to-Z Coaches List

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Props to MaxPreps and Kevin Askeland today for a great A-to-Z piece on the best high school football coaches in the country.

The list includes a coach for every letter of the alphabet except "X". When you add-up the wins for the 25 names on the list there's a total of 4,700 wins! Check-out the MaxPreps.com link, it's an interesting read!

Georgia Family Closes In On 400 Wins

Last week Wyoming Valley West's (PA) George Curry won his 400th game as a head coach. Friday night in Georgia, the coaching Maloofs should also find the 400 win circle. All it will take is a win by either Keith Maloof, head coach of Norcross or a win by his brother Kevin, head coach at Dacula.

Keith and Kevin are the sons of George Maloof, who won 167 games as the head guy at St. Pius. Keith enters Friday's game against Peachtree Ridge with 153 wins, while Kevin has 79. If you add the three win totals together, you'll see that the Maloofs have combined for 399 victories.

Tune-in Friday night, to find out if the Maloofs can make history.

George Curry Becomes First in Pennsylvania to Win 400

During my TV life in Pennsylvania, George Curry was one of those head coaches you loved to hate. George was a tough old bird, who didn't shy away from "mixing it up" with the media. Covering Lehigh Valley football in the early 90's meant that the road to any state championship went right through the tiny town of Berwick, and that meant dealing with King George.

Today, I want to congratulate Coach Curry for quite a milestone...he coached his 400th victory from night when Wyoming Valley West beat Williamsport 41-7.

Curry is now one of only four active coaches in America in victory. At the head of the class is Summerville (SC) head man of 50-plus seasons, John McCissick who owns 547 wins heading into this weekend's game against Goose Creek. The other two head coaches with working with 400-plus wins are John Curtis, Jr. at John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, LA) and Larry Campbell of Lincoln County (Lincolnton, GA), who was the last the enter the exclusive club before Curry.

To read more about Coach Curry's milestone from the Times Leader, please click on our headline "George Curry Becomes First in Pennsylvania to Win 400"