[Gitback Coach]

Really Dixon with a state title and a state runner up in the last 3 years and a state semi finale last year:please: Frazier the Harlan reject has he even had a winning season at Middlesbrough, and by the way you need to check the Wayne county coach is not a mill:lame:

Dixon is a good coach. He's in my top 10.

Randy Frazier is a good coach, too. You seem to assume that "wins" always equate with "good coaching" and that "good coaches" consistently win. Sometimes, yes. Always, no.

I've watched football in southeastern KY for over 40 years. Some of the best coaches I've ever seen in this area retired with career records around .500. They toiled for years, decades even, at schools with severe limitations. Many took those jobs (and stayed) for non-football (i.e., more important) reasons. Some simply coached at the wrong places at the wrong times. Every story varies.

If we're really honest about it, though, there is no universal standard for defining a "winner" (not even the scoreboard). Besides, coaching at a "winning program" is always easier, but not always as meaningful or satisfying as doing more with less at places where those "winners" would never cast their shadow. Surely, we parents and fans in eastern Kentucky recognize this even more than most.

Winning isn't the only measure of "quality.".And honestly, it shouldn't even be in the top five criteria. I guess it just depends on how one defines "best coaching."

Sorry about my Wayne County typo, but yes, if one considers Wayne a mountain team, then Thompson's in my top 10.

I get that my list isn't in line with yours. I don't care. Post your own (if you haven't already). It likely won't match mine. And again, I won't care.