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Coach Letton was head coach of the Blackcats from '88 - '95. He was/is an excellent coach of basic football fundamentals.

He was a victim of Floyd Co. Board politics. There was a hazing incident before the '95 season. Coach threw the boys involved off the team. The issue was settled, or so most thought.

Toward the end of that football season, the incident was published in florid detail in the Floyd Co. Times. Bowing to public pressure instigated by the article, the Board's members censured the coach for "mishandling of the matter".

Once the matter became public knowledge , the "right" or "wrong" of his handling of the situation became a moot point. As always happens, rumors began and grew. His authority as football coach became completely untenable.

He was a young man at the time and could read the writing on the wall. He left after the '95 season to take a coaching position at Montgomery Co.