With the Gryphons' win Friday night, head coach B.W. Holt moved to 295 victories for his career.I have been doing some number crunching to find the all-time coaching records in the state of North Carolina. Here are the great coaches who are ahead of Holt:
TOP SIX N.C. HS FOOTBALL COACHES - total victories
1. 380 - Jack Holley (Tabor City, South Columbus, Hallsboro, Wallace-Rose Hill - 44 seasons; 380-89-9)
2. 359 - Bob Paroli (Benson, Jacksonville, Fike, Cummings, Douglas Byrd, Seventy-First - 49th season; 359-164-11)
3. 334 - Tom Brown (Bunker Hill, Maiden - 39th season; 334-108-7)
4. 305 - Daryl Allen (Ahoskie, Hertford County - 36 seasons; 305-118)
5. 301 - Babe Howell (Sylva-Webster/Smoky Mountain, Avery County - 46 seasons; 301-122-6)
6. 295 - B.W. Holt (SW Randolph, Franklinton, Starmount, Tennessee High (Tn.), West Montgomery, Rocky Mount - 38th season; 295-109-2)
Paroli, Brown and, of course, Holt are still actively coaching. Paroli is at Seventy-First and Brown is at Maiden. Holt is the baby in this bunch having just turned 63, while Paroli, I believe, is 75, and Brown is 64. Brown announced in January of 2003 that he would coach five more years - so this may be his last season at Maiden.