SUN Coaches Podcast

Coach Campbell is the winningest coach in the history of the state of Georgia. He won 477 games and 11 state titles all at Lincoln County where he served as the HFC for 42 years. He had one losing season, his first, and then had 41 consecutive winning season. He now enjoys his cows and horses and traveling with his family. Coach Campbell is more than just a great football coach, he is a great man as well. I hope you enjoy Coach Larry Campbell!

Coach Armstrong has had a long and illustrious career as both and assistant and HFC in multiple states including Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. He has literally done it all. He is now going to be assistant to the HFC at Reinhardt College.. Coach Armstrong has seen enough to know he hasn't seen it all. I hope you all enjoy hearing his story!

Coach Ed Dudley is a legend. He played for a legend in high school (George Maloof), started his coaching career for a legend (Billy Henderson Clark Central), and has become a legend himself. He worked for some legends as well. He has had a long and winding career as an assistant and a head coach. Coach Dudley is one of the good ones and if you don't like him, something is probably wrong with you! I hope you enjoy Coach Ed Dudley!

Coach McWhorter is a native of Effingham Illinois where he played his high school ball at Effingham High School. He went on to play college ball at Eastern Illinois. From there, Coach McWhorter got his first coaching job as an assistant at Charlton County. Three years later he was named the HFC there and the rest is history! The man is a legend. I hope you enjoy listening to Coach Mac!

Coach Kenny Moore is a native of Valdosta Georgia. He graduated from Valdosta High School where he played for the legendary Wright Bazemore in high school. Coach knew he wanted to be a coach from an early age and went on to graduate from Valdosta State. Coach started his career under Butch Brooks at Washington Wilkes and then went on to be a HFC for 22 years. He is one of the best to ever do it and I hope you enjoy his message!

Coach Hochstetler was actually a baseball guy. Little known fact there. Thing about legends is, they can just flat out coach. He won 345 games with a 75% winning percentage, 3 state titles, winning 1 at two different schools. That puts him at #5 on the list of all time wins for HFC in the state of Georgia. A native of Cullman Alabama, Coach played college baseball before starting his coaching career at Manchester as rec team coach. The rest after that is well documented history. I hope you enjoy Coach Hochstetler tell his story!

Dexter Wood personifies the word LEGEND in the state of Georgia annals of high school football. The architect of Buford football, Coach Wood started his career in Alabama. He won 3 state titles back to back to back going on a 45-0 tear at Buford and 210 games total with a 79.9% winning percentage overall. A native of Ozark Alabama, Coach Wood played for the legendary Paul Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama and began his coaching career in Alabama before moving to Georgia. He is one of the all-time great people in the business and I hope you enjoy his story!

Coach Jones won 329 games and 4 state championships with a 74% winning pct in his career. Coach was a HFC for 40 years and had 2, two, that's 2 losing seasons! A native of Phenix City Alabama, Coach Jones played college baseball before graduating and starting his coaching career in Alabama. He won 17 games in 3 years as a HFC in Alabama (which technically give him 345 wins) before coming to Georgia. Coach Jones is one of the finest men to lead young men in our state and I know you will enjoy his story!

Coach Barrs is one of the best to ever do it. He spent 24 years as a HFC winning 164 games at several different stops. He took 3 different schools to at least the quarters or further in the state playoffs and won 6 region championships. Coach Barrs is one of the true gentleman of the game and is regarded by his peers as one of the best to have ever roamed the sidelines. A native of Cochran, Coach Barrs built programs on paying attention to details and discipline. I hope you enjoy Coach Barrs' story.

Coach Cronic is a true LEGEND. A native of Athens GA, Coach later moved to Madison County, Coach Cronic has coached at both the high school and college levels. He has revived programs in high school and built a college program from the ground up. Thought by his peers to be one of the most intelligent men to ever grace the sidelines, Coach Cronic was one of the most innovative coaches during his tenures wherever he was. I hope you enjoy hearing Dr. Danny Cronic tell his story!