Tribute to Tennessee High School Football Coaches

NOTE: Ken Colquette played football at Grundy County High School (Class of 1965) and Tennessee Tech (Class of 1969). He started his head coaching career at Bridgeport, AL and also served as head coach at Marion County (1980-1996), Vidalia, GA (1997-1999), Grundy County (2002-2003) and Sequatchie County (2012-2014).

My second coaching stint in the early to mid ‘70s was as the defensive coordinator and head track coach at Dougherty High School in Albany, GA. We played a very competitive schedule that included teams like Valdosta, Moultrie and Tifton.

As the DC, I required everyone on the footbal...