Kevin Wallace

Slow Motion Replay: Kevin Wallace says the 2025 season will be his final tour around the KHSAA @CoachKWallace, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @BGHSPurplesNews, @StXTigersFB, @PurplesFootball

May 10, 2025 Fletcher Long 4

How does one judge the greatest coach in KHSAA history? Is it wins? Is it championships? Is it the ability to consistently imbue men with the character befitting the proudest traditions of the commonwealth of Kentucky? Is it a combination of all of the above. Some might claim the KHSAA has never had a better coach than Marshall Patterson, Mike Glaser, Chuck Smith, Dan Goble, Ed Miracle, Mike Holcomb, Dudley Hilton, Sam Harp, and Phillip Haywood, and each of these could make legitimate claims (and for valid reasons). However, if someone were to claim Kevin Wallace, or Jim Matney, or Larry French, or Noah Rash, or Eddie Eviston, or Jay Cobb, or Mark Spader, or any other number of HFCs were “the best in KHSAA history” that would be just as difficult to discount. Point is; who knows? We do know this…Kevin Wallace was a HOSS! Enjoy this feature.

Friday Night Fletch

Slow Motion Replay: Dixie Jones may have been among the best defensive coordinators the KHSAA has seen and was dad-burn competent in the head job too @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @KyHighFootball, @TriggFootball, @TriggCoAD

May 6, 2025 Fletcher Long 2

We were compiling a list once of the men we thought were the finest five defensive coordinators the KHSAA has ever known. On our list was Jeff Hester, Chuck Smith’s DC at Boyle County; John Paul Chapman, Mike Holcomn’s DC at Breathitt; Mark Spader, Kevin Wallace’s DC at BGHS and now its head coach; Jim “Red Dog” Daughtery, the DC for several years for Dale Mueller at Highlands, and (of course) Dixie Jones, who was the DC for some of Craig Clayton’s more formidable teams in his first run at Hopkinsville High. If we were compiling a list of powerlifting coaches, we might list Dixie five times, as he is the best the sport has ever known. Enjoy this look at an all-time “lifer” in this sport we all cherish and love.

Friday Night Fletch

Slow Motion Replay: Mark Spader evincing the characteristics consistent with his high school nickname @CoachSpader, @spadermom, @CoachKWallace, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @BGHSPurplesNews, @PurplesFootball

May 1, 2025 Fletcher Long 2

We called him Bruno in high school. One of the reasons was at 5’8,” 180-pounds, he was still tough enough to move out to tackle and man the post well enough to help the team get to the title game at the fairgrounds in Louisville, KY against Danville High in 1984. Bowling Green’s Mark Spader was a smart player. It only tracks he would make a fine coach. He certainly has. Spader is a winner. Spader has won (big time) at BGHS. Spader has three titles and a runner up under his belt right now. No telling how many he ends up with if he continues on the present arc. We believe him a future Hall of Famer, so we wrote about him in the series we have for such coaches. Enjoy the feature.

Friday Night Fletch.

Meet Bryan Jones, the King of Leitchfield, KY @bigassfans @sfitz_840whas @840WHAS @KyHighFootball @minguabeefjerky @GCHSCougarFB

October 1, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

Bryan Jones is among the hottest young coaches in the industry Kentucky-wide. He has his Cougars playing football at an incredibly high level and looking every bit like 5A threats coming down the season’s home stretch. Enjoy this look at another one of those coaches sure to get plenty of air time this offseason as programs will jockey for coaches.

Friday Night Fletch

Jack Barker from St. Xavier believes now is the time- @minguabeefjeerky @kyhighs @HopkinsCentral @evans02_mike @_CoachManning @PrepSpin @1776Bank @CoachKWallace @StXTigersFB @KyHighFootball @JackBarker615

July 18, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

Some kids play at programs where it is virtually impossible to see the field as a freshman. St. Xavier is one of those programs. However, Jack Barker’s not seeing the field on Friday night in ’22 doesn’t mean squat once ’23 gets here. Enjoy the feature. FL.

Cameron Hollaway from St. Xavier High is looking to bloom last AND longest- @HopkinsCentral @evans02_mike @_CoachManning @1776Bank @minguabeefjerky @PrepSpin @KyHighFootball @CHOLLAWAY2 @CoachKWallace @StXTigersFB @StXTigerSports @stxtigers @kyhighs

July 15, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

This is an excellent ’25 WR prospect who looks to have quite a bit of lengthening yet to do. He is a superior athlete who found the field in ’22 in just two (2) games but who figures to burst out onto the scene in ’23. Enjoy this feature about Cameron Hollaway who is a football and track & field guy at Louisville’s St. Xavier High. FL.

Carter Guillaume from St. Xavier High is the @minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the week. @1776Bank @HopkinsCentral @_CoachManning @evans02-mike @kyhighs @HLpreps @CoachKWallace @StXTigerSports @PrepSpin @KyHighFootballCarter @CarterGuillaum1

March 29, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

He’s the premier performer at his position anywhere in Kentucky. His name is Carter Guillaume and he is the offensive center for St. Xavier’s Tiger football program. He’s way more than just that. He is also the KHSAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and our Protein-packed Performer of the Week. Enjoy this feature about this very fine OL and champion wrestler and don’t forget to #Savortheflavor. FL.

Ayier ‘AJ’ Coates from St. Xavier High is setting a tough pace for his class… @imfokused_aj @CoachKWallace @StXTigersFB @teeroyhowell @CoachRecruit @1776Bank @minguabeefjerky @KyHighFootball @kyhighs @HLpreps @PrepSpin

February 23, 2023 Henry Lyon 1

This kid here has numbers, particularly in the weight room, which just sort of jump off the charts at the reader. He is crazy strong, crazy powerful, crazy explosive, and crazy young. Not even being a freshman could shelve him for the year. Wait until you see what this guy does over the next three years. Avoid the rush, get scared now! HB.

Carter Guillaume is the @1776Bank Revolutionary Player of the Week… @minguabeefjerky @PrepSpin @kyhighs @HLPreps @StXTigersFB @CarterGuillaum1 @CSmithScout @KyHighFootball @MaxPreps

January 6, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

This kid here has all the attributes one would want for the cornerstone of the offensive line either in high school or college. We have given this award to him before, but this degree of outstanding is worthy of recognition whether or not he has been before adorned. This is quite possibly the standard across Kentucky for interior offensive line play and particularly at the center slot in the ’24 class. Enjoy the feature and Congratulations to Carter Guillaume from Louisville’s St. Xavier High from Kentucky’s fastest growing financial institution setting the standard for excellence in the financial services, Kentucky market. Fletcher Long.