Twenty five different men have held the title of
Head Coach for Winston County High School
These include two that have been inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall Of Fame and two that have earned the Coach of the Year honor from the AHSAA.
YEARS HEAD COACH RECORD at WCHS
2007-2011 Coach Dan Hogan 25 - 25 - 0 
Overall Record at WCHS 55 - 42 - 0
State Playoffs 7 Times in 8 Years
Area Champions 1996, 1997
Area Co-Champions 2008
Graduate of Winston County High School - Class of 1972
Graduate of University of Alabama-Birmingham
2004-2006 Coach Jon Thompson 8 - 24- 0 
Member of UNA's National Champion Teams '93, '94, '95
State Playoffs 2 Times in 3 Years
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
2000-2003 Coach Lel Speer 18 - 24- 0 
Served as Assistant Coach & Head Coach a total of 19 Years
Highest Per Game Average Score in WCHS History in 2000
State Playoffs 1 Time in 4 Years
Graduate of Winston County High School - Class of 1980
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
1996-1999 Coach Dan Hogan 30 - 17 - 0
Winning percentage: 64%
State Playoffs 4 Times in 4 Years
Area Champions 1996, 1997
Graduate of Winston County High School - Class of 1972
Graduate of University of Alabama-Birmingham
1993-1995 Coach Craig Bell 6 - 25 - 0 
Served as Assistant Coach & Head Coach a total of 18 Years
State Playoffs 1 Time in 3 Years
Graduate of Southern Benedictine College
1979-1992 Coach Larry Bishop 94 - 64- 0 
Alabama Class 2A Coach Of The Year 1975
Won the most games in WCHS history
Longest Tenured Head Coach in WCHS history
60% Winning Percentage
State Playoffs 9 Times in 14 Years
Area Champions 1986, 1981, 1980
Winston County Champions 1992, 1990, 1985, 1983, 1981
Graduate of St. Bernard College
1977-1978 Coach Kenny Goggans 2 -18- 0 
Winston County Co-Champions 1978
Graduate of Mississippi State University
1968-1976 Coach Joe Morrow 42 - 44 - 4 
Served WCHS in a Coaching Capacity for 30 Years
Wal-Win Conference Champions 1969
Winston County Champions 1969
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
Member of Winston County Sports Hall of Fame
1965-1967 Coach Bobby McCracken 9 - 20 - 0 
Winston County Champions 1965
Graduate of Athens College
1961-1964 Coach Larry Yancey 18 - 18 - 4 
Served as an Educator within Winston County for Years
Current Head of Winston County Board of Education
Winston County Champions 1961, 1964
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
1957-1960 Coach Bill Doty 20 - 18 - 1 
State Champions Class A 1960
Wal-Win Conference Champions 1960
Winston County Champions 1960, 1959
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
Member of Winston County Sports Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame Class of 1992. Coached football for 30 years, 12 of those at Russellville, with five state championships and numerous awards and honors to his credit. His 28-year record as a head coach is 173-104-6. His Russellville teams enjoyed a 41-game unbeaten string. He coached in two all-star games and served as president of the high school coaches association. A graduate of Hamilton High and North Alabama. * from the AHSAA.COM website*
1955-1956 Coach Charles Jones 13 - 7 - 0 
Winston County Champions 1955
Graduate of Samford University
1954 Coach Andy Davis 4 - 3 - 1* 
Graduate of Winston County High School - Class of 1929
Served as Teacher and Principal of WCHS for decades
Graduate of the University of North Alabama
Member of Winston County Sports Hall of Fame
1949-1953 Coach Oliver Woodard 38 - 9 - 1* 
State Champions Class A 1953
District 4 Champion 1953
Winston County Champions 1953, 1952, 1949
Graduate of Jacksonville State University
Alabama Class 4A Coach Of The Year 1962
Member of Winston County Sports Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame Class of 1998. Coached football for 26 years, produced state championship teams at three different high schools—Winston County in 1953, Roanoke in 1955 and Cullman in 1962, and compiled a career coaching record of 179-65-8. His longest tenure was 15 years at Cullman where his teams went 106-40-6 and he was state Class 4A coach of the year in 1962. He served as president of the AHSAA coaches association. A graduate of Morgan County High School and Jacksonville State University. * from the AHSAA.COM website*
1947-1948 Coach Lee Miles 3 - 15 - 2 
1946 Coach Marvin Lovelady 0 - 9 - 0 
1945 Coach Burt Campbell 3 - 3 - 0
1939-1941 Coach Ellis Lovett 17 - 7 - 2*
Winston County Champions 1940
Graduate of Winston County High School - Class of 1930
1938 Coach John C. Thomas 1 - 3 - 0*
1937 Coach Joseph Kurin 6 - 1 - 1
1933-1936 Coach Grady A. Gilbert 15 - 8 - 5*
Graduate of Samford University
Enlisted in the Army May 12 1942. He attended high school in Boaz and received his diploma and degree at Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham where he was known for his basketball, track, football and baseball activities. Grady was an aircraft engine mechanic with the Ninth Air Force. After induction, Sgt Gilbert was sent to basic training at Ft. McPherson, Georgia, then to the Air Forces school for aircraft mechanics, Keesler Field, Mississippi and the Henry Ford aircraft engine school, Dearborn, Michigan. Before leaving for overseas duty in October 1943, he was stationed at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sgt Gilbert was killed when his plane crashed November 1st 1944 and he is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant in the 21st Squadron, 91st Air Depot Group. A true Alabama hero of War World II.
1932 Coach John Shirey 3 - 1 - 0*
1930-1931 Coach Charles Duncan 5 - 5 - 1*
Graduate of Birmingham Southern College
1929 Coach R.B. Morris 7 - 1 - 1
1927-1928 Coach Lincoln Hall 8 - 8 - 0* 
Graduate of Birmingham Southern College
The first years of "organized" Team play for Winston County.
1920-1922 Coach C.C. Edmundson 0 - 3 - 0 
No season records for these years indicate that there was no "organized" Team
but merely a game put together once a year to give the boys a taste of the game.