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 Ernie Willingham 

Ernie Willingham attended and graduated from Collinsville high school.

He was the head basketball coach at Appalachian from 1984-91, Albertville 1991-93 and Appalachian through the 1998 school year.

Willingham landed his first football head coaching job at Collinsville in 1998. His teams over the next five seasons went 31-24. His teams reached the playoffs in all but his last season.

In 2003 he moved back at Appalachian where he served as the head basketball coach before taking over the football program in 2004 for the next seven seasons. His teams at Appalachian finished with a combined 51-30 record with each qualifying for the playoffs.

Coach Willingham moved back to his hometown in Collinsville in 2013. Overall his record stands at 150-97 in twenty-two seasons as a football coach.


Known Record:  156-100-0   60.9%
 Season Total   Playoffs   Region Record 
 Team   Season  Class   W/L/T   PF  PA   W/L/T  PF  PA   Region  Title  W/L/T   PF  PA 
Collinsville
Collinsville2024 3A6-3355184R8y4-3262184
Collinsville2023 2A8-34242100-12128R75-2282160
Collinsville2022 2A8-33272840-1742R75-2212201
Collinsville2021 3A3-7157310R72-4109201
Collinsville2019 2A12-25401793-112181R86-128771
Collinsville2018 2A10-24241541-14441R86-128699
Collinsville2017 2A4-6269259R63-4189171
Collinsville2016 2A6-52282160-1626R64-3145135
Collinsville2015 2A6-53123320-1770R73-3185193
Collinsville2014 2A4-6230276R71-5103190
Collinsville2013 1A7-42942630-11435R76-2247160
 11 Years74-46356026674-722032345-3023071765
    
Appalachian
Appalachian2010 1A8-33381580-1738R66-125265
Appalachian2009 1A10-34491852-17645R5#6-130867
Appalachian2008 1A10-33911292-14942R5#7-030939
Appalachian2007 1A5-62222190-1028R64-3156117
Appalachian2006 1A5-62032180-12055R64-3141107
Appalachian2005 1A8-33442060-1639R65-2222112
Appalachian2004 1A5-62302600-1057R64-3182128
 7 Years51-30217713754-715830436-131570635
    
Collinsville
Collinsville2002 1A3-7165238R63-4122135
Collinsville2001 1A7-52882461-14747R66-1213101
Collinsville2000 1A6-53361840-11421R66-128369
Collinsville1999 1A10-23201642-17177R14#2-0846
Collinsville1998 1A5-52242040-1021R14#2-07013
 5 Years31-24133310363-413216619-6772324
    
TOTALS
 23 Years156-1007070507811-18510793100-4946492724


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