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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.






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 Stacy Luker 

Stacy Luker was a football player under Coach Nolan Atkins in 1981-82 at Sweet Water High School where the Bulldogs won the 1982 State Championship. Following graduation, Luker received his degree from the University of West Alabama.

After graduating from college, Luker, with the help of his former coach, was hired at Sweet Water as a P.E. teacher and defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs.

His first head coaching job came in 1995 at Washington County High School in Chatom. Luker led two teams to a combined 10-11 record before moving over to Thomasville as the head football coach in 1997. In five seasons as the Tigers head coach, Luker, went 30-23 with three playoff appearances.

Following the 2001 season, Luker returned to his alma mater as the head coach. Through the 1990s, there was a lot of turnover at the head coaching position for the Bulldogs, and along with that came no consistent success like the school and fans were accustomed to.

All that changed in 2002 as Coach Luker returned the Bulldogs to the top of the football mountain in Alabama. In his first season, he led the Bulldogs to 7-3 regular season and a region title before losing in the first round of the playoffs.

The next year the Bulldogs returned to the playoffs, and made it to the second round before losing.

The 2004 team finished 13-2 with and the Class 1A State Championship, their first since 1986. Beginning in 2004, the Bulldogs won five of the next Class 1A State Championships. In 2006 they dominated Cedar Bluff, 48-0.

In 2007 Sweet Water outscored their opponents 712-133 in the 14 games. The championship game was another blowout, as the Bulldogs defeated Talladega County Central 42-7 for Luker's third title in four years.

Coach Luker's 100th win came in 2007 against St. Jude in the second round of the playoffs.

The Bulldogs dominated their opponents again in 2008 by outscoring them 730-101 in 15 games. Although their 36 game winning streak did come to an end that season against Leroy, the Bulldogs cruised through the playoffs again and demolished Speake 42-0 in the championship game.

2010 saw the Bulldogs finish 12-3 with another title as they coasted by R.A. Hubbard 36-0 in the title game for Luker's fifth state title and the ninth in school history.

In 2015 Luker took over the football program at Demopolis before moving on to Clarke County in 2017.

Coach Luker's overall coaching record is 232-102. His teams made the playoffs every season while he was at Sweet Water. They also won seven region titles.

His Clarke County team won the 2A state championship in 2021 with a 13-2 record.

His 127-31 region record ranks among the best of all-time. Luker's playoff record of 53-16 is considered a great winning percentage against the states best competition.

Coach Luker was named Class 1A Coach of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in 2004. Coach Luker retired from the sidelines following the 2013 season at Sweet Water. After a single season at Neshoba MS where his team went 6-5, he returned to Alabama and accepted the head coaching duties at Demopolis.

Alabama Record:  245-102-0   70.6%
Other States Record:  6-5-0   54.5%
Overall High School Record:  251-107-0   70.1%
 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 
South Choctaw Academy
South Choctaw Academy2024 AISA-AA13-05261413-010843R2#5-021427
 1 Year13-05261413-0108435-021427
    
Clarke County
Clarke County2022 2A7-62632322-17054R1#5-014623
Clarke County2021 2A13-24852205-017997R1#6-021129
Clarke County2020 2A8-32741201-15641R15-114542
Clarke County2019 4A2-8129178R12-590111
Clarke County2018 4A3-7163220R13-4139148
Clarke County2017 3A11-34742233-113258R16-1243104
 6 Years44-291788119311-343725027-11974457
    
Demopolis
Demopolis2016 5A7-43502040-12427R3#6-026748
Demopolis2015 5A10-34631792-18965R4#7-031155
 2 Years17-78133832-21139213-0578103
    
Sweet Water
Sweet Water2013 2A10-44852283-112855R1#7-031484
Sweet Water2012 2A11-34922023-120582R1#7-022141
Sweet Water2011 1A10-45232723-1142102R15-127442
Sweet Water2010 1A12-35811415-019921R1#7-034226
Sweet Water2009 1A11-24951052-112925R1#7-029520
Sweet Water2008 1A14-17301015-022014R1#8-045945
Sweet Water2007 1A14-07121335-024769R4#6-036330
Sweet Water2006 1A13-16631055-022820R4#6-033145
Sweet Water2005 1A9-35701721-14857R46-141689
Sweet Water2004 1A13-26582695-019177R46-1343131
Sweet Water2003 1A7-53712911-15562R35-2268140
Sweet Water2002 1A7-42952680-1727R3#7-0274118
 12 Years131-326575228738-7179961177-53900811
    
Thomasville
Thomasville2001 4A4-5182171R12-4113132
Thomasville2000 4A4-61662140-12042R13-3107106
Thomasville1999 4A7-3233180R20-21030
Thomasville1998 4A10-33302072-16560R21-15628
Thomasville1997 4A5-62202380-11433R22-15657
 5 Years30-23113110102-3991358-11342353
    
Washington County
Washington County1996 3A6-51981770-1636R11-13239
Washington County1995 2A4-6147179R11-34565
 2 Years10-113453560-16362-477104
    
TOTALS
 28 Years245-10211178537056-1625621167132-3160851855


Other States
 Season   W/L/T   Playoffs    
Neshoba Central, Mississippi
20146-50-1
1 Year6-50-1 
    
Totals Alabama and Other States
29 Years251-10756-17 


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