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Alabama High School Football Head Coaches

David OConnor


David OConnor served as the offensive coordinator at Lee high school in Huntsville for five seasons before landing his first head coaching job at the school in 2002 at the age of 35. Over the next four seasons his teams finished a combined 26-17 and reached the playoffs three times. He was named coach of the year by the Huntsville Times in 2005.

OConnor moved to Giles County high school in Tennessee in the fall of 2006 where he accepted the head football coaching position. His seven teams at Pulaski, TN, went 75-17 and won the 2009 state championship with a 14-1 record.

Coach OConnor took over the football program at Buckhorn in 2013. His first team qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2005 with a 6-5 record.

Alabama Record:  44-32-0   57.9%
Other States Record:  75-17-0   81.5%
Overall High School Record:  119-49-0   70.8%

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 Season Total   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team   Season   Class   W/L/T   PF  PA   W/L/T   PF  PA   Region   Title  W/L/T   PF  PA 
Buckhorn
Buckhorn2015 7A6-52802560-1738R44-3220140
Buckhorn2014 7A6-53342800-11338R44-3230158
Buckhorn2013 6A6-52812880-11949R84-3190190
 3 Years18-158958240-33912512-9640488
    
Lee Huntsville
Lee Huntsville2005 5A10-33843092-18984R7#7-0217110
Lee Huntsville2004 5A5-52482180-1714R74-3203155
Lee Huntsville2003 5A4-72373340-11438R74-3156164
Lee Huntsville2002 5A7-2241229R7#7-0229155
 4 Years26-17111010902-311013622-6805584
    
TOTALS
 7 Years44-32200519142-614926134-1514451072


Other States
 Season   W/L/T   Playoffs    
Giles County, Tennessee
200611-22-1
20078-30-1
200810-32-1
200914-15-0
20109-31-1
201110-43-1
201213-13-1
7 Years75-1716-6 
    
Totals Alabama and Other States
14 Years119-4916-6 

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.