The South Carolina Football Coaches Association is proud to announce its 2016 Hall of Fame inductees for the Third Hall of Fame Class. Combined, these 7 Coaches have 207 Years as a head football coach; they have won 1681 Games and 22 State Football Championships.
The banquet to honor these coaches will be on Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm at the Landmark Resort at 1501 South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach.
Honorees are:
South Carolina Football Coaches Hall of Fame
– 2016 Class
Bob Biggerstaff – St. Johns
1965 – 1998 (33 Years)
Won 275 Games
State Champions in 1968
Coached Four State Runner Ups
St. Johns dedicated their football field the R.H. Biggerstaff Field in 1997
Since 1967 Bob has been a Bee Keeper and today has about 100 hives
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Jackie Hayes – Dillon
1992 – Present (24 Years
and counting)
Won 278 Games and counting
Won Six State Championships – Four in a Row
16 Lower State Championship appearances
Eight statewide Coach of the Year Awards
Member of the S.C. House of Representatives since 1998
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Julian “Doc” Davis –
Chapman, Spartanburg,
Ashley Ridge 1985 – 2010
(25 Years)
Won 216 Games
Won Five State Championship at Spartanburg
37 game winning streak at Spartanburg
Six times named the Football Coach of the Year
Started the Football program at Ashley Ridge High School
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Bobby Ivey – Marion,
Lake City, Northwestern,
Laurens 1968 – 1996
(26 Years)
Won 206 Games
State Champions in 1991 at Laurens
Won 12 Region Championships
Played and Coached in the Shrine Bowl and the N/S All Star Games
Played Professional Baseball with the Chicago Cubs
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Forest “Whitie” Kendall –
Parker 1947 – 1977
(30 Years)
Won more than 250 Football Games
Won Three State Football Championships
Won Seven State Championships in Basketball and Baseball
Officiated Basketball Games in the SEC and ACC
Following his retirement in 1977 was an assistant football coach at Furman until 1987
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Gerald Moody – Berkeley,
Terry Sanford (N.C.),
Wando, Berkeley
1952 -1989 (36 Years)
Won 269 Games
Won two State Championships and seven Lower State Championships
Six Coach of the Year Awards
Assistant Coach in 1963 S.C. Shrine Bowl and Head Coach of the N.C. Shrine Bowl
Team in 1970
Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto in 1989
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Bill Pate – Timmonsville,
Lake View, York
1966 -1989 (33 Years)
Won 187 Games
Won Four State Championships
1978 N/S Head Coach and 1982 Shrine Bowl Coach
Graduate Assistant for Football and Baseball at Clemson in 1969
State Champions in 1967 and 1968 for American Legion Baseball –1968 team placed 3rd in American Legion World Series
