56 min
Episode 11: Bernie Cox Gridiron Icons: Arkansas' Greatest High School Coaches
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- Sports
From his childhood in Jacksonville to becoming the 4th all-time winning high school football coach in Arkansas history, we hear from 7-time state champion Bernie Cox. Cox coached nationally prestigious Little Rock Central as an assistant from 1972-74 and then took over as head coach from 1975-2009 winning 271 games. Though he achieved elite success, he is quick to point the reasoning to the loyalty on his coaching staff, the buy-in to the football program from other athletic departments, and of course the multitude of talented players that he coached including Houston Nutt, Marcus Elliot, and many others.
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From his childhood in Jacksonville to becoming the 4th all-time winning high school football coach in Arkansas history, we hear from 7-time state champion Bernie Cox. Cox coached nationally prestigious Little Rock Central as an assistant from 1972-74 and then took over as head coach from 1975-2009 winning 271 games. Though he achieved elite success, he is quick to point the reasoning to the loyalty on his coaching staff, the buy-in to the football program from other athletic departments, and of course the multitude of talented players that he coached including Houston Nutt, Marcus Elliot, and many others.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kyle-sutherland6/support
56 min