History

District 4 Class 8A

District: 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 99, 01, 07, 08, 16, 17, 18, 19…
Semi-Final: 88, 90
District Runner Up: 97, 00, 02, 04, 06…
State-Finalist: 88, 90
Regional: 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 04, 16, 17, 18
State Playoff: 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, 08
Sectional: 88, 90, 91, 94, 04

Head Coach

Josh Smithers: 2017-present
Todd Johnson: 2011-2016
John Sprague: 1981-2010

Coach Sprague: Record 209 W – 103 L
FHSAA 6-A Coach of the Year: ’94 ’96
NFL HS Coach of the Year ’11
Nike Coach of the Year: ’96
NFL High School Coach of the Year Finalist: ’07

Alumni

These former Rams have gone on to play professional football.

  • Jamar Johnson | Denver Broncos
  • Richie James | San Francisco 49ers
  • Karan Higdon | Houston Texans
  • Dick Chapura | Chicago Bears
  • Scott Gardner | New York Jets
  • Herman Redden | San Francisco 49er’s
  • Tony Green | Washington Redskins
  • Pat Carter | Arizona Cardinals
  • Greg Truitt | Cincinnati Bengals
  • Jon Haskins | San Diego Chargers
  • Tim Alexander | Montreal Alouettes
  • Amp Campbell | New Orleans Saints
  • Greg Hill | Montreal Alouettes
  • Todd Johnson | Chicago Bears
  • Mike Shafer | St. Louis Rams
  • Courtney Watson | New Orleans Saints
  • David Baas | San Francisco 49er’s
  • Chris Hannon | Kansas City Chiefs
  • Drew Miller | Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Steve Rissler | Dallas Cowboys
  • Amari Jackson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Former Rams Playing College Football :: Now & Past

  • Dominick Caldwell (16) FIU/ Univ of Tennessee Chattanooga
  • Brock Eblin (16) North Carolina Wesleyan College
  • Oshea Grant (16) Alabama State Univ
  • Jordan Marankie (16) Coffeyville Community College
  • Areon Green (16) College of San Mateo
  • Michael Welcer (17) Allegheny College
  • Zahodri Jackson (17) Utah State Univ
  • Vincent Sellers Jr. (17) Tennessee State Univ
  • A.J. Franco (17) USF
  • Jared Griffith (18) Univ of Miami
  • Jamar Johnson (18) Indiana Univ
  • Brantley Seadrow (18) Murray State Univ
  • Arthur Brantley (18) Austin Peay State Univ
  • Cleve Grantley (18) Edward Waters College
  • Dekota Morris (18) Edward Waters College
  • Tavaris Campbell (18) Edward Waters College
  • Jadakiss Turner (18) Albion College
  • Stephon Turner (18) UPIKE
  • Jared Wynter (18) Methodist Univ
  • Garrett Furlan (18) Wisconsin Lutheran
  • Kye Dixon (19) Jacksonville Univ
  • Julian Lowenstein (19) Alabama
  • Ali Boyce (19) Southeastern Univ
  • Trey Austin (19) Albion College
  • Johnny Dawson (19) Alabama State Univ
  • Zy’darrian Grable (19) Alabama State Univ
  • Jayden Cray (20) Central Michigan Univ
  • Sean White (20) Lenoir Rhyne Univ
  • Nate Langlais (20) West Virginia State Univ
  • Tray Hall (20) City College of San Francisco
  • Solento Stewart (20) Benedictine Univ
  • *Dick Chapura (’82) Univ. of Missouri
  • Mike Smolchek (’82) Valdosta State
  • *Scott Truitt (’82) Dartmouth
  • Arthur Davis (’83) Univ. of Tennessee
  • Keith Gallagher (’83) Harvard
  • Will Ivey (’83) Morningside College
  • Kirk Kelley (’83) Saint Mary College
  • *Alan King (’83) Univ. of Tennessee
  • *Glen Mogle (’83) Univ. of Michigan
  • Scott White (’83) Kansas State
  • *Pat Carter (’84) Florida State
  • Kelly Joyce (’84) St. Mary’s College
  • Jay Lutz (’84) Murray State
  • Richard Mau (’84) Harvard
  • *Chris Mogle (’84) Univ. of Florida
  • Fred Monix (’84) Arkansas Tech.
  • Jeff Reichardt (’84) Maryville College
  • *Derrick Schmidt (’84) Florida State
  • J.R. Smith (’84) Bethel College
  • Greg Truitt (’84) Penn State
  • Timmy Williams (’85) Dartmouth
  • Moose Pawlak (’85) Dartmouth
  • Tony Perry (’85) Dartmouth
  • Jamie Lowitz (’85) Murray State
  • Tim Teague (’85) Murray State
  • Chris Adams (’85) Youngstown State
  • *Bernard Zigler (’85) Louisville
  • *Doug Samuels (’85) Univ. of Georgia
  • Mike Blunt (’85) Southwest Missouri
  • *Ben Glover (’85) Univ. of Florida
  • *Troy Butler (’85) Univ. of Florida
  • Shorty Smith (’85) Salem College
  • *David Harvin (’85) East Tennessee State
  • Doug Peterson (’86) Duke University
  • Bruce Bottouoff (’86) Yale
  • Tom Warren (’86) Dartmouth
  • Zvonco Simunouic (’86) Eastern Kentucky
  • *Joey Jordon (’86) Florida State
  • Ben Murphy (’86) Cumberland College
  • *Clarence Cheaves (’86) Eastern Kentucky
  • Daryl Pitts (’86) Murray State
  • Jeff Brown (’87) Samford University
  • *Andre Spencer (’87) Coffeyville SC
  • Bobby Sackett (’87) St. Cloud State
  • Rich Harris (’87) St. Cloud State
  • Henry Carter (’87) St. Cloud State
  • Glenn Good (’87) Samford University
  • Paul Smolchek (’87) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
  • *Billy Hackett (’87) Notre Dame
  • Chad Thayer (’87) St. Mary’s College
  • James Coley (’87) Bethune Cookman
  • Antonio Thomas (’87) Morehead College
  • Steve Zuknick (’88) Central Florida
  • Melvin Cray (’88) Western Kentucky
  • Joe Carroll (’88) Yale
  • Garth Yarnell (’88) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
  • *Tyrone Leverett (’89) Northern Illinois
  • Oliver Sears (’89) Elon College
  • *John Bell (’89) North E. Oklahoma State
  • *Andre Booker (’89) Univ. of Georgia
  • Lonnie Brown (’89) West Virginia
  • Scott Swirles (’89) Bethel College
  • Kris Minnich (’89) Murray State
  • Marcus Delgato (’89) Murray State
  • Jeff Koor (’89) Bethel College
  • Doug Semian (’89) Cornell
  • *Ty Renick (’89) Annapolis
  • Ken Navitsky (’89) Mankato State
  • Ben Frickel (’89) Harvard
  • Lance Barnes (’89) Annapolis
  • Steve Richau (’89) Central Florida
  • Chris Cherp (’89) Murray State
  • *Foster Paulk (’89) Ohio State
  • *Travis Smith (’89) Richmond
  • *Greg Gingleski (’90) Univ. of Florida
  • *Larry Kennedy (’90) Univ. of Florida
  • John Haggai (’90) Quincy College
  • Jason Toundas (’90) Quincy College
  • Tucker Turner (’90) Naval Academy
  • Aaron Neidert (’90) St. Mary’s
  • *Henry Walls (’90) Murray State
  • Tim Williams (’90) Murray State
  • Reggie Mays (’90) Bethune Cookman
  • Tony Perry (’90) Grambling State
  • Brendan Gallagher (’90) Quincy
  • Mike Bell (’91) Pasco Hernando C.C. (Baseball)
  • *Luke Bencie (’91) Michigan State
  • Jason Delgato (’91) Murray State
  • Steve Fahrer (’91) Valdosta
  • Chris Ferretti (’91) North Central Illinois
  • Tim Flowers (’91) North Central Illinois
  • *Kenny Harnden (’91) Louiville
  • Clovid Jones (’91) Central Florida
  • *Lance Mattes (’91) Samford
  • Eric Peterson (’91) Lenior Ryan
  • Shad Renick (’91) Univ. of New Orleans (Baseball)
  • Rick Stepp (’91) Vanderbilt
  • *Chris Swirles (’91) Georigia Military Academy
  • Tim Yocum (’91) Pasco Hernando C.C. (Baseball)
  • *Derrington Abnar (’92) Univ. of Georgia
  • Bryan Dersch (’92) East Tennessee State
  • Matt Fiorelli (’92) Valdosta State
  • Matt Pryer (’92) Teikyo Weshmar
  • Jason Segal (’92) Fairmont State College
  • Jimmy Young (’92) Fairmont State College
  • Scott Ellis (’93) Northeast Louisiana
  • Brian Gillen (’93) Columbia
  • Chris Hackett (’93) Boston College
  • Jay Kis (’93) Lees McRae
  • Marcel Kasten (’93) Fairmont State
  • Troy Mattes (’93) Miami/Dade (Baseball)
  • T.J. Nutter (’93) Tennessee Tech.
  • Jack Ousley (’93) Fairmont State
  • *Tim Alexander (’94) Oregan State
  • Dale Bryson (’94) Troy State
  • *Anthony Campbell (’94) Michigan State
  • Kyle Draper (’94) Fort Valley State
  • John Farnum (’94) Bethune Cookman
  • Jay Gallagher (’94) Appalachian State
  • *Jon Haskins (’94) Stanford
  • Bubba Mays (’94) Alabama A & M
  • Chris Smith (’94) Harvard
  • Joe Whitten (’94) Virginia Tech.
  • Kevin Bridenbaugh (’95) Wingate College
  • Jeff Roark (’95) Wingate College
  • Derrick Timmons (’95) Longbeach C.C.
  • Jim Fisher (’95) Air Force Academy
  • James Mills (’95) Marshall University
  • *Sean Bane (’95) Longbeach C.C.
  • *Greg Hill (’95) Georgia Southern
  • Chris Parsons (’95) University of Penn
  • *Nate Gates (’96) Louisiana State Univ.
  • Danny Myrick (’96) Central Michigan Univ.
  • *Chris Brown (’96) Bethune-Cookman
  • Pat Robinson (’96) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
  • Joe Pansulla (’96) Wedener University
  • *James Jenkins (’96) Marshall University
  • Quincy Alexander (’96) West Virginia State
  • Gino Tutera (’96) Georgia Southern
  • *Ben Garrison (’97) Stanford University
  • Rod Miller (’97) Virginia State
  • Chris Maze (’97) Weidner University
  • *Torry Johnson (’97) Univ. of South Carolina
  • *Mondrian Long (’97) Univ. of Illinois
  • *Neil Zglobicki (’97) West Liberty State
  • *China Smith (’97) Bethune-Cookman
  • *Bubba Hubbard (’97) Bethune-Cookman
  • Shawn Stumpf (’97) Glenville State
  • Spencer Sanders (’97) Glenville State
  • *Travis Mullet (’97) Univ. of South Carolina
  • Jason Frank (’97) Univ. of Texas, UTEP
  • Bryan Miller (’97) Western Maryland
  • Aaron Bartolain (’97) Western Maryland
  • Sean Markham (’97) Trinity
  • Josh Renick (’97) MCC (Baseball)
  • Torrence Hayes (’97) Virginia Union
  • Andy Lang (’97) Bethel
  • *Todd Johnson (’98) Univ. of Florida
  • *Jon Chivas (’98) Georgia Southern
  • Jay Alexander (’98) Jacksonville University
  • Mack Daniels (’98) Bethune-Cookman
  • Jay Simmons (’98) Western Kentucky
  • Shane Burggraff (’98) Western Maryland
  • Jay Lorenz (’98) Western Maryland
  • Jamie Harris (’98) Western Maryland
  • Thorin Brown (’98) Trinity
  • Pat Fountain (’98) S. Carolina Methodist
  • David Thatcher (’98) USF
  • David Evans (’98) Alabama State U.
  • Jermaine Ward (’98) Basketball Hillsborough C.C.
  • *Courtney Watson (’99) Notre Dame
  • *Mike Shafer (’99) Syracuse
  • Charles Harris(’99) Central Michigan
  • Lee Pasick (’99) Florida Atlantic
  • Marvin Harrris (’99) Eastern Michigan
  • Andre Humphrey (’99) Western Maryland
  • *David Baas (’00) Univ. of Michigan
  • *Tom Howell (00) Univ. of Virginia
  • Matt Kalfsbeck (’00) Haskell Indian Nations Univ.
  • Matt Biggy (’00) Chowan College
  • Tommie Wheeler (’00) W. Maryland
  • J. R. Mills (’00) Hutchinson C.C.
  • Kelly Johnson (’00) Dakota Western
  • Alexis Moreland (’01) S. Illinois
  • Josh Mott (’01) Hillsdale College, MI
  • Ryan Ellis (’01) Western Connecticut
  • Anthony Spatola (’01) Western Connecticut
  • Ben Jones (’01) Western Maryland
  • Adam Powell (’01) Merrimack College
  • *Chris Hannon (’02) Univ. of Tennessee
  • Terry Crenshaw (’02) Hofstra University
  • Tyler Martin (’02) Tennessee State University
  • A. J. Brown (’02) Carson-Newman College
  • Tyree Sumpter (’02) Edward Waters College
  • Deontae Blackmon (’02) Hibbing C. C. Minn.
  • Terrance Hall (’02) Hibbing C. C. Minn.
  • Sean Burstein (’02) American International College
  • Steve Rissler (’03) Florida
  • Trae Gomes (’03) Central Florida
  • Robert Ford (’03) Western Kentucky
  • Jay Heren (’03) Florida Atlantic
  • Amarri Jackson (’03) Basketball Hillsborough C.C
  • Drew Miller (’04) Florida
  • Matt Grochowski (’04) Hiram College
  • Charles Robinson (’04) Duke
  • Adam DeMarco (’04) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
  • Ryan Mannina (’05) US Military Academy – West Point
  • Blake Brunner (’05) Southern Illinois University
  • *Donte Cheaves (’05) West Liberty
  • *David McIver (’05) West Liberty
  • Frank Pettoruto (’05) Emory & Henry
  • *Justin Hamilton (’05) Western Illinois
  • CJ Hamilton (’05) Western Illinois
  • Terrell Robinson (’05) Jacksonville University
  • Harry Scott (’06) Iowa State
  • Kellen White (’06) Iowa State
  • Jeremy Haskins (’06) Seton Hill
  • Bernard Jones (’06) Seton Hill
  • Dane Bragg (’06) Seton Hill
  • Chase Barron (’06) Seton Hill
  • Carlos Lowe (’06) Lafayette
  • Kevin Campbell (’06) Alabama State
  • Alex Davis (’06) Tennessee State
  • Peter Bilan (’07) Colorado Rhodes
  • Mike Iltis (’07) Univ. of Colorado
  • Dave Roberts (’07) Univ. of Virginia
  • Chandler Robinson (’07) Seton Hill
  • Adam Shaw (’07) Univ. of Richmond
  • Kyle Harrell (’07) Univ. of Virginia at Wise
  • Colin Kruger(’08) Yale University
  • Ryan Klopfer (’08) Florida Atlantic University
  • Peter Maron (’08) College of Charlotte
  • Vincent Corona (’08) McDaniel College
  • Ronnie Hardison (’09) Elon College
  • C.J. Shelly (’09) West Point
  • Ronald Bright (’09) Tennesee State
  • Garrett Waggoner (’09) Dartmouth
  • André Booker (’09) Marshall University
  • Patrick Brady (’10) Kenyon College
  • Micah Zea (’10) Evangel University
  • Jon Evans (’11) Western Kentucky University
  • Trae Gilley (’11) Lenoir Rhyne University
  • Dan Grochowski (’11) West Point
  • Andrew Robustelli (’11) Jacksonville University
  • Tyler Payne (’11) Rhodes College
  • TJ Tyson. (’11) Fayetteville State University
  • Jake Difrank (’12) Wofford, SC
  • Heath Thomas (’12) Greenville, IL
  • Nick Wolosz (’12) Greenville, IL
  • Dariam Moore (’12) Greenville, IL
  • Jeremy Jones(’12) Butler Community College
  • Terrell Warren(’12) Maryville, TN
  • Tater Williams (’12) Sante Fe Community (Baseball)
  • Tyler Teresa(’12) Earlham, IN
  • Connor Kruger (’12) Brown University, RI
  • Marquise Newell (’12) University of Nevada, NV
  • Evan Potoka (’12) West Liberty University, WV
  • Robert Gollnick (’12) Stetson University, FL
  • Jaden Adams (’13) Webber University, FL
  • Pete Hubert (’13) University of South Dakota
  • Richie James (14) Middle Tennessee State
  • Sam Johnson (14) Army
  • Austin Walker (14) Bethune Cookman
  • David Knight (14) Lyon College
  • Tony Mascolino (14) Lyon College
  • Nick Bernier (14) Lyon College
  • Mark Miller (14) UCF
  • Paul Williams (14) Monetery College
  • Karan Higdon (15) Michigan
  • Riley Sheehan (15) USF
  • Mason Hupalo (15) Jacksonville Univ
  • Brian Liddy (15) Lyon College
  • Marquise Moody (15) Stetson Univ
  • Tyler O’Keefe (15) Capital Univ