OSG High: Larry Campbell Honored In Lincolnton

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The HQ will admit that it will be a little more than odd not covering Larry Campbell when high school football season comes around in the state of Georgia.

After being a co-head coach for one season, Campbell took over for his mentor, Thomas Bunch, and piloted one of the most successful programs in the country.

He retired after last season was completed, and with a month before the new season begins in Lincolnton, his time was recognized in the town he helped put on the map.
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We'll catch up with him and "Miss Connie" soon...
If we can catch him in retirement...

OSG High DEVELOPING: 3rd Winningest HS FB Coach In US Retires

The HQ has been covering high school sports for the last twenty years now, and today we say good-bye to one of the coolest guys we've ever covered...

Larry Campbell was hired as a baseball coach out of school for the Lincoln County (GA) Red Devils in 1971. He accepted the job on a Delta Air Lines post card on the way to his honeymoon in Florida and has become one of the living legends in high school football in the country.

Today, he hangs up his whistle... for now... because, frankly, the HQ always sees him as a coach- even as we know he wants to spend time with his kids and be a parent and a grandparent...

Here's the top 10 wins list, thanks to FootballFridayNight.com
1 John McKissick 606-150-13
2 John T. Curtis 524-56-6
3 Larry Campbell 477-85-3
4 Mike Smith 440-76-2
5 George Curry 430-95-5
6 Corky Rogers 428-75-1
7 Al Fracassa 424-121-7
8 G. A. Moore 423-97-9
9 Dick Tighe 407-154-8
10 Pete Atkins 405-60-4

Campbell leaves Lincolnton with 11 state titles in his 42 years and also won 44 straight games from 1989 to 1991

Here's a tour Campbell gave of his trophies a year or so ago...
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The HQ wishes him and Miss Connie the best as they take the 2014 season off... and thank them for the example they have set over the last four decades...

Here's early returns from Kevin Faigle and WRDW-TV


And work from our friends at WJBF-TV
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OSG High: If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em...

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This is the first time that the HQ can remember something like this ever going down...

Lincoln County ((GA)) High School's Red Devils are coached by Larry Campbell. Coach Campbell has been around as head coach since 1972 and is 7th in the nation in career wins.

Garrison Hearst...??? Played under Campbell... the list of stars for all of Campbell's Class A state titles is huge, and when you see what can happen if you play under Campbell- you want to chase the bright lights.

Harlem High lost to LCHS 69-6 last weekend...

Their star running back, sophomore Mike McIntyre, after grinding out 60 yards in the loss transferred to Lincoln County...

McIntyre's eligibility is currently in question and evaluation by the Georgia High School Association and Coach Campbell has held McIntyre out of practice until he gets a final ruling...

Interesting case study... and Coach Campbell don't play...

Highlights of the Lincoln County-Harlem game are below with FOSG Chris Kane
Fast forward to the 5:20 mark...


Hey, did you know we wrote a book on Georgia high school football...???