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Philip Haywood began his coaching career in 1972 at Tates Creek High School and took the Belfry head coaching job in 1984. The Pirates won a state title in 2003, 2004, 2013, ...
Belfry High School’s Philip Haywood, the all-time winningest high school football coach in Kentucky, suffered multiple injuries in an automobile accident Saturday morning in Pike County. Todd ...
Philip Haywood, Kentucky’s all-time winningest high school football coach, died Wednesday at University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. He was 73. Belfry athletics director Matt Varney ...
Philip Haywood was 73. He had a career record of 491-160 in 50 seasons as a head coach, the fifth most ever nationally. According to the Louisville Courier Journal's Jason Frakes, ...
Belfry head coach Philip Haywood hugged Gary Runyon and other players as Belfry defeated Pike County Central in Pikeville in 2011. The game made Haywood the winningest football coach in state history.
PIKE COUNTY, Ky — Belfry's Philip Haywood is the winningest high school football coach in Kentucky history with 472 victories over 48 seasons and 8 state championships in 39 years. The coach has ...
Belfry head coach Philip Haywood roamed the sidelines as his team took on DeSales in the Class 3A state semifinal game. Nov. 29, 2019 4l5a1533 / Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal, ...
Philip Haywood, Kentucky’s all-time winningest high school football coach with 417 career victories, capped a 14-1 season in 2016 by leading the Pirates to the 3A title. It was his sixth state ...
Philip Haywood began coaching football at Belfrey High School in 1984, and in the years since, he became a pillar of the community and a highly respected coach.
Haywood also won the award in 2003, 2011 (tying with Trinity’s Bob Beatty), 2012 and 2015. “If you win Coach of the Year one time, gosh, you’re extremely honored,” Haywood said.
Philip Haywood has had a lot of memorable seasons on the sidelines- A LOT of them. But the living legend says 2019 has to be near the very top. "It was. It has to go down as one of my most ...
Belfry head coach Philip Haywood roamed the sidelines as his team took on DeSales in the Class 3A state semifinal game. Nov. 29, 2019 / Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal, Louisville Courier Journal ...