Carl Madison

Carl Madison (born 1931) is a former American football coach. He spent over 45 years coaching high school football at numerous schools in Florida and Alabama, compiling a 326–129–7 record which makes him number two on Florida’s all-time coaching victories list (behind Corky Rogers).

Born in Uriah, Alabama, Madison attended Escambia High School, graduating in 1949. He enrolled at Texas Tech University on an athletic scholarship, but left after his freshman year to join the United States Army. He returned to Texas Tech in 1952, starting four games in the 1952 college football season before an injury cut short his career. He transferred to Troy State Teachers College (now Troy University), where he graduated in 1955.

Upon graduation, he took on his first coaching job at Carrabelle High School. He spent the next couple of years at a number of schools, including Milton High School, where he won his first state championship.

Madison coached J. M. Tate High School in Gonzalez, Florida, to a state championship in 1980, and took Pensacola's Pine Forest High School to two state championships in 1987 and 1988. The 1988 Eagle team was named as mythical national champions by USA Today, and Madison earned the title of the High School Coach of the Year.

Coach Madison left the Pensacola area for a brief return to coaching in Alabama. He returned to Milton High School as the head coach for several years in the late 1990's. (Need to firm up these years. I know he was there in 1994-1998. I believe he coached Ling enough to retire from FL, then returned to AL to complete a retirement in AL too.)

Madison's last stint as a head coach was when he returned to the sidelines in 2002 and took over the Jackson Academy Program in Jackson, Alabama. JA was coming off a 0–10 season, and in Madison's first year with the program he led them to a 10–3 record which included a state title. In 2003, Madison again led JA to a state title and a 12–0 record. Madison coached one more season with JA before retiring after the 2004 season.^[1] Madison briefly came out of retirement in 2009 to assist his former school, Tate High School, as an offensive consultant at the age of 77.^[2]

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USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year winners

1982: S. Klonne
1983: G. Curry
1984: N. Hyder
1985: B. Shannon
1986: S. McCracken
1987: J. McCurry
1988: C. Madison
1989: C. Kyle
1990: T. Reynolds
1991: G. Guthrie
1992: G. Curry
1993: C. Kyle
1994: B. Rollinson
1995: B. Ladouceur
1996: B. Rollinson
1997: T. McDaniels
1998: B. Ladouceur
1999: J. Parchman
2000: T. Severino
2001: B. Ladouceur
2002: B. Ladouceur
2003: B. Ladouceur
2004: T. Dodge
2005: B. Castle
2006: J. Curtis
2007: T. Harris
2008: G. Smith
2009: G. Toal
2010: L. Pogue
2011: B. Beatty
2012: J. Curtis
2013: A. Fracassa
2014: T. Sanchez
2015: M. Logan

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