As soon as the final seconds ticked off of the clock during last Friday\u2019s Corbin win, and Boyle County win, the talk had switched to this Friday\u2019s Class 4A state title matchup between the two teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this matchup brought more to the table than just the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams playing each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also out Boyle County coach Justin Haddix against his former team, Corbin, and former defensive coordinator Tom Greer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haddix coached at six years at Corbin, posting a 64-18 record that saw him guide the Redhounds to four region titles, and two state runner-up finishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Haddix left Corbin to go to Boyle County in Greer replaced Haddix as coach in 2020, Greer took over as the Redhounds coach and currently has a 34-3 mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There have been rumblings during the past few years that neither Greer or Haddix got along after Haddix\u2019s departure but both coaches put that rumor to rest during Sunday\u2019s L4 Security 13th Region Media Network\u2019s \u201cIn the Huddle\u201d Show with Quincy Kreitzer and Mark Gregory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho\u2019s won the state championship the past two years? They have,\u201d Greer said. \u201cJustin has done a great job. I don\u2019t know the misconception out here but Justin and I coached together for six years, and when he was at Perry County, I make a trip to Perry County, and talk to Justin about coming to Corbin to be the head football coach, and we were also neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve told our players this is not about Tom Greer and Justin Haddix,\u201d he added. \u201cJustin Haddix is not going to throw one pass, and Tom Greer isn\u2019t going to make one tackle or throw the football. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to over their (to Kroger Field) and have the best seat in the house, and watch 11 players on each team play,\u201d Greer continued. \u201cJustin did a tremendous job as a football coach here. I\u2019m sure that Justin felt it was his time to move to Boyle, a good opportunity, and he\u2019s done a tremendous job since he\u2019s been there. This is about the Corbin Redhounds and the Boyle County Rebels, and this is what it comes down to, and really nothing more. It\u2019s going to be a 48 minute football game, and that\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haddix agreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI met a lot of friends at Corbin. I took that job after being at Perry Central for years as a coach, and I was 29 when I took that job there (at Corbin). We went 11-2, felt like we should have been playing in the state championship game,\u201d he said. \u201cThe community there (at Corbin) is great. I still have a lot of good friends there. I still have a lot of kids that I only coached one year there still reach out to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCorbin was a great place for me to coach,\u201d Haddix added. \u201cIt was a great community. I taught at school there, and had a lot of these kids that we are going to play. I know all of the seniors (now) were freshman for me. But also, I taught at the middle school, that\u2019s where I started out my day, so I\u2019ve really got to the teach a lot of these kids, and see them every day, and they\u2019re a really good football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGoing back to coach Greer and us,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe coached with me for five or six years \u2014 we won a lot of games there. He was the defensive coordinator and handled the defense \u2014 that was his thing, and I did the offense, and we won a lot of big games. You look at that, and probably Alcoa was one of the biggest games \u2014 big time win that we had.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"