After 43 years on the sidelines, Alabama high school coach Jimmy Perry is retiring

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Longtime Alabama high school football coach Jimmy Perry is calling it a career a little more than a month after leading Saint James to the 3A championship. During his 11 seasons at Saint James, Perry’s record was 92-37

Perry’s coaching career began as an assistant in 1979. His first head coaching job was a Lee-Montgomery in 1995. He spent five seasons at Montogomery-Lee and had a three year stint at St. Paul’s. His lifetime record in 19 years is 157-69 with a 23-16 mark in the postseason.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.