Scott Brown's SportsBytes on WKDZ: Craig Clayton fired as Franklin HS football coach

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January 05, 2012

Craig Clayton fired as Franklin HS football coach

At most places, a 65-22 record in football would be more than enough to keep your job. That's not the case at Franklin High School in Tennessee. Coach Craig Clayton has been fired as football coach, according to the Tennessean newspaper.

Some interesting quotes in the story involve the alleged undermining of one of Clayton's assistant coaches three years ago, and the Franklin principal's non-committal regarding the firing.

In fact, Clayton told The Examiner.com that when the school this year rehired the assistant coach he fired three years ago, he saw the writing on the wall.

Before coaching at Franklin, Clayton was 149-84 in 19 seasons as Hopkinsville head coach, which included two trips to the state finals.

(Photo from Kentucky New Era)

Posted on January 05, 2012 at 08:41 PM in Football | Permalink

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Scott Brown handles most of the sports duties for Ham Broadcasting. In addition to providing daily sports news on this blog, he broadcasts high school football, basketball, and baseball games on WKDZ and WHVO. He also hosts the Saturday Morning Sports Report on WKDZ -- one of the few local sports programs in the area. His local sports has been the most read in Trigg County for several years.