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Alabama high school snaps 101-game losing streak...
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:26 am
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:26 am
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - After eleven years and 101 straight losses, the Columbia Eagles are winners again.
Hosting Greensboro’s Raiders in a rare Saturday evening game, Columbia soon found itself trailing, in a 14-0 hole. The very first offensive play for the Eagles was a pick-6 for Greensboro.
But, thanks to some Greensboro turnovers, the Eagles tied things up in the second quarter. In the final seconds before halftime, they took a 20-14 lead into the locker room.
In the second half, the Eagles did not get off the gas. They added three more touchdowns, while keeping the Raiders off the scoreboard. Final score: 41-14
Head coach Sammie Coates took over the program last year. He made it through the 2025 season with just 28 players. That’s about half what the competition has. This year - he’s working with a full 60 person roster. “They seen the culture change, they seen the shift and what we was trying to build, they came out. That was huge. That was my biggest problem last year. Numbers,” Coates said in a pre-season interview with 48. “They buying in because we show we really care about them,”
Columbia will try to start a two-game winning streak when they host East Limestone Friday night.
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Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:48 am to RollTide1987
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Head coach Sammie Coates
Posted on 8/23/26 at 6:56 am to RollTide1987
There goes all the attention…
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:04 am to RollTide1987
It takes a lot to turn around a complete dumpster fire, who lost 91 in a row before you arrived. Wild he was able to do it week 1 of season 2.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 7:13 am to RollTide1987
Going from 28 to 60 players helped. When I played, we usually had 35 players going against teams with 60+. We held our own the first half but usually was out of gas by end of third. W/L record showed it too.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:03 am to RollTide1987
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101-game losing streak
How do you even let that happen. I get a school might be understaffed, few students, tough district, etc etc but I would have to think at some point in those 101 games you'd encounter and beat someone just as bad.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:22 am to RollTide1987
Nice
Posted on 8/23/26 at 8:55 am to MoarKilometers
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It takes a lot to turn around a complete dumpster fire, who lost 91 in a row before you arrived. Wild he was able to do it week 1 of season 2.
So you consider winning one game, “turning it around”?
Posted on 8/23/26 at 9:14 am to kciDAtaE
It’s a hell of a start 
Every streak starts with 1
Every streak starts with 1
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:13 am to TheRouxGuru
Was looking at their max preps
For whatever reason they seemingly never played a school lower then 5A through all of this?
They finally won against a 3A school
You'd think they would have tried that a lot earlier in this process
For whatever reason they seemingly never played a school lower then 5A through all of this?
They finally won against a 3A school
You'd think they would have tried that a lot earlier in this process
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:16 am to RollTide1987
A high school that lost 100 games in a row getting an ex NFL player to coach them is pretty impressive
Posted on 8/23/26 at 12:09 pm to RollTide1987
Famous old quotes
Posted on 8/23/26 at 1:57 pm to RollTide1987
Awesome
Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:01 pm to RollTide1987
Happy for them
Posted on 8/23/26 at 2:09 pm to Enzos Tiny Pito
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You'd think they would have tried that a lot earlier in this process
I think after the first year of going ofer I would be looking at alternative teams to play.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 3:25 pm to kciDAtaE
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So you consider winning one game, “turning it around”?
After 11 straight defeated seasons, absolutely.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 4:59 pm to NotStupid
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A high school that lost 100 games in a row getting an ex NFL player to coach them is pretty impressive
Oh so it is the same Sammie Coates. I just thought that was a joke at first. Good for them. One win might not seem like a lot to other people, but I guarantee it probably does to that school.
Posted on 8/23/26 at 10:59 pm to RollTide1987
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Head coach Sammie Coates
He and Nick Marshall had a great rapport at Auburn.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 4:44 pm to lsudave1
good on Sammy - was a big fan of his in his playing days, and will continue to pull for him to improve the team.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:56 am to Thracken13
That's awesome for them. Good for the school keeping the program going even with the decade plus of going 0-fer. That Monday at school must have been absolutely fun. If any teacher gave homework or a test that day immediately should be fired.
Sammie Coates is a dude. I remember watching those LSU v Auburn games and he was just BIG.
Sammie Coates is a dude. I remember watching those LSU v Auburn games and he was just BIG.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 11:04 am
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