NCHSAA 2A Football State Championships

2A (1950-58) 

*NCHSAA changed classification names to 3A, 2A, and 1A from 1950-58

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1950	Reidsville	George Wingfield	26-0	Henderson	Winston Seigfried
1951	Lumberton	Dwight Holshouser	18-13	Reidsville	George Wingfield
1952	Harding	Dave Harris	32-13	Henderson	Winston Seigfried
1953	Harding	Dave Harris	20-0	Hamlet	J.V. Pruitt
1954	Reidsville	George Wingfield	20-6	Graham	George Heckman
1955	Kinston	Frank Mock	12-7	Hendersonville	Bob Tate
1956	Canton	Boyd Allen	33-6	Washington	Choppy Wagner
1957	Elizabeth City	Bob Brooks	18-15	Myers Park	Gus Purcell
1958	Morehead	J.C. Honeycutt	12-0	Rockingham	Bill Eustler

2A (1959-60) 

*NCHSAA changed classification names to 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A in 1959. 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1959	Smithfield	Roy Brown	20-0	Appalachian	Jack Groce
1960	John A. Holmes	Bill Billings	19-7	J.W. Hanes	Wilson Alexander

2A Region 1 (1961-66) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1961	Ahoskie	Jack Young	33-7	Morehead City	Norman Clark
1962	Elizabethtown	Charles Reagan	19-7	Cary	Ed Lane
1963	Mount Holly	Delmar Wiles	14-7	North Davidson	Don Palmer
1964	John A. Holmes	Jerry McGee	19-0	Cary	Ed Lane
1965	John A. Holmes	Jerry McGee	20-6	Ahoskie	Al Vaughan
1966	Ahoskie	Al Vaughan	55-7	Clayton	Glenn Nixon

2A Region 2 (1961-66) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1961	J.W. Hanes	Wilson Alexander	25-13	Sumner	C.K. Siler
1962	Ragsdale	Mac Conrad	10-6	Erwin	Daryl Allen
1963	Elizabethtown	Charles Reagan	16-13	Jordan-Matthews	Bill Charlton
1964	Elizabethtown	Charles Reagan	20-6	Massey Hill	Frank Thompson
1965	Whiteville	Buck Jolly	19-13	Burgaw	Hershey Hipps
1966	Stedman	Leon Brock	21-20	Southern Wayne	Norman Clark

2A Region 3 (1961-66) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1961	Appalachian	Jack Groce	20-13	Murphy	Chuck McConnell
1962	Appalachian	Jack Groce	39-7	Murphy	Chuck McConnell
1964	Mount Pleasant	Arden Ray	13-7	North Davidson	Don Palmer
1965	Jordan-Matthews	Bill West	23-6	South Stanly	Havey Brooks
1966	North Davidson	Don Palmer	21-7	East Surry	Bobby Ward

2A Region 4 (1961-66) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1963	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell	7-0	Appalachian	Jack Groce
1964	Appalachian	Jack Groce	25-12	Swain County	Carroll Wright
1965	Surry Central	Howard Hayes	13-7	North Davidson	Don Palmer
1966	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell	48-27	Elkin	John Charles

2A East (1967-71) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1967	John A. Holmes	Marion Kirby	26-26	Southern Wayne	Norman Clark
1968	Rohanen	Paul Marklin	21-20	Farmville	Elbert Moye
1969	John A. Holmes	Marion Kirby	48-26	South Stanly	Bill West
1970	Ahoskie	Al Vaughan	28-12	Allen Jay	Tommy Younts
1971	Gates County	Pete Smoak	34-8	Southern Guilford	C.K. Siler

2A West (1967-71) 

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1967	Mount Holly	Delmar Wiles	26-20	Glen Alpine	Ralph ‘Jug’ Wilson
1968	Hendersonville	Joe Hunt	21-14	Beaver Creek	Edwin Taylor
1969	Hendersonville	Joe Hunt	30-13	Holbrook	Bob Jones
1970	Murphy	Terry Postell	20-8	Bandys	Dick Foster
1971	Maiden	Tom Brown	6-2	Mount Pleasant	Larry Honeycutt

2A 16-Team Bracket (1972-84)

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1972	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell	41-21	Williamston	Dink Mills
1973	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell	43-18	Tabor City	Jack Holley
1974	Murphy	Terry Postell	32-22	Robersonville	Lin Respess
1975	Roanoke	Nolan Respess	12-9	West Montgomery	Tom Garmon
1976	Franklin	Bill Dyar	35-28	Erwin	Phil Byrd
1977	Charlotte Catholic	Jim Oddo	42-20	Clayton	Glenn Nixon
1978	Maiden	Tom Brown	36-14	Tabor City	Jack Holley
1979	Swain County	Boyce Deitz	28-21	Clayton	Glenn Nixon
1980	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell	49-7	Currituck	Donnie Simpson
1981	Randleman	Charlie Gregory	44-30	Whiteville	Frank Ciamillo
1982	Randleman	Charlie Gregory	23-6	Whiteville	Frank Ciamillo
1983	Randleman	Charlie Gregory	35-0	East Carteret	Donald Leatherman

2A Division II (1981-84)

East

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1981	Lejeune	Tom Childs	30-8	North Duplin	Ken Avent
1982	Wallace-Rose Hill	Jack Holley	27-6	Tabor City	George Wescott
1983	Fairmont	Richard Bass	14-8	Richlands	Robbie Ellis
1984	James Kenan	Billy Byrd	21-6	Tabor City	George Wescott

West

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1981	Charlotte Catholic	Jim Oddo	23-15	Sylva-Webster	Charles ‘Babe’ Howell
1982	Fred T. Foard	Dick Foster	28-25	Southwest Guilford	Roy Boyles
1983	Franklin	Bill Morgan	28-27	Forest Hills	Algie Faircloth
1984	Charlotte Catholic	Jim Oddo	25-0	Newton-Conover	Don Patrick

2A 32-Team Bracket (1985-01)

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
1985	Lexington	Gary Whitman	42-12	Fuquay-Varina	Graham Myrick
1986	Lexington	Gary Whitman	35-7	Ahoskie	Daryl Allen
1987	Whiteville	Bill Hewett	14-12	Thomasville	Allen Brown
1988	Thomasville	Allen Brown	13-10	Hertford County	Daryl Allen
1989	Clayton	Gary Fowler	16-0	Monroe	Tad Baucom
1990	Clinton	Bob Lewis	14-6	Thomasville	Allen Brown
1991	Thomasville	Allen Brown	21-6	West Brunswick	Marshall Seay
1992	West Brunswick	Jim Brett	14-6	Maiden	Tom Brown
1993	Lincolnton	Richard Smith	41-20	Cummings	Steve Johnson
1994	Wallace-Rose Hill	Stuart Ennis	35-24	Lincolnton	Richard Smith
1995	Thomasville	Allen Brown	16-0	Clinton	Bob Lewis
1996	Clinton	Bob Lewis	26-14	Bandys	Randy Lowman
1997	Clinton	Bob Lewis	30-14	Shelby	Jim Taylor
1998	Shelby	Chris Norman	34-14	Tarboro	Mike Schott
1999	High Point Central	Gary Whitman	30-7	Southwest Onslow	Phil Padgett
2000	Southwest Onslow	Phil Padgett	14-13	Newton-Conover	Nick Bazzle
2001	Clinton	Bob Lewis	34-22	Cummings	Steve Johnson

2A Subdivided (2002-20)

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
2002	Cummings	Steve Johnson	24-21	Clinton	Al Britt
2003	Southwest Onslow	Phil Padgett	20-14	Cummings	Steve Johnson
2004	Southwest Onslow	Phil Padgett	49-21	Shelby	Chris Norman
2005	Clinton	Steve Mallard	13-6	Lincolnton	Scott Cloninger
2006	Cummings	Steve Johnson	49-20	Clinton	Steve Mallard
2007	Lincolnton	Scott Cloninger	28-14	South Columbus	Joey Price
2008	Newton-Conover	Nick Bazzle	51-28	Tarboro	Jeff Craddock
2009	Tarboro	Jeff Craddock	28-3	Mountain Heritage	Joey Robinson
2010	Tarboro	Jeff Craddock	21-13	Carver	Melvin Palmer
2011	Tarboro	Jeff Craddock	39-36	Lincolnton	Scott Cloninger
2012	East Lincoln	Mike Byus	24-20	Tarboro	Jeff Craddock
2013	Shelby	Lance Ware	29-7	Southwest Onslow	Phil Padgett
2014	Shelby	Lance Ware	31-7	Clinton	Bob Lewis
2015	Shelby	Lance Ware	57-21	Kinston	Ryan Gieselman
2016	Reidsville	Jim Teague	58-12	John A. Holmes	Paul Hoggard
2017	Wallace-Rose Hill	Kevin Motsinger	35-28 (OT)	Reidsville	Jim Teague
2018	Reidsville	Jim Teague	31-28	Northeastern	Antonio Moore
2019	Reidsville	Jim Teague	14-0	Northeastern	Antonio Moore
2020	Reidsville	Jim Teague	35-6	Mountain Heritage	Joey Robinson

2AA Subdivided (2002-20)

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
2002	Reidsville	Jim Teague	34-14	Bandys	Randy Lowman
2003	Reidsville	Jim Teague	68-12	Bandys	Randy Lowman
2004	Charlotte Catholic	Jim Oddo	14-7	Western Alamance	Hal Capps
2005	Shelby	Chris Norman	26-18	Reidsville	Jim Teague
2006	Shelby	Chris Norman	27-24	Southern Vance	David Jennings
2007	Reidsville	Jim Teague	28-20	Shelby	Chris Norman
2008	Reidsville	Jim Teague	24-7	East Lincoln	Mike Byus
2009	Reidsville	Doug Robertson	28-6	Newton-Conover	Nick Bazzle
2010	Salisbury	Joe Pinyan	30-0	Northeastern	Antonio Moore
2011	West Stokes	Jimmy Upchurch	21-14	Kinston	Nick Anderson
2012	South Iredell	Scott Miller	30-27	Carrboro	Jason Tudryn
2013	T.W. Andrews	Rodney McKoy	18-14	Monroe	Johnny Sowell
2014	East Lincoln	Mike Byus	14-13	Washington	Sport Sawyer
2015	Monroe	Johnny Sowell	38-19	Bunn	David Howle
2016	Shelby	Lance Ware	28-6	Northside-Jax	Kendrick Pollock
2017	Hibriten	Clay Lewis	16-14	East Duplin	Battle Holley
2018	Shelby	Lance Ware	42-21	North Davidson	Brian Flynn
2019	Shelby	Mike Willbanks	34-0	Salisbury	Brian Hinson
2020	Salisbury	Brian Hinson	42-14	St. Pauls	Michael Setzer

2A Non-Subdivided (2021-24)

Year	Champion	Championship  Coach	Game Score	Runner-Up	Runner-Up Coach
2021	Shelby	Mike Willbanks	55-34	Wallace-Rose Hill	Kevin Motsinger
2022	East Duplin	Battle Holley	24-21	Reidsville	Jim Teague
2023	Reidsville	Erik Teague	28-18	Clinton	Cory Johnson
2024	Monroe	Johnny Sowell	35-25	Northeastern	Antonio Moore

 

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