Home/HSFB Championship Central/NCHSFB State Championship Central/NCHSAA 3A Football State Championships NCHSAA 3A Football State Championships 3A (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 Durham Carey Brewbaker 12-7 R.J. Reynolds John Tandy 1951 New Hanover Leon Brogden 14-13 High Point Central Tony Simeon 1952 R.J. Reynolds John Tandy 13-6 Durham Carey Brewbaker 1953 Durham Carey Brewbaker 14-14 R.J. Reynolds John Tandy 1954 Greensboro Bob Jamieson 20-13 Durham Elmer Barbour 1955 Salisbury Bill Ludwig 13-6 Durham Elmer Barbour 1956 Fayetteville Buddy Luper 6-6 Greensboro Bob Jamieson 1957 Salisbury Bill Ludwig 21-0 Fayetteville Buddy Luper 1958 Wilson Don Hipps 6-6 R.J. Reynolds Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 3A (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 Rockingham Bill Eustler 20-6 Morehead J.C. Honeycutt 1960 Brevard Cliff Brookshire 26-0 Rockingham Bill Eustler 3A Region 1 (1961-66) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1961 J.H. Rose Bud Phillips 15-13 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 1962 Rockingham Bill Eustler 13-6 Lumberton Tunny Brooks 1963 Rockingham Bill Eustler 13-0 Hamlet Mike Caskey 1964 Rockingham Bill Eustler 19-0 Elizabeth City Bob Brooks 1965 Tarboro Doug Alexander 13-7 J.H. Rose Bud Phillips 1966 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 27-10 Roxboro John Morris 3A Region 2 (1961-66) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1961 Canton Boyd Allen 20-0 Brevard Cliff Brookshire 1962 Brevard Cliff Brookshire 19-13 Bessemer Rodney Steele 1963 Reidsville Bo Sacrinty 0-0 Brevard Cliff Brookshire 1964 Waynesville Bill Milner 20-13 Chapel Hill Bob Culton 1965 Graham George Heckman 27-12 Western Alamance Pete Stout 1966 Pisgah Boyd Allen 16-0 Graham Bob Boswell 3A East (1967-71) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1967 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 21-9 Northern Durham Ernest W. Martin 1968 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 33-0 Roxboro Larry Dixon 1969 Northeastern Richard Kemp 21-0 Lumberton Tunny Brooks 1970 Seventy-First Jim Boyette 14-12 Northern Durham Jim Earp 1971 Havelock Frank Ciamillo 20-6 Northeastern Richard Kemp 3A West (1967-71) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1967 Elkin John Charles 21-0 North Surry Charlie Atkins 1968 Mount Airy Alex Gibbs 19-0 Mount Tabor Wilson Alexander 1969 Reidsville John Morris 35-12 Mount Airy Jerry Hollingsworth 1970 Reidsville John Morris 10-7 Pisgah Joseph Compton 1971 Pisgah Joseph Compton 48-0 Eastern Alamance Fred Brady 3A 16-Team Bracket (1972-85) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1972 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 14-14 Tuscola Joe Caldwell 1973 Ragsdale Richard Kemp 16-16 East Bladen Bob Lewis 1974 Ragsdale Richard Kemp 24-0 Ahoskie Daryl Allen 1975 Pisgah Danny Shook 35-24 Havelock Frank Ciamillo 1976 Pisgah Danny Shook 28-12 Clinton Bobby Robinson 1977 Western Guilford Doug Henderson 26-20 South Caldwell Don ‘Red’ Kirkpatrick 1978 Watauga Bill Mauldin 33-28 Walter M. Williams Pete Stout 1979 South Point Jim Biggerstaff 34-13 Ahoskie Daryl Allen 1980 Walter M. Williams Pete Stout 29-14 Lexington John Green 1981 Walter M. Williams Pete Stout 32-15 Clyde A. Erwin Jeff Conner 1982 Brevard Frank Robinson 15-7 Bertie Chip Williams 1983 Eastern Randolph Donnie Baxter 21-6 Thomasville Allen Brown 1984 Tarboro Jim Brett 20-0 A.L. Brown Bob Boswell 3A Division II (1981-84) East Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1981 Eastern Guilford Tommy Grayson 7-6 Bertie Chip Williams 1982 SouthWest Edgecombe Donnie Bunn 15-14 Eastern Alamance Mickey Walker 1983 Southeast Guilford Richard Kemp 21-7 Williamston Harold Robinson 1984 Ragsdale Dickie Cline 27-21 Greene Central Spence Grantham West Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1981 Brevard Frank Robinson 41-0 East Surry David H. Diamont 1982 Tuscola Doug Brooks 28-13 Lexington Gary Whitman 1983 South Rowan Larry Deal 21-10 Shelby Jim Taylor 1984 Shelby Jim Taylor 20-13 Lexington Gary Whitman 3A 32-Team Bracket (1985-01) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1985 Walter M. Williams Sam Story 7-3 Forest Hills Algie Faircloth 1986 Shelby Jim Taylor 9-6 Havelock Wilbur Sasser 1987 Shelby Jim Taylor 19-0 Walter M. Williams Sam Story 1988 Cummings Dave Gutshall 41-14 Shelby Jim Taylor 1989 A.L. Brown Bruce Hardin 24-0 Cummings Dave Gutshall 1990 Cummings Dave Gutshall 32-26 Statesville C.A. Frye 1991 T.W. Andrews Herb Goins 24-14 A.L. Brown Bruce Hardin 1992 Cummings Dave Gutshall 25-14 North Rowan Roger Secreast 1993 West Brunswick Jim Brett 19-14 T.W. Andrews Craig Gill 1994 Burns Ron Greene 21-14 Eastern Randolph Burton Cates 1995 Bertie Roy Bond 38-34 High Point Central Gary Whitman 1996 Hickory David Elder 42-0 Ragsdale Eugene Everhart 1997 A.L. Brown Bruce Hardin 34-12 Northeast Guilford Tommy Pursley 1998 Carver Keith Wilkes 33-28 Kings Mountain Ron Massey 1999 Walter M. Williams Sam Story 20-7 Asheville Lou Fogle 2000 Bertie Roy Bond 32-15 Ragsdale Tommy Norwood 2001 Parkland Deangelo Bell 27-21 Crest Roy Kirby 3A Subdivided (2002-20) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2002 Carver Keith Wilkes 34-0 R.L. Fike Richie Pridgen 2003 South Point John Devine 27-10 Northeast Guilford Tommy Pursley 2004 Concord E.Z. Smith 27-0 J.B. Hunt Randy Raper 2005 Asheville Danny Wilkins 13-10 Western Alamance Hal Capps 2006 Concord E.Z. Smith 35-28 (OT) Western Alamance Hal Capps 2007 Western Alamance Hal Capps 62-36 North Gaston Bruce Clark 2008 West Rowan Scott Young 35-7 West Craven Clay Jordan 2009 West Rowan Scott Young 28-21 Eastern Alamance John Kirby 2010 West Rowan Scott Young 34-7 Eastern Alamance John Kirby 2011 Havelock Jim Bob Bryant 38-6 West Rowan Scott Young 2012 Havelock Jim Bob Bryant 55-21 Concord Glen Padgett 2013 Havelock Jim Bob Bryant 21-13 Concord Glen Padgett 2014 Crest Mark Barnes 24-3 Havelock Jim Bob Bryant 2015 Rocky Mount Jason Battle 24-21 (OT) South Point Mickey Lineberger 2016 South Point Mickey Lineberger 16-7 Rocky Mount Jason Battle 2017 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 28-14 Havelock Caleb King 2018 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 17-14 Jacksonville Beau Wiliams 2019 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 23-7 Southern Nash Brian Foster 2020 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 14-7 Havelock Allen Wooten 3AA Subdivided (2002-20) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2002 Ashbrook Joe Shepherd 19-18 Dudley Victory Floyd 2003 Crest Roy Kirby 40-0 Eastern Randolph Burton Cates 2004 Crest Roy Kirby 26-14 Dudley Steve Davis 2005 Charlotte Catholic Jim Oddo 21-13 Walter M. Williams Sam Story 2006 Eastern Randolph Burton Cates 15-7 Charlotte Catholic Jim Oddo 2007 Dudley Steve Davis 28-20 Charlotte Catholic Jim Oddo 2008 Dudley Steve Davis 34-18 A.L. Brown Ron Massey 2009 South Point John Devine 42-28 South Johnston Joe Salas 2010 Northern Guilford Johnny Roscoe 21-20 Crest Mark Barnes 2011 Northern Guilford Johnny Roscoe 31-7 Crest Mark Barnes 2012 Northern Guilford Johnny Roscoe 64-26 Charlotte Catholic Jim Oddo 2013 Southern Durham Adrian Jones 38-31 Crest Mark Barnes 2014 Northern Guilford Johnny Roscoe 14-7 Weddington Tim Carson 2015 Crest Will Clark 55-21 Southern Durham Darius Robinson 2016 Weddington Tim Carson 33-20 Eastern Guilford Doug Robertson 2017 New Hanover Earl Smith 27-17 A.C. Reynolds Shane Laws 2018 Weddington Andy Capone 27-14 Southeast Guilford Kennedy Tinsley 2019 Weddington Andy Capone 34-14 Lee County Steve Burdeau 2020 Mount Tabor Tiesuan Brown 24-16 Cleveland Scott Riley 3A Non-Subdivided (2021-24) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2021 Dudley Steve Davis 69-40 J.H. Rose Will Bland 2022 East Lincoln David Lubowicz 30-15 Northern Nash Andrew Farriss 2023 Hickory Joe Glass 33-26 Seventy-First Duran McLaurin 2024 West Charlotte Sam Greiner 14-7 Seventy-First Duran McLaurin Click here to return to the #NCHSFB Championship Central Page
