Carl Madison is a former American football

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 coach. He spent over 45 years coaching high school football

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 at numerous schools in Florida

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 and Alabama

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, compiling a 326-129-7 record which makes him number two on Florida’s all-time coaching victories list (behind Corky Rogers).

Born in Uriah, Alabama

Uriah, Alabama

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, Madison attended Escambia High School

Escambia High School

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, graduating in 1949. He enrolled at Texas Tech University

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 on an athletic scholarship, but left after his freshman year to join the United States Army

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. He returned to Texas Tech in 1952, starting four games in the 1952 college football season

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 before an injury cut short his career. He transferred to Troy State Teachers College (now Troy University

Troy University

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), where he graduated in 1955.

Upon graduation, he took on his first coaching job at Carrabelle High School. He spent the next couple of years at a number of schools, including Milton High School, where he won his first state championship.

Madison coached J. M. Tate High School in Gonzalez, Florida

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 to a state championship in 1980, and took Pensacola's

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 Pine Forest High School

Pine Forest High School

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 to two state championships in 1987 and 1988. The 1988 Eagle team was named as mythical national champions

High School Football National Championship

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 by USA Today

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, and Madison earned the title of the High School Coach of the Year.