Daviess County High School is a school in Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...

. It is one of the largest schools in the area with roughly 1750 students. It is part of the Daviess County Public Schools

Daviess County Public Schools

Daviess County Public Schools is a school district that manages the public schools inDaviess County, Kentucky, USA; However within the city limits Owensboro Public Schools is an independent district from the county schools.-Apollo High School:...

 system. Its sister school is Apollo High School which is also its biggest rival in sports and academics. The Big Red Machine (BRM) is the student newspaper, and is published bi-weekly. Daviess County Middle School and College View Middle School feed into Daviess County High School.

Notable alumni

• Wendell Ford, former U.S. Senator.
• Darrell Waltrip
  Darrell Waltrip
  Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
  
  , three time NASCAR
  NASCAR
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   Sprint Cup (then Winston
  Winston
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  ) champion.
• Wayne Chapman
  Wayne Chapman
  Wayne G. Chapman is a retired American basketball player.He graduated from Daviess County High School and he played collegiately for the Western Kentucky University....
  
  , former professional American Basketball Association
  American Basketball Association
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   player.
• Tyrone Hopson
  Tyrone Hopson
  Tyrone Hopson is an American football offensive guard who played in the National Football League. He graduated from Daviess County High School in Owensboro, Kentucky. He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the San...
  
  , former NFL lineman for San Francisco 49ers
  San Francisco 49ers
  The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
  
   and Detroit Lions
  Detroit Lions
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  .
• Jeremy Mayfield
  Jeremy Mayfield
  Jeremy Allen Mayfield is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas...
  
  , former NASCAR driver