Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Football Coach of the Week (10/22/2023)?

Here are 10 candidates for your voting consideration

Mike Duprez | Oct 22, 2023

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Football Coach of the Week (10/22/2023)? /

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Football Coach of the Week (Oct. 19-20) as nominated by our SBLive staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week's poll.

Congratulation to last week's winner: Wayne Farmer of Calhoun County.

Here are this week's nominations:

Roosevelt Nelson, Crestwood

The Knights beat Camden 34-28, handing the Bulldogs’ first region loss since 2019. Crestwood is now 8-1 and clinched a tie for the region championship with a 4-0 mark.

Michael Allen, Nation Ford

Nation Ford overwhelmed Spring Valley 49-0 to earn its first state playoff berth since 2017. The Falcons are 4-5, equalling last year’s victory total.

Ray McLeod, Keenan

The Raiders beat Mid-Carolina 43-13 to clinch a state playoff spot. Keenan is 4-4 and on a three-game winning streak.

Jeremy Smith, Andrew Jackson

The Volunteers beat North Central 42-14 and clinched the Region 5-2A championship. Andrew Jackson is 6-3 and has won four in a row.

Stephen Burris, Lamar

Lamar edged Lake View 15-12 to win the Region 6-A championship. The Silver Foxes finished the regular season 7-3 and have won five straight.

Matt Reel, Boiling Springs

The Bulldogs beat Spartaburg 24-17 despite missing their starting quarterback and clinched a state playoff berth. Boiling Springs is 4-6 but took Byrnes to overtime and had a narrow loss to Gaffney.

Jeff Fruster, Daniel

The undefeated Lions keep on rolling. They powered past Pendleton 56-28 and locked up their fifth consecutive region championship.

Anthony Frate, Wren

Frate has a track record of success and he has turned around Wren in one season. The Hurricanes beat Powdersville 42-39 to improve to 5-4 overall and 4-0 in region play. Wren was 3-8 last season.

Hayden Gregory, Bluffton

The Bobcats beat rival May River, 24-17, for the first time since 2017. Bluffton is 5-4 overall and 2-2 in the region.

Ian Rafferty, Summerville

Even the best need a rally sometimes. Summerville survived its gut-check, coming back from 11 points down to beat region rival Ashley 42-38 and remained undefeated. The state’s top-ranked 5-A team is now 9-0.

Published Oct 22, 2023

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.