[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF BELFRY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH PHILIP HAYWOOD, FOR 
  BEING NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC 
                          COACHES ASSOCIATION

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 26, 2017

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today 
in recognition of the outstanding achievements of one of my 
constituents, the Head Football Coach of Belfry High School, Mr. Philip 
Haywood. Unparalleled among his peers, Coach Haywood was recently named 
Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Coaches 
Association. A native of Prestonsburg, he has coached Eastern 
Kentuckians for more than 40 years, and is the winningest coach in 
Kentucky history with a record of 417 wins and only 130 losses.
  Clearly, this is not the first major award Coach Haywood has 
received--far from it. In 2013, Coach Haywood was named USA Today's 
National Coach of the Year, an award voted on by fans, and a clear 
indication of how beloved he is by those who know and appreciate 
football, both inside the Commonwealth and beyond it. In 2014, he 
received the Blanton Collier School Coach of the Year award, an honor 
reserved for only the best coaches in Kentucky. In 2016, he was 
inducted into the Kentucky High School Coaches Hall of Fame. To the 
surprise of no one, Coach Haywood has been named the Courier-Journal 
Coach of the Year five different times. His successes are many, and his 
impact far-reaching.
  Accolades aside, what truly separates Coach Haywood from the rest of 
the field is his dedication to ``Faith, Family, and Football,'' the 
title of a book he recently authored that speaks to the eternal. Coach 
Haywood has been a longtime youth leader and choir director in his 
local church, and has served as a Fellowship of Christian Athletes 
Huddle leader at Belfry for over 30 years. As a coach and mentor, he 
has taught his student-athletes the value of self-discipline, to 
overcome defeat, to be gracious in victory, and to persevere through 
every test. He has mentored hundreds of students, guiding them along 
the straight and narrow path. An exemplary model of success and virtue, 
I thank Coach Haywood for his many years of service to the Fifth 
District. His efforts, past and present, are much appreciated.

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