Vic Grider Bidding Farewell To Highly Successful Coaching Career At South Pittsburg Monday, March 1, 2021
Vic Grider
Vic Grider, who had a highly successful career as head football coach at South Pittsburg High School, announced Monday that he will be retiring at the end of the school year.
He is in his 30th year as a teacher, assistant principal, coach and athletic director at his alma mater. His father, Don Grider, won 192 games from 1969-1992. Vic Grider was the head coach of the Pirates for 16 seasons with a record of 162-43. He had three Class 1A state championships and five trips to the state championship game. He has served as the softball coach since stepping down in 2012 as football coach.
Seven Under The Radar Performers From The VA Showcase Page 1 of 8 Next Halyn Senegal (left to right), Ashton Schwartzman and Terrell Robinson had standout performances at The VA Showcase this weekend
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The VA Showcase had no shortage repeat: absolutely no shortage of showstopping performances this weekend in Viriginia Beach.
But in some respects, it could be easy to lose sight of some of the races that were equally as impressive, especially considering that most would would stand alone as ridiculous moments in any other meet.
So we felt it was our obligation to highlight some of these under the radar efforts in our review, just 48 hours removed from competition.