Mythical Tennessee highschool soccer trainer Gary Rankin determined to hold up his whistle previous this week after 40 seasons, 466 wins and 17 state championships.
Rankin, who ranks 9th all-time nationally in occupation wins, closed out his training occupation via profitable seven instantly state championships at Alcoa Prime College, the place he spent 16 seasons. Rankin were given his get started as a head trainer at Smith County Prime College from 1982-89 and coached at Riverdale Prime College from 1990-2005.
Rankin became Alcoa right into a state powerhouse all through his tenure with this system. Alcoa received 13 championships in 16 seasons, as Rankin gathered a 215-16 document over that span. Alcoa went 27-2 in Rankin’s ultimate two seasons on the helm and outscored combatants via a blended 1,024 issues.
Rankin is a member of theTennessee Secondary College Athletic Affiliation Corridor of Repute and concludes his training occupation with a shining 466-78 document. Brian Nix, Rankin’s long-time defensive coordinator at Alcoa, will take over as this system’s subsequent head trainer.
“I’m pleased with how a lot good fortune we had and I’m proud we did it the precise manner,” Rankin advised the Knox Information after pronouncing his retirement. “We didn’t minimize corners. We’ve by no means been investigated via the TSSAA that I do know of. We at all times attempted to regard youngsters with recognize and ensure they left our program higher other people.”
