Roy Kidd

Roy Kidd's back in the groove .

The championship groove, that is. One that started during his high sc hool days at Corbin in the lat e 1940' s, found expression during his playing days at Eastern, and really flexed its muscles during s ix seasons as coach at Madi son High School. It was th e n that Kidd mad e his presence known as a molder of football talent. Madison, one of Kentucky's smallest schools (337 enrollment), took on all come r s during a stretch from 1956-61. The result was a 54-10-1 record, a 27-game winnin g streak and 14 consecutive un scored -up on games. Sandwiched between were t hr ee conference crowns , two playoff titles and appearances in f i ve high schoo l bowl games. It also h e lp ed Kidd earn Coach of the Y ear honors in Kentu cky in 1961 when the Purples were ranked No. 1 in th e sta te all season.

The follow ing year, Kidd accepted an assistant coac hing position at Morehead and helped guide the Ea g l es to a fourway tie for the OVC title .

Kidd ret urned to Eastern as offensive backfield coach in 1963 and was named head football coach in 1964, fulfilling a lif e's goal.

That was when Kidd experienced the bitter taste of a losing season for the first time.

H e knew it would take time to build a winner. Inh e riting