The Alabama Football Coaches Association announced its Lifetime Achievement Award winners, its Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year awards for the 2023 season on Monday.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards honor the “state’s greatest football coaches for their lifetime work with their players, coaches and communities as well as their dedication to football in the state of Alabama,” the AFCA said in a release.

The Lifetime Achievement winners for 2023 are Jere Adcock of Decatur, Ronny Massey of Thomasville, Citronelle and Grissom, and Jimmy Perry of St. James, St. Paul’s and Lee-Montgomery.

The ALFCA Coach of the Year winners:

Class 7A – Josh Floyd, Hewitt-Trussville.

Class 6A – Drew Gilmer, Clay-Chalkville.

Class 5A – Jerrel Jernigan, Eufaula.

Class 4A – Lawrence O’Neal, Booker T. Washington.

Class 3A – Michael Davis, Geraldine.

Class 2A – Matt Johnson, Reeltown.

Class 1A – Jason Massey, Leroy.

The winners of Assistant Coach of the Year awards:

Class 7A – Alex Page, Mary G. Montgomery.

Class 6A – Scott Glenn, Hueytown.

Class 5A – Matt Partridge, Springville.

Class 4A – Davey Mosley, Jackson.

Class 3A – Don Jacobs, Houston Academy.

Class 2A – Jerald Pike, B.B. Comer.

Class 1A – Daniel Green, Florala.

The head coaches and assistants are nominated by a member of the ALFCA, recommended by a committee and selected by a vote of the ALFCA board of directors. Each recipient will be honored at the ALFCA Coach of the Year Luncheon on Jan. 27, 2024, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery.

The winners receive a coach of the year plaque and a coach of the year ring, provided by Balfour.

Lifetime Achievement winners are selected via the same process as the top coaches and will be honored at the group’s luncheon. The honorees receive a plaque along with one for the school of their choice. Each recipient will be honored with a video presentation about their career.

Adcock spent 27 years on the Red Raiders sidelines, starting as an assistant to Steve Rivers in 1994. Two years later, he was named head coach. He was 187-120 with seven region championships at Decatur. His 1999 team finished with an undefeated regular season. Adcock served on the board of directors for the ALFCA since its inception and he ran a recruiting fair in the Decatur-Huntsville area for many years to help senior football players in pursuit of scholarships.

Massey is a native of Chatom who served as head coach at Thomasville from 1976-79, Citronelle from 1982-98 and Grissom from 1999-2008. He finished with an overall record of 189-143. Massey’s 1991 Citronelle squad is the only Wildcats team to complete an undefeated regular season and holds the program record of 12 wins. His 2000 Grissom team also set a team record with 12 wins and reached the state playoff semifinals. Massey was a member of the 1971 Livingston State (now University of West Alabama) NAIA national champion football team and he quarterbacked the 1972 team to the national semifinals.

Perry is a Robert E. Lee High graduate who worked as an assistant at Trinity in Montgomery before joining Spence McCracken at Lee in 1982. In 1995, he took over as head coach at Lee and his 1999 team played in the state playoff finals. In 2000, he joined the Auburn University football staff, serving as director of high school relations and, later, director of football operations. He returned to the high school ranks in 2009 as head coach at St. Paul’s. He went to St. James in 2012 and his final team there won the Class 3A state title in 2022.