Hoover High School’s Josh Niblett Named Alabama All-Star Head Coach for 2018 Alabama-Mississippi Football Game*

MONTGOMERY – Hoover High School head football coach Josh Niblett will be the head coach for the Alabama All-Star football squad for the 32^st annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game next December.  The game will be played at Montgomery’s legendary Cramton Bowl on Monday night, Dec. 17 with a 6:30 p.m., kickoff. This will be the first game in the 31-year history to be played on Monday night.

Jamie Lee, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA) made the announcement at the 2018 Champion Challenge press conference Thursday at the AHSAA office.

Niblett, who served as head coach of the Alabama All-Stars in 2009, is one of the nation’s top high school coaches. He has coached six Hoover teams to AHSAA state championships and Oneonta to one title. The Bucs have been to the state finals every year except 2015 and 2008 since Niblett took over the program.

“It was a great experience when I coached in the game in 2009,” Niblett said. “I am looking forward to the opportunity again. It is very important to high school football in this state.”

Alabama lost 42-7 last year in Hattiesburg but still holds a 22-9 edge in the annual game that has pitted the top high school senior players from Alabama and Mississippi since 1988. Mississippi has won both games played in Mississippi (2015 and 2017). Alabama has a 22-7 edge in all games played in Alabama.
Piedmont’s Steve Smith was head coach in 2017.

Niblett, the son of a high school football coach, owns a 129-16 record at Hoover, the state’s largest high school. His Bucs have won 89% of their games with state titles in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 and finished second in 2008, 2010 and 2011.  Oneonta won the 3A title in 2004 and was runner-up in 2003. His overall record is 194-48 (80%).

“Coach Niblett is one of our most outstanding high school head coaches in the nation,” said Lee.

The rest of the Alabama All-Star staff for next December’s game will be announced in the near future, Lee said. The AHSADCA, in conjunction with the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) administers the all-star game each year.

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ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY*

Year-by-Year
2017	Mississippi	42	Alabama	7	Hattiesburg
2016	Alabama	25	Mississippi	14
2015	Mississippi	28	Alabama	21	Hattiesburg
2014	Alabama	36	Mississippi	30
2013	Alabama	21	Mississippi	17
2012	Alabama	21	Mississippi	16
2011	Alabama	31	Mississippi	12
2010	Alabama	24	Mississippi	17	(2 OT)
2009	Alabama	21	Mississippi	13
2008	Alabama	28	Mississippi	3
2007	Mississippi	26	Alabama	7	December
2007	Alabama	51	Mississippi	14	June
2006	Alabama	24	Mississippi	3
2005	Mississippi	21	Alabama	18
2004	Alabama	24	Mississippi	22
2003	Alabama	24	Mississippi	16
2002	Alabama	29	Mississippi	17
2001	Alabama	33	Mississippi	14
2000	Alabama	16	Mississippi	9
1999	Alabama	28	Mississippi	24
1998	Mississippi	9	Alabama	0
1997	Alabama	10	Mississippi	6
1996	Alabama	17	Mississippi	14
1995	Mississippi	37	Alabama	9
1994	Mississippi	24	Alabama	10
1993	Mississippi	17	Alabama	6
1992	Mississippi	17	Alabama	14
1991	Alabama	15	Mississippi	13
1990	Alabama	21	Mississippi	14	(OT)
1989	Alabama	24	Mississippi	21	(4 OT)
1988	Alabama	24	Mississippi	21	(3 OT)

SERIES HISTORY: Alabama has 22-9 edge

** Information provided by the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

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