Mascot: Tigers Colors: Green/Gold/White Class: A Titles: 1 (1993) Winning Percentage: 60% Award Winners: 2 Modern-Day School: Mingo Central Years Active: 89 (1922-2011) School Closed in 2011
We are now moving into successful teams outside the earliest days of the sport. Matewan will forever hold a place in the hearts of West Virginia football fans. The small but well-known town was always a talented program but it was the rise under legendary coach Yogi Kinder that brought them to prominence. In 1987, 1991, and 1992, the Tigers fell heartbreakingly short in the title game. However, in 1993 they finally got over the hump to win their first and only title in school history. Their two awards winners were both linemen Sidney Green in 1963 and Richard Allara in 1995. In 2006, under Kinder, Matewan was in the national spotlight after Paul McCoy broke national rushing records in a questionable blowout game. Those records still stand. In 2011, due to declining enrollment, they consolidated with Williamson, Gilbert, and Burch. Kinder was hired as head coach and after several successful years won the 2016 AA State Championship in his last season.
