Bob Beatty

Robert Beatty (born June 7, 1955) is a football coach and the former head football coach for the Trinity Shamrocks, a high school American football team located at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the most successful High School Football coach in Kentucky state history by championships won, with 15 state championship titles and one national championship during his nearly forty-year-long career.

Background Beatty was born on June 7, 1955, in Butler, Missouri, and was raised in and around the surrounding Bates County. In 1973, he attended Pittsburg State University until 1976, when he transferred to Missouri Southern State College, where he graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor's degree in Education. Beatty played on Pittsburg's football team from 1973 to 1976. In 1980, Beatty married his fiancée Jayne, who is also a teacher.

William Jewell College In 1980, Beatty accepted a job as the offensive coordinator for William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where he worked until 1986. During his tenure, William Jewell reached the NAIA Division II Football National Championship quarterfinals four times, every year between 1980 and 1983. The team never won the championship; the Cardinals were eliminated in the 1980 and 1983 semifinals, the 1981 quarterfinals and the 1982 championship match. According to multiple sources, including the Kansas City Star and The Statesman Journal, which covered the event, William Jewell lost mainly because of the team's lackluster defense; as William Jewell's offensive team under Beatty scored an 86-yard touchdown in the first 19 seconds of the game. After the game, William Jewell head coach Vic Wallace said, "We haven't played against anybody who did a better job of attacking our defense than they did".

Coaching Record at William Jewell Below is a year-by-year breakdown of Beatty's record while serving as offensive coordinator for the William Jewell Cardinals.

CFB Yearly Record Entry year = 1983 name = William Jewell overall = 9–2–1 conference = 5–1–1 confstanding = 12 championship = bowlname = NAIA Division II Football National Championship In 1997, Beatty was offered the position of head coach, which he accepted and served in the role until 2000, when he moved to Louisville, Kentucky. After the changes, Trinity won the state championship in 2014, 2016, and 2017. In addition to serving as Trinity's head football coach, Beatty also works as a teacher for freshmen at the school. He teaches a course that combines physical education and health education. Indicates Season in Progress

U.S. Army All-American Bowl

2012 All-American Bowl In 2012, Beatty was selected to be one of the West's assistant coaches at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was responsible for coaching the team's offensive players. That year, the West won 24–12.

Coaching method In late May 2013, a Trinity player told Beatty, "I can't wait for practice to start."; Beatty reportedly was surprised by the remark and replied, "You're ready for me to scream and yell and cuss and spit?". "Sure," the player said. "You're not my friend. You're my coach." According to Beatty, he smiled because that is how he approaches his players. "I don't have 17-year-old friends, I have 17-year-old champions."

Beatty coached former Trinity wide receiver James Quick, who graduated in 2013 as a U.S. Army Bowl participant and won the Kentucky Mr. Football award. In 2017, Quick signed to join the Washington Redskins.

During his nearly forty-year-long career, Beatty has sent over sixty former players to the collegiate level and four former players to the National Football League.

Notable former Blue Springs players under Beatty Below is an incomplete list of notable former Blue Springs players under Beatty:

Graduation Year Player Position Team 1997 Ladell Betts Running back New Orleans Saints 1999 Brandon Lloyd Wide receiver San Francisco 49ers Former Blue Springs players 2

Notable former Trinity players under Beatty Below is an incomplete list of notable former Trinity players under Beatty:

Graduation Year Player Position Team 2003 Brian Brohm Quarterback Louisville 2008 Alex Kupper Offensive lineman Louisville 2013 Dalyn Dawkins Running back Colorado State 2014 Reggie Bonnafon Quarterback Louisville 2018 Rondale Moore Wide receiver Purdue Former Trinity football players

Awards and recognition

In 2011, Beatty was named by USA Today as the 2011 Coach of the Year.

In 2013, he was named by Athlon Sports as the tenth-most influential high school football coach in the U.S. and Washington Redskins wide receiver James Quick. Beatty has also coached Petrino's son Nick at Trinity High School. According to Beatty, the two have reportedly talked at length about football since Beatty moved to Louisville in 2000. Beatty also credits Petrino with helping him through some "growing pains" he experienced when he started coaching at Trinity.

In 2014, when Beatty was asked whether Petrino had ever discussed giving him a job on his previous staffs, Beatty said, "I'm not going to say that I haven't, but it hasn't presented itself yet, so we'll worry about that if the time comes". Beatty also said he has been grateful Petrino has "always treated high school coaches with the utmost respect" and has been willing to swap ideas with them. According to Beatty, "There have been times I would go to (U of L's) practice, and all of a sudden I'll see something that I've done [at Trinity], and he'll look over at me and say, 'Hey, where did I get that?'".