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Phil Robbins called Bullitt Park home as the head coach of the Powell Valley Vikings from 1983-2010. He won seven state titles guiding the program in Big Stone Gap.

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Phil Robbins joins the sea of Powell Valley Vikings celebrating a win the 1985 VHSL Group A state finals.

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Tim Hayes

Career victory No. 1 as a head football coach came on a rainy, miserable October Saturday night at Bluefield’s Mitchell Stadium late in the 1971 season. Sophomore Jerry Chorosevic’s fourth-quarter touchdown run was the difference as John Battle topped the Graham G-Men by a 7-0 count.

Win No. 307 occurred on the first Friday of November in 2010 as Dalton Tackett’s 38-yard touchdown jaunt through the muck and the mud with 3:39 remaining was the clincher fo

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