A Minute with Coach Riggs

11/03/2024

The T.R. Miller All Time football team list continues with #4- the 1941 Miller football squad. This group was a truly dominant team which gave up only 7 points on the season. Offensively they were led by Hosea Rodgers, who got more votes for All State than any other player in the state.

The Top 25 T.R. Miller football teams of all time continues as Coach Riggs talks about the amazing 1941 T.R. Miller team. Amid the threat of World War II, Coach Ben McLeod's squad ripped off the finest defensive performance in the 100 year history of the school.The offense was led by Hosea Rodgers a...

10/13/2024

Then #5 T.R. Miller football team of all time is the 1995 Miller Tigers. This team is the highest ranking Tiger squad that played in the AHSAA playoff system but never won a state championship. Join Coach Riggs and his guest Scott Sasser, who quarterbacked the '95 team, as they discuss the players and the games that made this team special.

Coach Riggs and his guest Scott Sasser discuss the 1995 T.R. Miller football team. This squad was ranked highest of all the Miller teams that played in the playoff system but did not win a state championship, losing to Alexandria. The 18-13 loss ended the Tigers 28 game win streak.

07/06/2024

Coach Riggs and his guests Ron Gibson and David Jennings discuss the #6 team of all time at T.R. Miller -the 1990 Tigers. Miller set a school record for rushing yards and ended as the 4A State Runner Up. The Tigers lost a heartbreaking 28-27 overtime game to Deshler in Tuscumbia in the title game to end the season with a record of 13-1.

Coach Riggs and his guests Ron Gibson and David Jennings discuss the great season of 1990 at Miller in which the team set the school record for rushing yards. The Tigers went 13-1, losing in the 4A State Championship Game 28-27 to Deshler in Tuscumbia in overtime.

04/21/2024

The Top 25 list gets closer and closer to the top as Coach Riggs reveals the #7 team of all time - the 2000 Miller Tigers in Episode 10 of this season. This squad finished the regular season with an 8-2 record, but went on a playoff tear and won the 4A State Championship. The Tigers beat Fayette County in Birmingham in the finals behind Rayvon Howard's 288 yards rushing, still a state 4A record. Coach is joined by offensive line coach Jack Whigham and guard Ben Raulerson. The guests talk about what the team overcame to be champions, some stories from the playoffs and what kind of effect the championship season has had on them some 20 years later.

The Top 25 list gets closer and closer to the top as Coach Riggs reveals the #7 team of all time - the 2000 Miller Tigers in Episode 10 of this season. This squad finished the regular season with an 8-2 record, but went on a playoff tear and won the 4A State Championship. The Tigers beat Fayette Cou...

02/14/2024

Episode #9 of "A Minute with Coach Riggs" continues with the Top 25 T.R. Miller football teams of all time. Coach Riggs and his guests discuss the #8 Miller team on the list. This squad is statistically the second highest scoring team in the 98 year history of the school, and included some of the greatest players in school history.

Episode #9 of season 2 continues the Top 25 T.R. Miller football teams of all time with the #8 team. Coach Riggs and his guests discuss this Miller squad that statistically has the second best offense in the 98 year football history of the school as well as the players that made this team great.

01/25/2024

The Top 25 continues as Coach Riggs discusses the #9 Miller team of all time - the 2003 Miller Tigers. He and David Jennings are joined by guests Brad Lannom and Trent Davidson who talk about their teammates and some of the big games. Brad and Trent also discuss missed curfew, haircuts, and the famous "butt pad' incident.

The Top 25 continues as Coach Riggs discusses the #9 Miller team of all time - the 2003 Miller Tigers. He iand David Jennings are joined by guests Brad Lannom and Trent Davidson who talk about their teammates and some of the big games. Brad and Trent also discuss missed curfew, haircuts, and the fam...

12/14/2023

On the latest episode of our podcast "A Minute with Coach Riggs", we discussed the #10 TRM football team of all time-the 1946 squad. One of the key members of that team was Scotty Byrne. His son Brad joined that episode and told the amazing story of his dad's life. Scotty lied about his age so he could join the service to fight in World War II. He served in North Africa and Italy as a 17 and 18 year old where he was awarded three bronze stars for heroic effort and a purple heart for being wounded. Scotty returned to Brewton in August of 1945 and finished his last two years of high school at T.R. Miller. He was a gifted football, basketball, and baseball athlete for the Tigers. After graduation, he married his favorite Miller cheerleader, Ida Bradley. He learned to fly, taught school to ex-servicemen and pitched semi pro baseball. In the 1950s, he attended Mississippi Southern where he excelled in baseball and became the school's #1 golfer. Scotty eventually returned to Brewton where he settled down with his wife and two sons, Chippy and Brad. He ran for sheriff in 1958 and in a close election defeated Sheriff Otis Emmons. He would serve six terms as Escambia County Sheriff. In 1971 he became the first person to be inducted into the Southern Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame in two sports. In his retirement, he would hunt, fish and always play golf. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 92.

Here are some photos of the life of the amazing Scotty Byrne. And check out the latest episode of 'A Minute with Coach Riggs" for more about the 1946 Miller football team and Scotty Byrne.

12/12/2023

In Episode #7 of Season 2, the Top 25 Miller football teams of all time have made it to the Top 10. The number 10 team of all time is the 1946 squad which ended with a record of 8-0-1. Special guest Brad Byrne discusses the fascinating life of his father Scotty Byrne, who was a key member of the 1946 team. Coach Riggs also reviews the selection process and the teams #25-11. He also talks about what the world was like in Brewton in 1946 and why this Miller football team was special enough to be included in the Top 10 teams of all time.

In Episode #7, the Top 25 list has made it to the Top 10 TRM football teams of all time. The 1946 Miller Tigers, coached by Hal Wyatt, start the Top 10. Coach Riggs welcomes guest Brad Byrne as they discuss the '46 team and the life of his father Scotty Byrne, who was a key member of the 1946 squad.

12/12/2023

TRM Top 25- #15-2002 Miller Tigers. Here is a clip of the joyous locker room after the game. As was custom, the players said the prayer and then sang to celebrate the 38-6 victory over Colbert County as well as the state championship.

12/12/2023

TRM Top 25- #15- 2002 Miller Tigers. Miller took care of business in the third quarter with a 7 yard Antawn Gomez run and a touchdown pass of 7 yards from Lannom to tight end Trent Davidson. The defense capped off the day when freshman Justin Marshall (54) sacked the Colbert County quarterback, forcing a fumble. Senior noseguard Webster Bailey (45) picked up the ball and ran it in for the touchdown. The final would be 38-6 and T.R. Miller had their sixth state football championship.