AHSAA selects Fyffe Alum Mike Cochran to Hall of Fame

By Marla Jones, Sports Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

Montgomery, Ala.— AHSAA Hall of Fame recently announced its 11-member Class of 2016 inductees.  The inductee class of eleven range from coaches, media, officials, administration and one “old-timer”.  Former Fyffe Red Devils Head Coach Mike Cochran was selected this year to be in the 2016 class of Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame. The 26th annual banquet will be held March 2016,  at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Montgomery, AL.

Mike Cochran graduated from Fyffe High School in 1979 and earned his college degree and Masters in English from the University of Alabama.

During Cochran’s twenty-eight years of teaching at Fyffe High School, he boost a 627-226 record that contained seven State Championships, including four in a row from 1994-1997.  He won 16 Dekalb County Championships and 14 Area Championships.  He also coached the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic, four times.  Mike Cochran was inducted into the Dekalb County Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

Southern Torch would like to say Congratulations to Coach Cochran for this honor.