Rodney Stidham
Rodney Stidham received his B.S. Biology & Physical Education from UAB and M.A. School Counseling and Psychology from West Alabama. Stidham began his coaching career at Hamilton as an assistant in 1994. He landed the head football coaching job at Vina just days prior to the beginning of football practice in 1996. Following one season at Viva he moved back to Hamilton. In 2005 he landed the head football coaching position at Hamilton. Since that time his teams have gone 105-56 in fourteen seasons. They are 11-10 in the playoffs after failing to reach the post seasons his first two seasons. His teams have won four region championships including three in a row between 2008-10. He has also produced three teams that finished the regular season undefeated. The 2010 squad went 14-1 losing in the state championship game.
Programs Coached
Season by Season
| Year | Program | Class | Record | PF | PA | Playoffs | Region | Region rec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hamilton | 5A | 8-3 | 203 | 219 | 0-1 | R7 | 5-2 |
| 2018 | Hamilton | 5A | 4-6 | 256 | 329 | R7 | 2-5 | |
| 2017 | Hamilton | 4A | 3-7 | 226 | 269 | R6 | 2-4 | |
| 2016 | Hamilton | 4A | 5-5 | 218 | 277 | R6 | 2-4 | |
| 2015 | Hamilton | 4A | 6-7 | 351 | 403 | 2-1 | R5 | 3-3 |
| 2014 | Hamilton | 4A | 7-4 | 324 | 206 | 0-1 | R5 | 4-2 |
| 2013 | Hamilton | 3A | 9-3 | 354 | 180 | 1-1 | R7 | 6-1 |
| 2012 | Hamilton | 3A | 10-1 | 420 | 228 | 0-1 | R7 Title | 7-0 |
| 2011 | Hamilton | 3A | 8-3 | 377 | 191 | 0-1 | R5 | 6-1 |
| 2010 | Hamilton | 3A | 14-1 | 607 | 245 | 4-1 | R5 Title | 7-0 |
| 2009 | Hamilton | 3A | 11-2 | 480 | 282 | 2-1 | R7 Title | 7-0 |
| 2008 | Hamilton | 3A | 12-1 | 443 | 188 | 2-1 | R7 Title | 7-0 |
| 2007 | Hamilton | 4A | 6-5 | 245 | 305 | 0-1 | R8 | 5-2 |
| 2006 | Hamilton | 4A | 5-6 | 282 | 298 | 0-1 | R8 | 4-3 |
| 2005 | Hamilton | 4A | 5-5 | 209 | 174 | R8 | 2-5 | |
| 1996 | Vina | 1A | 1-7 | 39 | 318 | R15 |