Taylor County High School has hired Dudley Hilton as its new head football coach after Eric Graves has stepped down for health reason after an 0-3 start. With 39 years experience the 66 year old Dudley is the former coach of the University of Pikeville Bears where in 3 seasons he went 14-16 and stepped down himself just recently in August. He has also coached high school football  winning 345 high school football games, including three state championships (1997: Bourbon County, 1991 and 2008: Bell County).