2A State Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Opponent | State Champion Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Newport Central Catholic | 30–26 | Caldwell County | Edward Eviston |
| 2011 | Covington Holy Cross | 33-14 | Glasgow | Bruce Kozerski |
| 2010 | Newport Central Catholic | 42–0 | Owensboro Catholic | Edward Eviston |
| 2009 | Fort Campbell | 29–9 | DeSales | Shawn Berner |
| 2008 | Fort Campbell | 26-23 | Newport Central Catholic | Shawn Berner |
| 2007 | Fort Campbell | 21-7 | Newport Central Catholic | Shawn Berner |
| 2006 | Mercer County | 15-12 | Russell | Marty Jaggers |
| 2005 | Russell | 27-14 | Owensboro Catholic | Ivan McGlone |
| 2004 | Belfry | 28-21 | Owensboro Catholic | Philip Haywood |
| 2003 | Belfry | 33-27 OT | Elizabethtown | Philip Haywood |
| 2002 | Breathitt County | 52-0 | Corbin | Mike Holcomb |
| 2001 | Bardstown | 47-16 | Prestonsburg | Joey Downs |
| 2000 | Boyle County | 38-6 | Glasgow | Chuck Smith |
| 1999 | Boyle County | 29-6 | Glasgow | Chuck Smith |
| 1998 | Caldwell County | 38-28 | Danville | Pat Gates |
| 1997 | Bourbon County | 39-28 | Owensboro Catholic | Dudley Hilton |
| 1996 | Breathitt County | 25-21 | Fort Knox | Mike Holcomb |
| 1995 | Breathitt County | 42-35 2OT | Franklin-Simpson | Mike Holcomb |
| 1994 | Danville | 39-7 | Bullitt East | Sam Harp |
| 1993 | Mayfield | 13-12 | Prestonsburg | Paul Leahy |
| 1992 | Danville | 34-7 | Mayfield | Sam Harp |
| 1991 | Danville | 17-14 | Mayfield | Sam Harp |
| 1990 | Fort Knox | 21-7 | Corbin | Joe Jaggers |
| 1989 | Danville | 7-3 | Mayfield | Sam Harp |
| 1988 | Fort Knox | 45-21 | Somerset | Joe Jaggers |
| 1987 | Danville | 24-23 | Mayfield | Tom Duffy |
| 1986 | Mayfield | 21-20 OT | Newport Catholic | Jack Morris |
| 1985 | Mayfield | 18-8 | Newport Catholic | Jack Morris |
| 1984 | Newport Catholic | 12-7 | Fort Knox | Bob Schneider |
| 1983 | Fort Knox | 19-14 | Somerset | Joe Jaggers |
| 1982 | Corbin | 18-6 | Glasgow | Larry “Cotton” Adams |
| 1981 | Bardstown | 20-6 | Somerset | Garnis Martin |
| 1980 | Corbin | 16-7 | Fort Campbell | Archie Powers |
| 1979 | Fort Campbell | 26-0 | Pikeville | Marshall Patterson |
| 1978 | Mayfield | 22-6 | Somerset | Jack Morris |
| 1977 | Mayfield | 14-13 | Corbin | Jack Morris |
| 1976 | Corbin | 6-0 | Mayfield | Archie Powers |
| 1975 | Scott County | 22-20 | Middlesboro | Bill Wilson |
| 1974 | Owensboro | 14-7 | Middlesboro | Gerald Poynter |
| 1973 | Paducah Tilghman | 27-8 | Boyd County | Dan Haley |
| 1972 | Tates Creek | 16-7 | Paul Blazer | Roy Walton |
| 1971 | Bryan Station | 14-3 | Madisonville | Terry Clark |
| 1970 | Highlands | 30-13 | Madisonville | Mike Murphy |
| 1969 | Elizabethtown | 21-8 | Bryan Station | Vince Hancock |
| 1968 | Highlands | 32-7 | Elizabethtown | Mike Murphy |
| 1967 | Paul Blazer | 19-14 | Elizabethtown | Jake Hallum |
| 1966 | Hopkinsville | 27-6 | Highlands | Fleming Thornton |
| 1965 | Hopkinsville | 24-6 | Middlesboro | Fleming Thornton |
| 1964 | Highlands | 36-0 | Madison | Owen Hauck |
| 1963 | Caldwell County | 14-7 | Highlands | Fred Clayton |
| 1962 | Danville | 13-6 | Corbin | Ray Callahan |
| 1961 | Highlands | 12-0 | Madison | Homer Rice |
| 1960 | Highlands | 21-13 | Lafayette | Homer Rice |
| 1959 | Henderson | 12-7 | Highlands | Don Shelton |
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