3A State Champions
| Year | State Champion | Score | State Runner-Up | State Champion Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Louisville Central | 12-6 (OT) | Belfry | Ty Scroggins |
| 2011 | Louisville Central | 15-14 | Belfry | Ty Scroggins |
| 2010 | Louisville Central | 46–7 | Belfry | Ty Scroggins |
| 2009 | Paducah Tilghman | 21–0 | Somerset | Randy Wyatt |
| 2008 | Louisville Central | 40-19 | Breathitt County | Ty Scroggins |
| 2007 | Louisville Central | 27-17 | Belfry | Ty Scroggins |
| 2006 | Covington Catholic | 28-7 | Bowling Green | Jon Rodenberg |
| 2005 | Lexington Cathollic | 49-21 | Bowling Green | Bob Spire |
| 2004 | Highlands | 22-6 | Boyle County | Dale Mueller |
| 2003 | Boyle County | 44-10 | Highlands | Chuck Smith |
| 2002 | Boyle County | 21-0 | Rockcastle County | Chuck Smith |
| 2001 | Boyle County | 49-14 | Rockcastle County | Chuck Smith |
| 2000 | Highlands | 48-27 | Owensboro | Dale Mueller |
| 1999 | Highlands | 48-10 | Waggener | Dale Mueller |
| 1998 | Highlands | 56-7 | Waggener | Dale Mueller |
| 1997 | Covington Catholic | 21-13 | Hopkinsville | Lynn Ray |
| 1996 | Highlands | 21-14 | Hopkinsville | Dale Mueller |
| 1995 | Bowling Green | 28-12 | Highlands | Dan Haley |
| 1994 | Covington Catholic | 24-21 | Bowling Green | Lynn Ray |
| 1993 | Covington Catholic | 28-13 | Lincoln County | Lynn Ray |
| 1992 | Highlands | 15-6 | Paducah Tilghman | Tom Duffy |
| 1991 | Bell County | 35-13 | Meade County | Dudley Hilton |
| 1990 | Paul Blazer | 45-13 | Lincoln County | Vic Marsh |
| 1989 | Highlands | 27-3 | Paducah Tilghman | Tom Duffy |
| 1988 | Covington Catholic | 30-24 OT | Paducah Tilghman | Lynn Ray |
| 1987 | Covington Catholic | 16-6 | Paducah Tilghman | Lynn Ray |
| 1986 | Owensboro | 14-0 | Belfry | Larry Moore |
| 1985 | Paducah Tilghman | 29-14 | Belfry | Allan Cox |
| 1984 | Danville | 24-6 | Hopkinsville | Tom Duffy |
| 1983 | Conner | 12-7 | Franklin-Simpson | Bob Lewis |
| 1982 | Highlands | 6-0 | Franklin-Simpson | Bob Herrmann |
| 1981 | Highlands | 40-24 | Elizabethtown | Bob Herrmann |
| 1980 | Franklin-Simpson | 16-0 | Conner | James Matthews |
| 1979 | Franklin-Simpson | 33-0 | Belfry | James Matthews |
| 1978 | Russell | 17-7 | Woodford County | Ivan McGlone |
| 1977 | Highlands | 6-0 | Shelby County | Bob Herrmann |
| 1976 | Lloyd Memorial | 24-0 | Shelby County | Jim Dougherty |
| 1975 | Highlands | 21-0 | Franklin-Simpson | Roger Walz |
| 1974 | St. Xavier | 48-14 | Westport | Bill Glaser |
| 1973 | Trinity | 16-0 | Southern | Dave Moore |
| 1972 | Trinity | 21-0 | Butler | Jim Kennedy |
| 1971 | Flaget | 7-7 | Thomas Jefferson | Pete Compise |
| 1970 | Butler | 20-0 | Trinity | Elmer Collina |
| 1969 | St. Xavier | 15-0 | Butler | Leon Dunagan |
| 1968 | Trinity | 29-18 | Seneca | Jim Kennedy |
| 1967 | Flaget | 21-0 | Thomas Jefferson | Norm Mackin |
| 1966 | DuPont Manual | 33-6 | Butler | Charlie Bentley |
| 1965 | Seneca | 13-12 | Flaget | Ron Cain |
| 1964 | Male | 27-0 | Eastern | Charlie Kuhn |
| 1963 | Male | 23-7 | Waggener | Charlie Kuhn |
| 1962 | St. Xavier | 7-6 | Valley | Johnny Meihaus |
| 1961 | Flaget | 41-13 | Fairdale | Paulie Miller |
| 1960 | Male | 1-0 | Eastern | Charlie Kuhn |
| 1959 | DuPont Manual | 44-14 | Durrett | Tom Harper |
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