HUGH SANDIFER spent 41 years at Abilene Wylie High School as a football coach, basketball coach and athletic director. His career coaching record in football was 282 wins, 109 losses and four ties. Sandifer led the Bulldogs to the state championship game four times in 2000, 2004, 2009 and 2016, winning the state title in 2004. Sandifer led his Bulldogs to 24 consecutive playoff seasons from 1994-2017. The Wylie football stadium was renamed Sandifer Stadium in his honor following his retirement.
