Ragland High School assistant football coach Jonathan Nix recently was selected Class 1A Assistant Football Coach of the Year. The Purple Devils finished the 2011 football season at 13-1. Nix is also head softball coach at Ragland, where the Lady Purple Devils have won consecutive state championships. A 1996 graduate of West End High School, Nix played three sports and was a key player on three consecutive undefeated football seasons for the Patriots (1993, 1994 and 1995).