Goins Family History & Genealogy

Name Marty Goins
Estimated Age 16
Birth Year abt 1966
Yearbook Date 1982
School Paris High School
School Location Paris, Kentucky, USA

Paris High School
308 W 7th St, Paris, KY 40361

Name Marty Goins
Estimated Age 15
Birth Year abt 1966
Yearbook Date 1981
School Paris High School
School Location Paris, Kentucky, USA
Grade Completed Freshman



Paris High School
308 W 7th St, Paris, KY 40361

Marty Goins, 1983
Paris High School
308 W 7th St, Paris, KY 40361

Paris High School
1983


Paris High School
308 W 7th St, Paris, KY 40361

Name Marty Goins
Estimated Age 17
Birth Year abt 1966
Yearbook Date 1983
School Paris High School
School Location Paris, Kentucky, USA

Paris High School
1988

Paris High School
1985

Michelle Lee Goins & Ian Oliver Martin

Michelle Lee Goins' cousin, Ian Oliver Martin.

Paris High School, 308 W 7th St, Paris, KY 40361, 1987

Name Miss Michelle Lee Goins
Gender Female
Employer Department of Employment Services
School Paris High School
Marriage Date 7 Aug 1993
Marriage Place Paris, Kentucky, USA
Parents Judith M Goins
Spouse
Robert Gay Henry

Ancil Goins
in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

ViewU.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Detail Source
Name Ancil Goins
Gender Male
Race White
Age 28
Relationship to Draftee Self (Head)
Birth Date 10 Nov 1911
Birth Place Whitley
Residence Place Red Bud, Harlan, Kentucky, USA
Registration Date 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place Kentucky, USA
Employer Harlan Wallins Coal Corp
Height 5 8
Weight 160
Complexion Dark
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Blue
Next of Kin Mary Goins
Household Members (Name) Relationship
Ancil Goins Self (Head)
Mary Goins

Homer H. Goins Obituary
Homer H. Goins was born January 17, 1944 in Harlan County, Kentucky to Ancil and Mary Goins. He graduated from Evarts High School in 1962, having lettered in both football and basketball. As an all-state tailback he was recruited by Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. For the Kentucky Wildcats, he was recruited and signed by coach Blanton Collier and played as a freshman for coach Charlie Bradshaw’s infamous Thin 30 squad. He was a tailback with the Wildcats from 1964 to 1966 where he was a 3 year letterman. Homer began his coaching career at Maysville High School in 1967 where he started the football program from scratch. He moved on to coach Paris High School from 1969-1978 where he coached the Greyhounds to 2 undefeated regular seasons, 3 district championship titles, and 3 regional championship titles. In 1973 he coached Paris to an undefeated Class A state championship and was recognized as Kentucky High School Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the Paris High School Hall of Fame in 1987, the Evarts High School Hall of Fame in 1988 and KHSAA Hall of Fame in 2007. After coaching, Homer finished his educational career as principal of Paris High School and retired in 1996. His role as a coach, educator, mentor and leader at Paris High School touched the lives of countless individuals. Homer is survived by his wife, Linda Goins, his son, Jack Martin Goins (Pam), his daughter, Michelle Goins Henry, his granddaughter, Addison Henry (Colton Miller), his grandson Peyton Henry, his sister Jordan Hightower, his step-daughter Beth Scott (Mike) and their children Karter, Mikey and Champ. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM Monday, December 26, 2022, at the Bedford Acres Christian Church, 5414 Lexington Road, Paris, KY by Bro. Lane Goff. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 11-1 PM Monday, December 26, 2022, at the church. Pallbearers will be Bill Alverson, Stuart Beheler, Richard Crumbie, Johnny Duvall, James Fomas, Butch Maggard and Raymond Smith.

Honorary pallbearers shall be all of his former players and managers with a special mention of Craig Clark, Steve Parker, Mike Scott and Clarence Trumbo.

Memorials may take the form of Contributions to the Paris Greyhound Football Foundation, PO Box 1453, Lexington, KY 40588.

The funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home, 1120 Main St., Paris, KY. Th

HEAD COACH GOINS CONFERS WITH QUATERBACK STEVE PARKER

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One of the best things ever... getting interviewed by Homer Goins, then having him for my Boss for eight wonderful years at Paris HS. They broke the mold when they made Coach Goins. Love him dearly and could never thank him enough for all he did to help me.

How would you like to be a rookie head football coach, but your boss is a KY HS Football legend, and you can walk in his office, any time you want, and get his advice? Those were great conversations and I am so thankful for Coach Goins and those times we got to talk.

The world is a different place today without him.

Love ya Coach and THANK YOU.

Homer Harman Goins

Guest column: The Thin Thirty Survivor who came to Maysville
February 3, 2013

Of all the coaches I have met, none were more wound up and passionate than Coach Homer Goins — and that was 10 years after he had coached his last football game.


He was a high-energy and high-intensity guy from the beginning of the day until the end.

One of the best things that could have happened for a young coach worked out for me: Homer Goins was our principal at Paris for my eight years there. The first four years I was an assistant, and after that the head coach. It was a great opportunity and learning experience that for eight years I could walk into his office and ask questions of one of the most successful football coaching legends in the state of Kentucky.

Coach Goins had been a star player at Evarts in eastern Kentucky. The day he interviewed me, I saw his football scholarship to the University of Kentucky, signed by Blanton Collier, hanging on his office wall. He was very proud of his scholarship and that Coach Collier, a Paris native, was the coach that signed him.

His college coach, however, turned out to be Charlie Bradshaw because Collier and his staff had been fired. Bradshaw is known for coaching the “Thin Thirty” because of the difficulty and toughness of the program under his guidance. Some would argue that brutality would describe what it was like more accurately.


The story goes that one night as several players were quitting and getting out of town, they came to get Homer Goins to quit also. But he believed his future and any success for him was tied to him staying at UK, playing football and getting his education. From his perspective, he had to stay.

In 1968 Coach Goins came to Maysville High School with Tom Becherer. I have really enjoyed hearing Homer Goins stories from his former Maysville Bulldog players and Tom Duncan. Without a doubt, they describe the Coach Goins I worked for at Paris.

In 1969, Coach Goins became the head coach at Paris. His first team only had 17 to 19 players. He told me one time he used to sit in his office and pray that the players would walk back in the locker room for practice.

The players that could handle it were very good ones. He turned the program around that season and then led the Greyhounds to a state title in 1973. His principal that year was Ernie Trosper, who would turn out to be my father-in-law.


A lot of what I know about Coach Goins came from his players. They told a lot of stories that showed how tough he was on them and how much he demanded of them in practice. Several would say that practice was so difficult that the games seemed easy.

Supposedly one day several players were knocked out of practice because of how physical the drills were. The number of bodies able to practice was getting smaller. Coach Goins told them in so many words, you can get in shape by running or hitting, so we are going to start running!

When I became the head coach at Paris, I was very fortunate to have access to Coach Goins and his wisdom. I was in his office probably once a week, especially at the beginning. I was there because it was my choice. I always wanted his thoughts and advice.

I learned a lot from those talks, most of which were more about working with people than anything related to football strategy. Yes, he knew his football. But, like the other great coaches I had been around, he knew and understood people as well as anybody I know, if not the best of all.


He never made me do what he thought I should do. He always left it up to me. But many times I thought his advice was the best. There were three times he told me he didn’t like what I was doing – he didn’t like switching from white helmets to black helmets, he didn’t want black jerseys and silver pants, and I dismissed a player once and he thought it was a mistake and I should keep him.

But each time he let me be the coach and I still am very appreciative that he let me do what I thought was best for the program.

Coach Goins taught me that if it is possible, it is best to let people make their own decisions. I have tried to apply that to the way I work with my coaches, players, students and even my three children at home. It is not something I can do 100 percent of the time. But the people you are working with appreciate it and it helps them grow, and it makes the organization stronger in the long run.

One Friday night at Fleming County, with the game on the line on fourth down on our side of the 50, I told Dustin Grutza to eyeball what was in front of him: “If you can get the first down, get it. If not, call time-out and we will punt.”


He knew we could get it. He ran a QB sneak, got the first down, and we ran out the clock and won the game.

I am sure of this: Homer Goins would have loved to coach Dustin Grutza!

Mountain Sports Hall of Fame's Post

Mountain Sports Hall of Fame
May 20, 2022 ·
HOMER GOINS From Evarts To The Thin Thirty At UK
Homer Goins was a star footballer at Evarts High School in Harlan County. He won 12 letters at Evarts in high school sports. He was 3rd Team All State in football at Evarts (then a Class AA school) in 1961. He was so good in football ( 5ft. 11 in,, 185 lbs.) that he was awarded a scholarship to play at the University of KY by Coach Blanton Collier.
Goins was a running back. He had entered UK in 1962 but withdrew from school after a minor back injury. He came back.On the freshman team at UK in 1963 he was the team’s fourth leading rusher with 148 yards. That may not seem like many yards but he carried it only 12 times, averaging 12.8 yards per carry. He also caught passes andreturned punts and kickoffs as a freshman.
Photo from Sept 1964, The Lexington Herald
With 148 yards gained In 1965 at UK he averaged 5.7 yards per carry. That is a bit deceiving as he carried the ball only 14 times all season while playing in all 10 games. In 1966 he carried the ball 29 times for an average of 2.9 yards per carry in 10 games.
Collier signed him , as he had many good players, but he wasn’t to coach him at UK. Collier was replaced as head coach by Charlie Bradshaw. Bradshaw’s brutal ways as a coach caused a huge turn over in the school’s football ranks and a mass exodus ensued. Several players came to ask Goins to transfer as well but he decided that any future success in his life was tied to staying at UK. The team became known as The Thin Thirty.
Goins would go in to coaching football after his playing days-one year at Maysville as an assistant then came a long hitch at Paris ( Blanton Collier had once coached Paris) where he also had some hard practices that tested many of his players. In only his second season at Paris he had 58 guys come out for spring practice but nine days later that number had dwindled to just 28. Goins had a philosophy. “If a boy will hit we will find a place for him to play.” Those 28 were the ones who would hit, according to Coach Goins.
According to some he really knew football but knew and understood people equally as well. Maybe more so. He also became principal at Paris.
Homer coached Paris Greyhounds from 1969-1978. His record as coach there was 83-31. His 1970 and 1973 seasons at Paris saw his teams go undefeated in the regular season. In 1970, 1973 and 1974 his Greyhounds were District as well as Regional champions. In the three seasons of 1972, 1973 and 1974 his teams won 24 straight games. He was Coach of The Year once.
Coach Homer Goins had eight players go on to play collegiately.
In 1973 his Greyhounds were state Class A champions, going 14-0.
Homer Goins was a 1962 graduate of Evarts High School and is a member of the Evarts High School Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Paris High School Hall of Fame in 1987.