page_title: Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida) / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: Lincoln High School Football helmet.
context_page_description: Lincoln High School is a public high school located in Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida. It offers an accelerated Advanced Placement program. In 2010, Newsweek ranked Lincoln High School as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States.
context_section_description: Lincoln High School's football program has been recognized at the national level as an elite high school program. Lincoln was named by Bleacher Report as the #4 top football factory in the nation for high school recruits. In 2012, Lincoln gained national exposure by beating St. Paul High School (Covington, Louisiana) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Kickoff Classic. In 2013, Lincoln participated in a kickoff classic game on ESPN, defeating South Gwinnett High School.
  Lincoln has won state championships in 1999, 2001, and 2010.
  Lincoln was state finalist in 1999, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012.
  Lincoln was regional champion in 1989, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.
  Lincoln was district champion in 1989, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  Lincoln was city champion of Tallahassee in 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  Lincoln's football team won the 1999 6A state championship by defeating Miami Southridge High School at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. In 2001, Lincoln won their 2nd state title, this time in the 4A classification, by defeating St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Doak Campbell Stadium. In 2008, Lincoln finished as state runner-up, losing to Plant High School from Tampa. In 2010, Lincoln brought home the 4A State Championship with a win over Seffner Armwood High School in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The 2012 Lincoln Trojans finished as state runner-up after being defeated by St. Thomas Aquinas High School in the Citrus Bowl.
  Kevin Carter, Antonio Cromartie, Zach Piller, Boo Williams, PJ Alexander, Craphonso Thorpe, Pat Watkins, Don Pumphrey, Jr., Padric Scott, Jawanza Starling, B. J. Daniels and Omari Hand have represented the Trojans in the National Football League.
  After the 2009 football season, the school was named a "Nike Elite" program, which includes a multi-year contract with Nike and makes the Trojans the only Nike Elite school in northern Florida, one of only five schools in the state to earn the honor, and one of 45 in the nation.
  The boys' soccer team won the 1996 Class 6A State Championship. They also were the 1995 State runners-up to Bloomingdale High School and the 2005 State runners-up to Auburndale High School.  In 2010, they reached the Final Four.
  In baseball, Lincoln has had eight players selected out of high school by the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft:
  1965: Thomas Lomack was selected by the Cleveland Indians
  1986: Reggie Jefferson, Cincinnati Reds
  2003: Clegg Snipes, Pittsburgh Pirates
  2004: Michael Criswell, Colorado Rockies; Joe Bauserman, Pittsburgh Pirates
  2006: Cole Figueroa and J.C. Figueroa, Toronto Blue Jays
  2012: Raphael Andrades, Kansas City Royals
  In 2003, Lincoln finished as state runner-up in the 5A classification after losing the championship game to Lakewood Ranch High School.
  In 2007 the boys' lacrosse team became the first public school team in Tallahassee to defeat the Maclay School Marauders. The team won its first district title during the 2009–2010 season by defeating Leon and Chiles.  They finished the year as one of the last eight teams playing in the state, eventually falling to the Bolles School in the regional final.  The team is coached by Mark Williams. 
  Lincoln's dominant wrestling team is ran by head coach Mike Crowder. Coach Crowder's teams at Lincoln have combined for a 305–74 record, with 1 State Champion, 6 State Finalists, and 29 Individual State place winners. His teams have been Regional Champions 6 times, Regional Runner-ups 7 times, District Champions 17 times, District Runner-ups 4 times, and City Champions for 21 years.
  Coach Crowder helped establish the FHSAA State Dual Meet Tournament, in which his team qualified in its inaugural year in 2017. Because of these accomplishments on and off the mat, Mike has been recognized many times by his peers. He has been North West Florida Coach of the year 4 times, All Big Bend Coach of the year 10 time
caption: Lincoln Football helmet
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