On  November 3, 2023, Coach J.T. Curtis became the winningest coach in football history, securing his 622nd win against nationally recognized Edna Karr High School. Coach J.T. broke John McKissick's record of 621 wins. Midway through the 2023 season, his overall coaching record stands at 622 wins, 78 losses, and 6 ties in over 54 seasons. Coach J.T.'s father, John T. Curtis, Sr., founded John Curtis Christian School i in 1962. Coach J.T. became the head football coach in 1969 at the age of 22. In his first season, the Patriots football team finished 0-10 and scored only two touchdowns the entire season. The following season the Patriots made the playoffs and by 1973 they had their first appearance in the LHSAA quarterfinals. In 1975, Curtis led his team to the school's first football state championship, winning the game by only 1 point. Coach J.T.' built a program that has come a long way. His team has won 28 state championships to date, the most for any high school football program in Louisiana history,As of midway through the 2023 season, J.T. Curtis is currently the winningest high school football coach in Louisiana history, the winningest active high school football coach nationally, and the first-winningest high school football coach all-time nationally. Coach J.T. has coached 14 players who played in the NFL. He also had at least one player named first team all-state every year from 1975 to 2019, a state record. The Patriots won five consecutive state championships, the only team in Louisiana to ever do so, from 2004 to 2008. They have also won four consecutive titles once (1996–99) and three consecutive titles twice (1979–81, 1983–85).

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