When people talk about Lexington football they talk about Gil Rector.
In his 30 years leading the Minutemen, his teams won 231 games, 10 Missouri River Valley Conference Championships, 13 district championships and five state titles.
He was named the Missouri Class 2A Coach of the Year in 1976 and 1980 and the Class 3A Coach of the Year in 1994. He is in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The football Stadium at Lexington was named Gil Rector stadium in his honor in 1997. He currently resides in Lexington.