Coaching Hires Continue
Alabama high school football teams continue to hire their new coaches as March moves toward April and spring football practice. Bessemer...
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Mar 5, 20202 min read
Coaching Legend Robert Herring Passes Away
Robert Herring was a winner. You can call it what you like, but he was always a winner. He coached in 3 different states, and won in all...
Feb 21, 20201 min read
Sam Shade Hired at Pinson Valley
Former Alabama defensive back Sam Shade, who played on the Tides’s 1992 national championship team, has been named the new head football...
Feb 12, 20201 min read
Southside Gadsden Names Head Coach
Southside of Gadsden has named Montgomery Academy head coach Gary Nelson as their new head football coach. The Panthers are coming off a...
Feb 9, 20202 min read
Doug Goodwin Joins Ole Miss Staff
One of Alabama’s greatest high school coaches has joined Lane Kiffin’s coaching staff at Ole Miss. Doug Goodwin leaves the Auburn...
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Jamey Dubose Leaves Phenix City and Heads to Lowndes County Ga.
Central’s Jamey Dubose has ended his highly successful tenure and is headed to the state of Georgia. Dubose has resigned to take the job...
Jul 7, 20192 min read
Schools Name New Coaches as July Heats Up
The 2019 coaching carousel continued as summer workouts move into July. The Albertville Aggies lost head coach Dale Pruitt who took the...
Jun 23, 20191 min read
What Makes a Team Great
There is no doubting that Bill Parcells is one of football’s greatest coaches, regardless of the level of play. Parcells was definitely...
Jun 2, 20195 min read
Missing the Old School Coaches
Chris Metcalf is the regional sports editor of the Batavia Daily News in Batavia, New York. On May 22nd, he wrote a column about “old...
May 29, 20193 min read
Enthusiasm Could be the Key to Your Success This Year
Teams are finishing up school and get ready for summer and preseason practice. There are a lot of summer distractions and every coach...
May 20, 20193 min read
Coaching Hires Get Tougher as Summer Approaches
No school really cherishes looking for a new head football coach. Either your last coach left to take another job, retired, or the...
Apr 8, 20195 min read
Big Coaching Changes in North Alabama
There has been some major movements among the north Alabama coaching fraternity in the off season and there are still some schools...
Apr 4, 20191 min read
ALFCA Supports Straight Line Recruiting Program
The Alabama Football Coaches Association is supporting an effort to keep the high school football coach involved in the recruiting of the...
Apr 2, 20191 min read
New Coaches Dot the Landscape in Birmingham/Tuscaloosa Area
One month after Briarwood Christian’s legendary coach Fred Yancey retired, the Lions elevated Matthew Forester to the head job. Forester...
Mar 22, 20193 min read
7 Different Moves Change the Coaching Landscape in Mobile/Baldwin County Area
It has been a busy off season as the domino effect has led to more coaching turnover over the past few weeks. Several are quality leaders...
Mar 16, 20192 min read
3 Reasons That Coaches Get Fired
Understanding the important factors that allow you to get a quality coaching job can help you prepare for that opportunity when a job...
Mar 11, 20194 min read
Phil Lazenby Combined Military Experience with Athletics to Teach Life Lessons to Kids and is Headed
on March 9, 2019 in General by David Holtsford This is a reprint of an article on AHSAA.com by Bill Plott F BY BILL PLOTT Phil Lazenby...
Mar 6, 20193 min read
3 Reasons That Coaches Get Hired
Most coaches who have a desire to be a head football coach usually have a job that they consider to be their dream job. If you are one of...
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Can Two Dothan High Schools Find Success as One?
Long rumored and talked about, the Dothan City Schools finally made the decision in late November to combine Dothan High School and...
Jan 11, 20192 min read
Former Alabama High School Coach Chip Lindsey Named Head Coach of the Troy Trojans
When Troy started looking for a new head coach, they realized that they only had to look back at some of their great assistant coaches of...
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