Coach Holmes left Escambia County following the 1961 football season to accept the head coaching job at Savannah High school in Georgia. He would return to Alabama after eleven seasons at the helm in Savannah. Holmes came back to Alabama in 1974 as the head football coach at Southside High School in Gadsden for two seasons. In 1976, Holmes retired from the Alabama schools system and moved to Georgia where his career continued. He served as the head football coach at Rabun County (1976-82) and Towns County (1983-84) before retiring from the sidelines. Coach spent the next 34 years teaching and coaching high school football in Alabama and Georgia. During his coaching career, he amassed a record of 209 wins, 130 losses and 24 ties. His teams also enjoyed five undefeated seasons during his tenure. He was five-time Coach of the Year and a three-time Coaches Association president. Coach Holmes retired in 1984 from Rabun County High School and spent his remaining years working at Tiger Mountain Vineyards in Clayton, Ga. He returned home to Glencoe in 2007 and passed away July 1, 2008. |