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2022 Football Coaching Changes
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New Hires: Nineteen Best Hire: Ryan Lolley, Northridge Hardest to Replace: Patrick Browning, Pike Road Best Job: St. Paul's Toughest Job: Columbia |
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Most Interesting: Steve Mask decided to move north to Pell
City after winning four state championships at St. Paul's over the past ten
seasons. Pell City has won just a single playoff game since 2005 so this
will be interesting to watch over the next few seasons. At one point during
the off season, after Coach Mask had accepted the job at Pell City, rumors
swirled on twitter for a couple days that he was on the move again to
Eufaula. Mask refuted the rumors and stated he was never offered the job. | |||||||
| 2022 Coaching Changes | |||||
| One third of all the head
coaching positions in 6A changed hands during the off season.
Eight of the new coaching hires in 6A were head coaches at a different
school last season. Ten were assistant coaches. Coach Bear Woods arrives in Wetumpka after playing football in the CFL last season.
With Mike Vickery taking the Pelham head coaching job, Ryan Lolley arrives in Northridge after nine seasons at Gordo where he built the Green Wave into a consistent winner. His teams averaged winning eleven games a season. Northridge has only won ten games in any season once. | |||||
| Team | 2021 Season | 2022 Season | |||
| Benjamin Russell (3-7) | Aubrey Blackwell | Smitty Grider | |||
| Blount (3-7) | Dedrick Sumpter | Josh Harris | |||
| Blount (3-7) | Dedrick Sumpter | Josh Harris | |||
| Brookwood (12-1) | Brad Black | Mike Bramblett | |||
| Calera (7-4) | Jason Hamlin | Jason Hamlin | |||
| Calera (7-4) | Jason Hamlin | Jason Hamlin | |||
| Central Tuscaloosa (3-7) | Rodney Bivens Jr. | Rodney Bivens Jr. | |||
| Chilton County (3-7) | Tal Morrison | Marvin Morton | |||
| Columbia (0-10) | Nicholas Wells | Josh LouAllen | |||
| Gaston (10-3) | Chad Eads | Chad Eads | |||
| Hartselle (10-1) | Bryan Moore | Bryan Moore | |||
| Hazel Green (3-7) | Joel Schrenk | Charlie Wilburn | |||
| Huffman (2-8) | William F. Smith | Greg Patterson. | |||
| Huffman (2-8) | William F. Smith | Marlon Bush | |||
| Jackson-Olin (9-3) | Tim Vakakes | Jamaal Bess | |||
| Jackson-Olin (9-3) | Tim Vakakes | Jamaal Bess | |||
| Jackson-Olin (9-3) | Tim Vakakes | Jamaal Bess | |||
| McGill-Toolen (7-5) | Norman Joseph | Norman Joseph | |||
| Mortimer Jordan (2-8) | Stuart Floyd | Dustan Goode | |||
| Murphy (2-8) | Rico Jackson | John McKenzie | |||
| Murphy (2-8) | Rico Jackson | John McKenzie | |||
| Murphy (2-8) | Rico Jackson | John McKenzie | |||
| Northridge (7-4) | Mike Vickery | Ryan Lolley | |||
| Northridge (7-4) | Mike Vickery | Ryan Lolley | |||
| Northside (10-2) | Chris Hilliker | Ryan Lolley | |||
| Park Crossing (2-8) | L.C. Cole | Ty Lockett | |||
| Park Crossing (2-8) | L.C. Cole | Ty Lockett | |||
| Park Crossing (2-8) | L.C. Cole | Ty Lockett | |||
| Pelham (7-4) | Tom Causey | Mike Vickery | |||
| Pelham (7-4) | Tom Causey | Mike Vickery | |||
| Pell City (7-4) | Tom Causey | Mike Vickery | |||
| Pell City (2-8) | Wayne Lee | Mike Vickery | |||
| Pell City (2-8) | Wayne Lee | Steve Mask | |||
| Percy Julian (2-8) | Wayne Lee | Steve Mask | |||
| Percy Julian (8-3) | Eric Hudson | Steve Mask | |||
| Pike Road (14-0) | Patrick Browning | Ed Rigby | |||
| Pike Road (14-0) | Patrick Browning | Ed Rigby | |||
| Pinson Valley (9-4) | Sam Shade | Lee Guess | |||
| Pinson Valley (9-4) | Sam Shade | Lee Guess | |||
| Pinson Valley (9-4) | Sam Shade | Lee Guess | |||
| Robertsdale (3-7) | Kyle Stanford | Kyle Stanford | |||
| Robertsdale (3-7) | Kyle Stanford | Kyle Stanford | |||
| Russellville (6-4) | Dillon Griggs | Dillon Griggs | |||
| Sidney Lanier (2-8) | Marvin Cunningham | Derone Fagan | |||
| Spanish Fort (10-2) | Ben Blackmon | Chase Smith | |||
| Spanish Fort (10-2) | Ben Blackmon | Chase Smith | |||
| Sparkman (4-7) | Laron White | Chase Smith | |||
| St. Pauls (8-4) | Steve Mask | Ham Barnett | |||
| Stanhope Elmore (5-5) | Brian Bradford | Brian Bradford | |||
| Straughn (5-5) | Brian Bradford | Brian Bradford | |||
| Theodore (10-2) | Eric Collier | Eric Collier | |||
| Thomasville (5-6) | Greg Crager | Eric Collier | |||
| Wetumpka (5-6) | Tim Perry | Bear Woods | |||
| Wetumpka (5-6) | Tim Perry | Bear Woods | |||
| White Plains (3-7) | Chandler Tyree | Bear Woods | |||
| Woodlawn (1-9) | Gentrell Eatman | Gentrell Eatman | |||
| Woodville (0-10) | Matt Sanders | Gentrell Eatman | |||
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Steve Mask arrives in Pell City with 210 coaching victories in Alabama. He
also picked up four state championship trophies in his last stop at St.
Paul's in Mobile. That gives him as many as all the other coaches on our
list combined. The only other coaches with a blue map are Scott Rials 2011
at Elba, Scott Basden 2007 at Cordova, Reuben Nelson 2016 at Ramsay and Ed
Rigby 2015 at Elba. Smitty Grider at Benjamin Russell, Ryan Lolley at Northridge and Ed Rigby at Pike Road are on our list and all will have new jobs this season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Longest Tenure at Current School | ||||||||||||||||
| Jere Adcock is tied with three other coaches for
the longest tenure at the same school in Alabama with twenty seven years at
Decatur. Coach Adcock's teams at Decatur have gone a combined 178-117 over
the past 26 seasons. They are 15-20 in the playoffs and have won seven
region championships. The 57 schools in 6A average 4.2 years each with their current head football coach. Only five coaches have been at their current school for more than ten seasons. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coaching Turnover 2000-2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The lack of success in most football programs often leads to a change in the head coach. These schools have had the most head coaching changes over the past 23 years. The biggest surprise on this list has to be McGill-Toolen with nine different coaches during this time. The Yellow Jackets quailfied for the playoffs in every season except one and actually won a championship in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Parker
AHSFHS.org
dparker@ahsfhs.org
Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
The first football game played by a high school team in Alabama was in 1892 when Central Birmingham (Phillips) lost to Alabama 56-0 on November 11.
The first football game played by a high school team in Alabama was in 1892 when Central Birmingham (Phillips) lost to Alabama 56-0 on November 11.
