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2023 Football Coaching Changes
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New Hires: Thirteen Best Hire: Larry Boykin, Southern Choctaw Hardest to Replace: Houston Powell, Meek Best Job: Spring Garden Toughest Job: A.L. Johnson |
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Most Interesting: Houston Powell moves over to Marbury
after completely turning around the football fortunes at Meek the past couple
of seasons. The Tigers should be in good hands as they promoted their record
setting offensive coordinator for the 2023 season. Larry Boykin returning to Southern Choctaw has to have the town buzzing with anticipation. The programs greatest success came under Coach Boykin in the 1990s as the Indians captured three state championships. | |||||||
| 2023 Coaching Changes | |||||
| Class 1A saw thirteen head
coaching changes after the close of the
2022 football season. Many of those changes came late and over the
summer so teams will have little time to adapt to a new coach and system. Only
six of the new hires have any head football
coaching experience. Only two programs making changes at the top had a winning record last season. | |||||
| Team | 2022 Season | 2023 Season | |||
| A.L. Johnson (0-10) | Eugene Foster | Migeual Catlin | |||
| A.L. Johnson (0-10) | Eugene Foster | Migeual Catlin | |||
| Berry Fayette (2-8) | Hunter Mims | Hunter Mims | |||
| Brilliant (0-10) | Roger Satcher | Tanner Harris | |||
| Brilliant (0-10) | Roger Satcher | Tanner Harris | |||
| Carbon Hill (1-9) | Mark Cochran | Ervin Starr | |||
| Cedar Bluff (4-7) | Alan Beckett | Garrett Crane | |||
| Cedar Bluff (4-7) | Alan Beckett | Garrett Crane | |||
| Choctaw County (4-6) | Kendrick Office | Leon Walker | |||
| Donoho (4-6) | Jeremy Satcher | Jeremy Satcher | |||
| Florala (7-4) | Jordan Cantrell | Jordan Cantrell | |||
| Fruitdale (12-2) | Kyle Collins | John Hobbs | |||
| J.F. Shields (0-10) | Amari Dubose | Jerome Antone | |||
| Leroy (13-1) | Jason Massey | Jason Massey4/Chan Lowe | |||
| Leroy (13-1) | Jason Massey | Jason Massey4/Chan Lowe | |||
| Loachapoka (9-2) | Travis Lockett | Frederick Newton | |||
| McKenzie (1-8) | Ezell Powell | Brian Bradford | |||
| Meek (11-1) | Houston Powell | Daniel Evans | |||
| Notasulga (4-6) | Toby Greene | Anthony Jones | |||
| Pickens Academy (2-8) | Michael Smith | Adam Lawler | |||
| Piedmont (12-3) | Steve Smith | Michael Williams | |||
| Pleasant Home (2-8) | Cody Sellers | Cody Sellers | |||
| R.C. Hatch (4-7) | Cyontai Lewis | Eugene Foster | |||
| R.C. Hatch (4-7) | Cyontai Lewis | Eugene Foster | |||
| Shoals Christian (2-7) | Nicholas Simmons | Brett Vick | |||
| Shoals Christian (2-7) | Nicholas Simmons | Brett Vick | |||
| Southern Choctaw (3-7) | Jeremy Noland | Larry Boykin | |||
| Southern Choctaw (3-7) | Jeremy Noland | Larry Boykin | |||
| Spring Garden (10-2) | Jason Howard | Barrett Ragsdale | |||
| Sumiton Christian (5-5) | David Powell | Jeremy Moon | |||
| Sumiton Christian (5-5) | David Powell | Jeremy Moon | |||
| Sumter Central (0-8) | Scottie Jones | Jeremy Moon | |||
| Victory Christian (4-6) | Bruce Breland | Terry Etheredge | |||
| Victory Christian (4-6) | Bruce Breland | Terry Etheredge | |||
| Vigor (5-4) | Markus Cook | Terry Etheredge | |||
| Vina (0-9) | Luke Childers | Cody Renfrow | |||
| Vina (0-9) | Luke Childers | Cody Renfrow | |||
| Woodville (2-8) | Matt Sanders | Joel Poole | |||
| Woodville (2-8) | Matt Sanders | Joel Poole | |||
| Most Victories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Powell leads all 1A coaches with 239 victories at McAdory and Sumiton Christian. There are a lot of very good young head coaches at this level. The future is bright for these football programs no doubt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most Playoff Victories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach Boykin at Southern Choctaw leads the 1A coaches with 26 playoff wins. Most of those wins came in his last stint at the school between 1994-2006. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Longest Tenure at Current School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Howard stepped down in July after quietly building a great program at Spring Garden in his seventeen seasons as the head football coach. Rod Hudson at Hackleburg takes his place as the longest tenured coach in Class 1A. The average tenure for all 1A coaches is 4.2 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coaching Turnover 2000-2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 24 years. No schools have had more changes than J.F. Shields in any classification. Pickens County has been a consistent winner the past couple of decades but for some reason the Tornados have made nine coaching changes yet only gone through two losing seasons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Parker
AHSFHS.org
dparker@ahsfhs.org
Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
The Super 6 State Championships began in 1996. Since then all title games were played at Legion Field in Birmingham until 2009.
The Super 6 State Championships began in 1996. Since then all title games were played at Legion Field in Birmingham until 2009.
