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Robertsdale Golden Bears

Head Coach: Cris Bell (first season)
Career Record: 12 seasons, (65-64)
At Robertsdale: First season
Stadium: J.D. Sellers Stadium
2024 Enrollment:  1,143
Rank:  28th in the AHSAA, 28th in Class 7A

 History 
Overall Record:   315-561-31   (36.0%)
Last 25 years:   61-193   (24.0%)  (Rank: 370th in the AHSAA, 32nd in Class 7A)
Since 2010:   28-111  (20.1%)  (Rank: 380th in the AHSAA, 32nd in Class 7A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2004
Last Region Championship:   2001
Last Winning Season:   2001
Last Losing Season:   2023

 2023 
Class:  6A              Region:   1
Record:  0-10    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   0-8, (ninth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  67 (6.7)
Defense:  466 (46.6)


 2024 
Class: 7A              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 49-57 (46%) (281st in the AHSAA, 29th in Class 7A)
Region Strength:  41-35 (54%)
Non-Region Strength:  8-22 (27%)



 2023 Results 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  vs. Theodore  (6A)  *  0-42   L  
 9/8  @ Blount  (6A)  *  7-28   L  
 9/15  vs. McGill-Toolen  (6A)  *  0-59   L  
 9/22  @ Saraland  (6A)  *  0-66   L  
 9/29  vs. Alma Bryant  (7A)   6-34   L  
 10/5  vs. Murphy  (6A)  *  27-39   L  
 10/13  @ St. Pauls  (6A)  *  14-54   L  
 10/20  @ Spanish Fort  (6A)  *  0-45   L  
 10/27  @ Mary Montgomery  (7A)   0-56   L  
 11/3  @ Baldwin County  (6A)  *  13-43   L  

 2024 Schedule 
 8/23  vs. Chickasaw  (2A)       
 8/29  vs. Elberta  (5A)       
 9/6  vs. Foley  (7A)  *      
 9/13  @ Mary Montgomery  (7A)  *      
 9/20  vs. Fairhope  (7A)  *      
 9/27  @ Orange Beach  (4A)       
 10/4  @ Baker  (7A)  *      
 10/11  @ Davidson  (7A)  *      
 10/18  vs. Alma Bryant  (7A)  *      
 10/25  @ Daphne  (7A)  *      
 11/1   OPEN 


Class  7A Region  1
Team 2023 Record Region Scoring                            
Mary Montgomery (7A) 12-1 6-0413-125
Baker (7A) 8-3 5-1357-276
Daphne (7A) 6-5 4-2336-292
Davidson (7A) 5-6 3-3333-455
Foley (7A) 5-5 2-4323-366
Fairhope (7A) 3-7 1-5164-223
Alma Bryant (7A) 2-8 0-6186-275
Robertsdale (6A) 0-10 0-867-466

 2024 Preview 


       Robertsdale finished the 2023 season with a disappointing 0-10 record. Last year Robertsdale finished ninth in Class 6A region one with a 0-8 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Golden Bears have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2004 season and would love to end that streak this year. The Golden Bears last playoff victory came during the 2001 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Robertsdale averaged scoring just 6.7 points a game. The Golden Bears also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 46.6 points a game.

       The Golden Bears would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 0-20 record. Since 2010, the Robertsdale football program has struggled with a record of 28-111.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Robertsdale has not won much with a record of 61-193. Their 24.0% winning percentage ranks 32nd in Class 7A and 370th in the AHSAA. The Golden Bears have struggled on the football field with only two winning seasons during this time. Their last winning season was 2001.

Coaching Change:
     Kyle Stanford  leaves Robertsdale with a record of 8-31 in four seasons leading the program. None of his teams reached the playoffs in region one. Next year the Golden Bears will move up to 7A which will prove even more difficult for the struggling program in Baldwin County. The Bears last won a playoff game back in 2001 and have not produced a winning season during the past 22 years under five different head coaches.

2024 Head Coach:
    Cris Bell  resigned from his head coaching job at Scottsboro to take over the same duties at Robertsdale in February. He spent three seasons in Scottsboro and the previous nine years at Oak Mountain. His overall record in twelve seasons is 65-64. Over the course of his career, Coach Bell's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of six times .

Season Outlook:

       The Robertsdale Golden Bears will play in Class 7A region one during the 2024 season. The Golden Bears move up in classification to Class 7A. They may find the going slightly tougher with the move.

      

       The Golden Bears enter the 2024 season in the middle of a 24 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

       The Bears have never been a dominate force of the football field but back-to-back 0-10 seasons are rock bottom in Robertsdale.

       A new coaching staff and a renewed outlook will hopefully give the fans something to cheer about very soon. Population growth in the area may assist them in their efforts as most of the land south of the town has been claimed and more folks will be moving to the area in the coming years. They have nowhere to go but up.

       The Bears return five starters from last year to the offense and four on defense. So Coach Cris Bell will need to fill a bunch of positions early this fall to give the Bears a chance at turning around a struggling football program. They do have a group of newcomers they think will be able to help right away this season. He is very optimistic and energetic about the possibilities.

       Coach Bell said about his Golden Bears ''Much improvement is needed in all 3 phases of the game. If we can establish the foundation of who we want to be as a program - physical, tough minded, tenacious - we have a shot. A complete overhaul both physically and mentally is needed, and to this point, our kids are committed to making the changes necessary to change outcomes. Will be fun to watch the metamorphosis.''

    This season, the Golden Bears will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region one. After not winning a single game last year, the goal at Robertsdale will be to simply win some games.

Returning Starters:
NEWCOMERS: RB Quinderius Shields, ATH Jalyn Coats, DE/OLB Demetrius Prim, OL Eli Rogers, Wheylan Williams

Season Opener:
       The Golden Bears open the 2024 season at home against non-region opponent Chickasaw on Friday, August 23 at J.D. Sellers Stadium. Last year the Chickasaw Chieftains finished with an overall record of 5-6 and in third place in Class 2A region one. The Chieftains lost in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs to Thorsby by a score of 50-16.

       This will be the second meeting between Robertsdale and Chickasaw on the football field. The Golden Bears have a 1-0-0 record against the Chieftains. They last met in with

  


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