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| jtoddo |
Posted - 12/14/2024 : 18:31:34
Talk about crazy, the school board is voting on Tuesday about relieving Addison Head Coach David Smothers of his duties as Head Coach at Addison. There is no claims of wrongdoing, no complaints of "coaching to hard" just he hasn't won enough and some parents don't like him.
The man has a 104-46 record in 13 seasons. He's made the playoffs 12 of his 13 years and folks are mad that he went 6-5 this season. Solution, fire the coach. Doesn't matter that his two-time all-state player and qb didn't play a down this year due to an injury suffered during last year's basketball season.
Some things just don't make sense. Who would want this job when a Addison graduate posts a 69% winning percentage and consistently makes the playoffs gets canned because he doesn't have an outgoing personality.
Sorry to go off on a tangent, but this is crazy. Before you ask, no I am not related to him, no I am not friends with him, I just cover the team for the local paper.
Any thoughts? |
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| jtoddo |
Posted - 04/07/2025 : 09:15:08
Not official but I hear from sources that pending School Board approval Addison has hired Mark Hastings, last year's Lynn Head Coach. Mr. Hastings left Lynn and took a head coaching position in Tennessee for this year. If approved, I am sure he will be, he will be Addison's 18th head coach in their storied history. Welcome aboard Mr. Hastings and I wish you the best. |
| jtoddo |
Posted - 04/03/2025 : 12:39:31
It does. |
| AthensRR |
Posted - 04/03/2025 : 08:37:03
Does this include the coach from out of state mentioned above or did that ship sail?
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Should know something fairly soon with Addison job opening. They are down to five finalists, with interviews this week. Two with head coaching experience and three assistant coaches. Can't release names yet due to being asked not to until the person is hired. Hopefully they can put this to rest and the community can get behind whomever is hired.
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| jtoddo |
Posted - 04/03/2025 : 00:46:19
Should know something fairly soon with Addison job opening. They are down to five finalists, with interviews this week. Two with head coaching experience and three assistant coaches. Can't release names yet due to being asked not to until the person is hired. Hopefully they can put this to rest and the community can get behind whomever is hired. |
| jtoddo |
Posted - 03/31/2025 : 19:37:37
Crickets |
| AthensRR |
Posted - 03/31/2025 : 10:05:25
Anything come of this?
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Fairly sure both officially declined. New name is a recent coach who retired from the state system this year and went and accepted a head coaching job in Tennessee. Trying to verify if rumor that he accepted the job is true.
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| jtoddo |
Posted - 03/17/2025 : 20:02:30
Fairly sure both officially declined. New name is a recent coach who retired from the state system this year and went and accepted a head coaching job in Tennessee. Trying to verify if rumor that he accepted the job is true. |
| jmcgill56 |
Posted - 03/17/2025 : 14:58:53
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
Has anything come of these 2 names at Addison? |
| AthensRR |
Posted - 03/03/2025 : 12:37:54
I figured they had a plan if they were going to fire him. I'm a little surprised nothing has come out. Seems like they may be struggling to find someone to take the job.
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Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
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| AthensRR |
Posted - 02/21/2025 : 09:24:07
Wow. Thanks for information. Please keep us updated. quote:
Originally posted by jtoddo
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct.
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| jtoddo |
Posted - 02/20/2025 : 21:55:29
Heard two names but don't want to say anything due to not being able to verify. One is active local head coach, who declined, second is retired local head coach who also supposedly declined. Again, don't know for sure that above is correct. |
| AthensRR |
Posted - 02/18/2025 : 16:11:00
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Originally posted by jtoddo
I guess a 13yr record of 104-46 isn't good enough.
Any idea on who may replace him? |
| jtoddo |
Posted - 02/11/2025 : 15:49:20
I guess a 13yr record of 104-46 isn't good enough.
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| jtoddo |
Posted - 02/11/2025 : 15:45:22
It's official, Winston County Board of Education fired Addison Head Coach David Smothers of his duties last night. No replacement named yet. |
| jtoddo |
Posted - 12/19/2024 : 19:05:21
I guess they are getting pushback because now the vote has been pushed back to Jan 6. |
| jtoddo |
Posted - 12/17/2024 : 19:15:18
Board meeting has been pushed back to Thursday now. |
| Sloth Nationzz |
Posted - 12/15/2024 : 02:11:25
Well if they move off him, some program is gonna get a heck of a football coach. Good luck to finding someone better if they make that move. Hard to beat that record and improve
Twitter handle(Or X whatever): Tp_hammock |
