Noles began his assistant football coaching career at Boaz at the age of 17, became a defensive coordinator at 19 and was named head coach of his alma mater when he was 26. He served as head baseball and head basketball coach for over 20 years. His Boaz teams finished a combine 80-63. He took the Pirates to the state playoffs eight times in 13 seasons.

In six seasons at Etowah, Noles guided the Blue Devils to 52-19 record (including a 34-6 mark in region play), two region titles and two appearances in the state quarterfinals.

Under Noles from 2019 to 2022, Westbrook went 27-17 overall and twice qualified for the state playoffs.

After 32 years of high school coaching, including the last four as Westbrook Christian head football coach and athletic director, Drew Noles recently decided to retire from the sidelines.