2014-15 Football Coaching Changes
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Handley |
Class: 4A |
Region: 3 |
2014 Coach: Mike Battles Sr. |
2015 Coach: Larry Strain |
After eleven seasons at Handley, veteran head football coach Mike Battles Sr. stepped down from his duties. His teams went a combined 88-45 and reached the playoffs in all but two seasons. His best team, the 2011 squad went 15-0 and won a state championship. Battles, a thirty year veteran won 209 games at five different schools in Alabama. His overall record stands at 280-168-2 including seasons as a head coach in Georgia and Mississippi. |
Larry Strain leaves White Plains after only one season with the school where the team posted a 2-8 record in 2014. Previously he served as the head coach at Woodland for 15 years with a record of 100-78. His teams won two region championships and went 16-12 in the playoffs at Woodland. |
David Parker
AHSFHS.org
dparker@ahsfhs.org
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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.