News

Mar 10, 2020
3 min

Coaching Hires Continue

Alabama high school football teams continue to hire their new coaches as March moves toward April and spring football practice. Bessemer ...

Mar 5, 2020
2 min

Coaching Legend Robert Herring Passes Away

Robert Herring was a winner. You can call it what you like, but he was always a winner. He coached in 3 different states, and won in all...

Feb 21, 2020
1 min

Sam Shade Hired at Pinson Valley

Former Alabama defensive back Sam Shade, who played on the Tides’s 1992 national championship team, has been named the new head football ...

Feb 12, 2020
1 min

Southside Gadsden Names Head Coach

Southside of Gadsden has named Montgomery Academy head coach Gary Nelson as their new head football coach. The Panthers are coming off a ...

Feb 9, 2020
2 min

Doug Goodwin Joins Ole Miss Staff

One of Alabama’s greatest high school coaches has joined Lane Kiffin’s coaching staff at Ole Miss. Doug Goodwin leaves the Auburn Univers...

Jan 13, 2020
1 min

Jamey Dubose Leaves Phenix City and Heads to Lowndes County Ga.

Central’s Jamey Dubose has ended his highly successful tenure and is headed to the state of Georgia. Dubose has resigned to take the job ...

Jul 8, 2019
2 min

Schools Name New Coaches as July Heats Up

The 2019 coaching carousel continued as summer workouts move into July. The Albertville Aggies lost head coach Dale Pruitt who took the j...

Jun 23, 2019
1 min

What Makes a Team Great

There is no doubting that Bill Parcells is one of football’s greatest coaches, regardless of the level of play. Parcells was definitely o...

Jun 3, 2019
5 min

Missing the Old School Coaches

Chris Metcalf is the regional sports editor of the Batavia Daily News in Batavia, New York. On May 22nd, he wrote a column about “old sc...

May 30, 2019
3 min

Enthusiasm Could be the Key to Your Success This Year

Teams are finishing up school and get ready for summer and preseason practice. There are a lot of summer distractions and every coach dea...

May 20, 2019
3 min

Coaching Hires Get Tougher as Summer Approaches

No school really cherishes looking for a new head football coach. Either your last coach left to take another job, retired, or the schoo...

Apr 8, 2019
5 min

Big Coaching Changes in North Alabama

There has been some major movements among the north Alabama coaching fraternity in the off season and there are still some schools needin...

Apr 4, 2019
1 min

ALFCA Supports Straight Line Recruiting Program

The Alabama Football Coaches Association is supporting an effort to keep the high school football coach involved in the recruiting of the...

Apr 2, 2019
1 min

New Coaches Dot the Landscape in Birmingham/Tuscaloosa Area

One month after Briarwood Christian’s legendary coach Fred Yancey retired, the Lions elevated Matthew Forester to the head job. Forester ...

Mar 22, 2019
3 min

7 Different Moves Change the Coaching Landscape in Mobile/Baldwin County Area

It has been a busy off season as the domino effect has led to more coaching turnover over the past few weeks. Several are quality leaders...

Mar 16, 2019
2 min

3 Reasons That Coaches Get Fired

Understanding the important factors that allow you to get a quality coaching job can help you prepare for that opportunity when a job bec...

Mar 11, 2019
4 min

Phil Lazenby Combined Military Experience with Athletics to Teach Life Lessons to Kids and is Headed

on March 9, 2019 in General by David Holtsford This is a reprint of an article on AHSAA.com by Bill Plott F BY BILL PLOTT Phil Lazenby le...

Mar 6, 2019
3 min

3 Reasons That Coaches Get Hired

Most coaches who have a desire to be a head football coach usually have a job that they consider to be their dream job. If you are one of...

Feb 26, 2019
2 min

Can Two Dothan High Schools Find Success as One?

Long rumored and talked about, the Dothan City Schools finally made the decision in late November to combine Dothan High School and North...

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Former Alabama High School Coach Chip Lindsey Named Head Coach of the Troy Trojans

When Troy started looking for a new head coach, they realized that they only had to look back at some of their great assistant coaches of...

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