Jared Mills stepped down as the head football coach to accept a job as an assistant coach at Central Florence. His two teams at Mars Hill went 3-17 without reaching the playoffs.

Darrell Higgins most recently served as the offensive coordinator and junior high coach at Deshler. He has been with the Deshler program for a total of 22 seasons.

Higgins graduated from Coffee in 1988 and played football at East Mississippi Community College before transferring to the University of North Alabama, where he earned a degree in business education.