Douglas Don Simmons hired as head coach. Simmons served 34 years as a head football coach in Arkansas and Kansas. He has 199 wins and won a Kansas state championship in 1990. He comes to Douglas from Piggott, Arkansas, where he spent last season as offensive coordinator.
In a stunning development Tuesday night, Talladega football coach Ted Darby was not approved as White Plains? new football coach by the Calhoun County school board.