2024 Class 3A Coaching Changes
2024 Head Football Coaching Changes | |
Region 2 Straughn - Ashley Kilcrease leaves Straughn after just three seasons with a record of 24-10 and three playoff appearances. His last team was his best as the Tigers finished the season with a 10-2 record before losing in the second round of the playoffs. His overall record at Brantley and Straughn stands at 72-26 with 10 playoff victories in eight seasons as a head football coach. 2024 Season - Garrett Windham was first team all-state at Straughn High School prior to his graduation in 2004. He also played football at Chattanooga where he was named Second Team All-SoCon by the leagues coaches his senior season. Windham returns to Straughn as the head football coach after serving as an assistant coach at Andalusia High School. Region 4 Dadeville - Roger McDonald 2024 Season - Chad McKelvey started as an assistant coach at Horseshoe Bend in 2005 moving to Dadeville as the offensive coordinator from 2008-2011. After leaving the sidelines he became the principal at Dadeville Elementary. For the last few years, McKelvey has been the principal at the Edward Bell Career Tech Center at Camp Hill. Region 7 Sheffield - Brian Dickerson 2024 Season - Johnny Wright Clements - Michael Parker 2024 Season - Vacant Region 8 Brindlee Mountain - Joshua Bailey 2024 Season - Jake Pittman Sylvania - Tyler Vann leaves Sylvania where he led his teams to a 28-10 record in just three seasons with the program. Each of his teams reached the playoffs with the past two winning ten games during the season. It was only the second time in school history Sylvania accomplished that feat. 2024 Season - Tanner Nelson has been named the Sylvania High football coach. He arrives after serving the past three seasons as the offensive coordinator of Collinsville. Elkmont - Chris Bunio parted ways with Elkmont just eight games into the 2023 football season. His record in the year and a half span was 5-13 at Elkmont. The staff completed the season serving in the head coaching role in 2023. The Red Devils have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2014 football season which was also the last winning season for the school. Since that year they will be hiring their fifth head football coach in 2024. 2024 Season - Joel Schrenk stepped down as the head football coach at Woodland in January. He led the football program the past two seasons with a record of 4-16. He leaves after a dozen seasons as the head coach at Falkville, Hazel Green and Woodland. His overall record stands at 60-66. Schrenk arrives in Elkmont in hopes of turning around a program that has struggled recently. |
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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
Bart Starr received coaching from Kentucky great Babe Parilli his senior season at Sidney Lanier in hopes of joining Bear Bryant at Kentucky. He had to settle for Alabama.
Bart Starr received coaching from Kentucky great Babe Parilli his senior season at Sidney Lanier in hopes of joining Bear Bryant at Kentucky. He had to settle for Alabama.