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2024 Class 7A Coaching Changes 


2024 Head Football Coaching Changes

Faith Academy


     Jack French accepted the head coaching position at Faith Academy in 2018 and quickly turned around the fortunes of the football program. His six teams went 55-20 and qualified for the playoffs at the end of each season. His 2020 and 2022 squads reached the semifinals. Three of his teams won at least ten games.

French retired following the 2023 football season with a record of 314-140-2 in 40 years as a head football coach in Mississippi and Alabama. His playoff record was 32-21.


2024 Season 

     Erik Speakman spent the last six seasons as the head football coach at Opelika with a record of 45-25 and 9-4 in the playoffs. Opelika made the jump up to 7A in 2022 and struggled against some of the best teams in the state with Auburn, Central PC, Dothan High and Enterprise in the same region.

He follows in the footsteps of Coach Jack French at Faith Academy.






David Parker
  AHSFHS.org
  dparker@ahsfhs.org







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