Scoring Points: Coaching Carousel

Hello everyone!

I know that high school football is technically over here in Georgia, but is it ever really over?

This off-season has just begun and already we are seeing coaching jobs come open left and right.

Gilmer Head Coach Kevin Saunders resigned a few weeks ago and just this past week we saw Pickens Head Coach Jeff Nelson step down. Nelson will remain with the team in some capacity, but the Head Coaching job is open.

If I were a betting man, I’d say that these aren’t the only local jobs that we will see come open.

Nelson did an outstanding job dealing with the pandemic and such a young group of kids that he had over in Pickens.

I am however excited to see what the right person can do with the Gilmer position. Those kids deserve better than finishing in the bottom half of their region every year. There’s enough talent over there to really compete.

I would also expect that some of the local assistants take a look at these jobs opening up in the surrounding area. There are a lot of comootent assistants on the Fannin and Union staff to name a few, and I think those guys will be getting a phone call.

Like I said though, I would bet that there are more jobs that open up this off season in this area. I think the coaching search for these local schools will be really fun to watch and to see what route the administration decided to take these programs.