North Hall on Friday announced the hiring of Sean Pender, who was Stetson Bennett’s high school football coach and led Brunswick to its first 10-win season this century in 2021.
Seckinger, the newest school in Gwinnett County, hired Loganville offensive coordinator Aaron Hill in a move approved Thursday evening. He was on Grayson’s staff during the 2020 Class 7A championship season.
Pender and Hill are the 30th and 31st football coaches hired by GHSA teams this offseason. There have been 56 openings.
In another recent hire, Meadowcreek took on Collins Hill assistant head coach and passing game coordinator Todd Wofford. Wofford was Central Gwinnett’s head coach 2010 to 2019.
Pender had been at Brunswick for five seasons. His teams were 35-21 overall and 11-1 with a Region 2-6A championship this past season.
Pender also has been head coach at Pierce County, Crisp County and Brantley County. He was the head coach of two University of Georgia starters in the national championship game victory over Alabama. Bennett played for Pender at Pierce County, and tackle Warren McClendon played for him at Brunswick.
North Hall was 6-5 last season under David Bishop, who had guided the Trojans since 2014. North Hall has made the playoffs each of the past seven seasons but hasn’t gone past the second round since 2012.
Below are the 56 reported openings and 31 hires. A typical offseason will see as many as 90-100 openings and hires.
ACE Charter: Sam Zenders (Hired Keith Hatcher)
Adairsville: Erc Bishop (Hired Jonathan Cudd)
Archer: Andy Dyer
B.E.S.T. Academy: Josh Moore
Bacon County: Keith Gosse (Hired Mark Wilson)
Berkmar: Willie Gary
Brookstone: Blair Harrison (Hired Rance Gillespie)
Brunswick: Sean Pender
Colquitt County: Justin Rodgers (Hired Sean Calhoun)
Cook: Jamie Rodgers (Hired Byron Slack)
East Paulding: Billy Shackelford (Hired Chris Hirschfield)
Gainesville: Heath Webb (Hired Josh Niblett)
Greene County: Larry Milligan (Hired Terrence Banks)
Greenville: Tyler Wynn
Groves: James Latimore
Harris County: Jamie Fox
Hart County: Rance Gillespie (Hired Cory Dickerson)
Heritage-Conyers: Eddie Snell
Houston County: Ryan Crawford (Hired Jeremy Edwards)
Jasper County: Aaron Pitts (Hired Ashley Henderson)
Jefferson: Gene Cathcart
Jordan: Dale Overton
Kell: Brett Sloan (Hired Bobby May)
Kendrick: Andre Slappey
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe: Bo Campbell
Lanier: David Willingham
Locust Grove: Mark Miller
Lumpkin County: Caleb Sorrells (Hired Heath Webb)
McIntosh: Lee Belknap (Hired Derek Smith)
Meadowcreek: Terrance Banks (Hired Todd Wofford)
Midtown: Kevin Clark
Milton: Adam Clack (Hired Ben Reaves)
Mount de Sales: Keith Hatcher (Hired Gray Yates)
Mundy’s Mill: Dewayne Davis (Hired Earthwind Moreland)
Murray County: Chadwick Brewer
North Hall: David Bishop (Hired Sean Pender)
Ola: Ryan Angel
Pace Academy: Chris Slade
Paulding County: Van Spence (Hired Umbrah Brown)
Peachtree Ridge: Reggie Stancil
Pelham: Lamar Landing
Rabun County: Jaybo Shaw (Hired Michael Davis)
Ridegland: Kip Klein (Hired Craig Pritchett)
Seckinger: New school (Hired Aaron Hill)
Stratford Academy: Mark Farriba (Hired Chance Jones)
Sumter County: Ross Couch
Taylor County: Robert Yevak (Hired Brandon Byram)
Temple: Scotty Ward (Hired Cory Nix)
Thomas County Central: Ashley Henderson (Hired Justin Rogers)
Tucker: James Thomson
Turner County: Kevious Johnson
Washington County: Joel Ingram
Wayne County: Ken Cribb (Hired Jaybo Shaw)
Westlake: Bobby May
White County: Tim Cokely (Hired Chad Bennett)
Woodland-Cartersville: Tony Plott (Hired Brandon Haywood)
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