Football coaches at South Gwinnett, Alexander and most notably Blessed Trinity resigned this week, bringing to 38 the number of reported job openings this offseason.
South Gwinnett’s Steve Davenport stepped down after four seasons at the Gwinnett County school where his teams were 16-26 over four seasons, including a 5-5 finish in 2020. Davenport, a former Southwest DeKalb and Georgia Tech player, has an 81-59 career record and reached quarterfinals or better previously at Decatur and Woodland of Stockbridge.
Alexander’s Matt Combs resigned after 11 seasons in Douglas County. His teams were 63-56 with seven playoff appearances. His 2020 team was 6-4. Combs, originally from Arizona, said he wanted to devote more time to family and doesn’t expect to coach next season.
Blessed Trinity’s Tim McFarlin resigned Thursday morning after 10 seasons, three of which ended in state titles (2017, 2018, 2019).
Only four of the 38 have been filled official. The most recent took place at North Springs, which hired Etowah defensive coordinator Dan Devine.
Also newsworthy this week was Christian Heritage’s hire of Hal Lamb to become athletic director of development Lamb retired two seasons ago after a long career as football coach at Calhoun, where he won three state titles. Christian Heritage is a Class A school in Dalton.
Below are 38 head coaching openings with their former coach and hires. This does not include East Forsyth, which will open in the fall.
Alexander - Former coach: Matt Combs
Appling County - Rick Tomberlin
Banneker - Former coach: Lou George
Blessed Trinity - Former coach: Tim McFarlin
Crawford County - Former coach: Jhon Smith
Dalton - Former coach: Matt Land
Eagle’s Landing - Former coach: Shawn Jones
Effingham County - Former coach: Buddy Holder
Fellowship Christian - Former coach: Al Morrell
Gilmer - Former coach: Kevin Saunders
Hardaway - Former coach: Michael Woolridge
Harrison - Former coach: Matt Dickmann
Heard County - Former coach: Tim Barron; New coach: Shane Lasseter
Jordan - Former coach: Joseph Kegler
Lamar County - Former coach: Jeff Sloan
Landmark Christian - Former coach: Mike Sherrard
Locust Grove - Former coach: Clint Satterfield
Long County - Former coach: John Pollock
McDonough - Former coach: Eric Solomon
Monroe - Former coach: Charles Truitt
Monticello - Former coach: Roderick Jackson
Morgan County - Former coach: Bill Malone
North Springs - Former coach: Scotty Parker. New coach: Dan Devine
Oglethrope County - Former coach: Ronnie Harris
Osborne - Former coach: Russell Isham
Pickens - Former coach: Jeff Nelson
Rockdale County - Former coach: Derek Coggin
Seminole County - Former coach: Trey Woolf
South Cobb - Former coach: Terry Jones
South Forsyth - Former coach: Jeff Arnette. New coach: Troy Morris
South Gwinnett - Former coach: Steve Davenport
Stockbridge - Former coach: Steve Boyd
Tift County - Former coach: Ashley Anders
Villa Rica - Former coach: Christian Hunnicutt. New coach: Tim Barron
Walker - Former coach: Aaron Dobbins
Westside (Augusta) - Former coach: Jon Wiley
Woodland (Stockbridge) - Former coach: Bryan Bailey
Woodstock - Former coach: Brent Budde
