Kenny Dallas, who led Trinity Christian to a Class A Private championship in 2021, is the new head coach at reigning Class 3A-A private champion Hebron Christian.
Hebron Christian made the announcement Wednesday.
Dallas will replace Jonathan Gess, who led Hebron to a 12-2 finish and its first state championship last fall in his third year at the school in Dacula. Gess left Feb. 19 to become head coach at Southside Christian in South Carolina, his home state.
Dallas was Gess’ associate head coach from 2014-16 while the two were at Eagle’s Landing Christian. ELCA won state titles each of those three seasons.
From there, Dallas moved on to Trinity Christian, a school in Sharpsburg. Trinity Christian had little football success until Dallas led the Lions a state runner-up finish in 2017, his first season, in the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA).
Trinity joined the GHSA the follow year. The Lions' 2021 team was 14-0, averaged 53 points per game and defeated Prince Avenue Christian 55-28 for the Class A Private championship. Trinity defeated Gess’ ELCA team 48-45 in the semifinals.
“Very tough leaving Trinity after eight years,” Dallas told the AJC in a text message. “Came here when there had only been six graduating classes and was still in GISA. Been an incredible eight years. When I told my players this morning, they actually prayed for me, and I sat there and cried like a baby.
“As hard as all that was, my family is 100% unified that this is the right next move for us. So that has given me great confidence/peace.”
Dallas’s sons, quarterback David Dallas and receiver Josh Dallas, were all-state players from the 2021 championship team who signed with Georgia Southern.
Dallas also was head coach at Landmark Christian from 2001 to 2017 and won six region titles. Dallas is from Tennessee.
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