Openings this week at Berkmar and Lakeside-Evans bring to 57 the number of GHSA schools that will have new football coaches this fall.
Thirty jobs have been filled, most recently Adam Clack to Parkview and Adrico Hines to Hughes. (List below.)
Hines’ move to return to the school he led to a 2022 state title as offensive coordinator opened up the Berkmar job.
Another big hire this week was Parkview’s hiring of former Milton coach Adam Clack.
Lakeside-Evans’ Steve Hibbitts was announced Tuesday as head coach at Aiken, S.C. Lakeside is coming off a 10-2 finish, its best in 2009.
Hires at Midtown and Washington in Atlanta, Sprayberry in Cobb County and at Luella are believed to be imminent, but they have not named their choices.
Coaching changes are far from finished. In recent years, the number of coaching hires has averaged about 90. There were 80 last season and 105 the season before. There are 415 GHSA schools that play football.
Georgia high school football coaching changes
Alpharetta - Jason Kervin. New coach: Brian Landis (former West Georgia defensive coordinator)
Armuchee - Eric Belew
Banneker - Braxton Kelly
Berkmar - Andrico Hines
Berrien - Ken Eldridge
Brookwood - Philip Jones. New coach: Chad Nighbert (former Brookwood defensive coordinator)
Calvary Day - Mark Stroud. New coach: Jason Cameron (former promoted offensive coordinator)
Cedar Grove - Roderick Moore. New coach: Richard Freeman (former Drew defensive coordinator)
Cedar Shoals - Leroy Ryals
Cedartown - Jamie Abrams
Central Gwinnett - Larry Harold. New coach: Terrence Banks (former Greene County head coach)
Chattahoochee County - Bruce Figgins
Commerce - Mark Hollars. New coach: Lenny Gregory (former Gordon Central head coach)
Crisp County - Lawrence Smith
Dalton - Kit Carpenter. New coach: Chris Prewett (former Roswell head coach)
Dawson County - Sid Maxwell. New coach: Jaybo Shaw (former Greenville, S.C., head coach)
Elbert County - Shannon Jarvis. New coach: Andy Dyer (former Elbert County offensive coordinator)
Emanuel County Institute - Chris Kearson. New coach: Chad Harper (former ECI assistant)
Etowah - Matt Kemper. New coach: Brett Vavra (former Sprayberry head coach)
Flowery Branch - Jason Tester. New coach: Michael Perry (former Union County head coach)
Gordon Central - Lenny Gregory
Greene County - Terrence Banks. New coach: Darius Robinson (former Valdosta assistant)
Griffin - Clifford Fedd
Grovetown - Cory Evans
Heritage-Ringgold - EK Slaughter. New coach: Jeremy New (former defensive coordinator on staff)
Hiram - Pete Fominaya
Josey - Lawrence Pinkney
KIPP Atlanta - James Brisco
Lakeside-Evans - Steve Hibbitts
Hughes - Daniel Williams. New coach: Andrico Hines (former Berkmar head coach)
Lithia Springs - Corey Jarvis. New coach: Ben Arnold (former Hughes defensive coordinator)
Loganville - Gene Cathcart/Stephen Smith. New coach: Nic Snowden (former North Cobb defensive coordinator)
Luella - Craig Coleman
Marietta - Richard Morgan. New coach: Cameron Duke (former Edgewater, Fla., head coach)
Marion County - Billy Law
Meadowcreek - Todd Wofford. New coach: Johnny Burdette (former Meadowcreek assistant)
Midtown - Leroy Hood
Mount Paran Christian - Matt Ely
Murray County - Kurt Napier. New coach: Jason Allen (former Marietta defensive coordinator)
Norcross - Keith Maloof. New coach: Corey Richardson (former Norcross assistant)
Northside-Warner Robins - Ben Bailey. New coach: Daniel Williams (former Hughes head coach)
Northview - Scott Schwarzer
Pace Academy - Nick Bach
Parkview - Joe Sturdivant. New coach: Adam Clack (former Paris Musketeers OC/Former Milton head coach)
Pataula Charter - Sam Brown
Pebblebrook - Michael Woolridge
Pelham - Leonard Guyton
Roswell - Chris Prewett. New coach: Jonathan Thompson (former Lee County offensive coordinator)
Savannah Country Day - Roc Batten. New coach: Joey Blackmore (former SCD assistant athletic director)
Schley County - Darren Alford
South Forsyth - Troy Morris. New coach: James Thomson (former South Florida assistant for high school relations)
Southeast Whitfield - Todd Murray. New coach: Jesse Peppers (former Chattooga assistant)
Sprayberry - Brett Vavra
Union County - Michael Perry
Veterans - Josh Ingram. New coach: Steve DeVoursney (former Orange Beach, Ala., assistant)
Washington - Justin Rivers. New coach: Ken Quinn (former Douglas County offensive coordinator)
Westminster - Gerry Romberg. New coach: Nelson Stewart (former Isidore Newman, La., head coach)
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