Rance Gillespie, a 21-year head coach in Georgia, is Rabun County’s new football coach. The northeast Georgia mountain school made the announcement Monday.
Gillespie, a Rabun County alumnus, is a 21-year Georgia head coach with stops at five schools, most notably Peach County, where he won two state titles.
Gillespie was Georgia Southern’s offensive coordinator over separate stings in 2007-09 and 2016. He was head coach at Hart County (2017-21), Valdosta (2010-15), Peach (2001-06) and Banks County (1999-2000).
He left public schools in 2022 to coach at Brookstone, a GIAA school in Columbus.
Gillespie has won a state title, reached a semifinal or attained a 10-win season in all of his previous coaching stops except the first one at Banks.
His career coaching record is 170-91.
He played at Rabun County in the 1980s and was a four-year walk-on at Georgia.
Rabun County was 27-10 in three seasons under Michael Davis and 6-5 in 2024. Davis announced his retirement last month, though indicated that he wanted to stay on.
Rabun County has become a state power over the past decade with stars such as Atlanta Falcons player Charlie Woerner and Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton.
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