ITG-SEGA / September 2016
As the Bears Basketball team is in a rebuilding stage, they now have a new coach: Joseph “Shan” Garner. Coach Garner, who has had large success as a coach in the past, is coming to the Pierce County Bears basketball team. Coach Garner is hopefully the cure for the unproductive basketball team. Coach Garner is excited to see what the team can do this year, saying, “I am very excited. Our numbers are good, we had a very successful summer (17-10 record) and that leads me to believe we can do good this year”.
Coach Garner and his wife individually have jobs at PCHS. His wife Maria is the Spanish teacher for Pierce County High in her 20th year. The Garners have two kids at PCHS, with their daughter Gabby and son Grant (11th and 9th). Coach Garner has had a great history in success with an overall record of 216-90 in 18 seasons as a basketball coach (Lowndes girls, Echols County boys). Garner spent 10 of those years as a girls’ basketball coach, and eight as a boys’ basketball coach. Coach Garner has been coach of the year three times and is easy to respect as a person and coach. Garner has had 28 students earn scholarships to play basketball for numerous schools including Arkansas and West Kentucky.
The Bears look forward to what Coach Garner has to offer for the basketball team and for the community, including player Ziggy Shider (#12) who believes the Bears are “gonna be great”. Coach Garner will have our trust to help the PCHS basketball team become something to watch. You can expect Coach Garner to revamp the Bears into something special in time to come and make the students and families excited for what is to come for the Pierce County Bears.
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