Colquitt County Football Coach Off to Great Start

When Colquitt County football coach Justin Rogers was a junior at Greenville High School in Alabama, he began to understand what he wanted to do with his life. 

“I wanted to be a high school football and basketball coach,” Rogers said. 

And so began the path that would take him from a small farm in rural Alabama to becoming one of the most successful high school football coaches in Georgia. 

Rogers was born in tiny Greenville, Alabama, on the family farm.

“There was nothing but plenty of chickens, cows, and Rogers family members around us,” Rogers said. “In fact, where I grew up became known as Rogers Hill.”

He would live in Greenville his whole life, attending and graduating from Greenville High School, where somewhat surprisingly, football wasn’t a big part of his life.

“I played a little, but just wasn’t an elite player,” Rogers said. “But, that didn’t diminish my love for wanting to coach sports. I just loved the game, so I decided in my junior year of high school that’s what I was going to do.”

Rogers would go on to attend Troy State University, graduating in 2002.

It didn’t take long for Rogers to land his first coaching gig.

He had a couple of offers for entry level coaching positions, including one at his alma mater – Greenville High School.

“It was tempting, but I was hoping to find a coaching job in Georgia.”

Rogers had a sister who was involved in education in Georgia, and had told her brother about how Georgia could offer him perhaps a few more opportunities, and more money.

Read more of Roger’s journey to Colquitt County in our Georgia February/March 2021 magazine right here for FREE! This issue features Jabari Smith from Sandy Creek, Matthew Cleveland from Pace Academy, and more great athletes.

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