State Championship Coaches Among Those Leaving for New Teams
The new year has brought about several head coaching changes among Georgia high school football programs. Several of the coaches changing schools recently won state championships.
Last week, ITG Next broke the news that Daniel “Boone” Williams had left Langston Hughes to take over as the head football coach at Northside High School in Warner Robins. Williams replaces former Northside head coach Ben Bailey, who resigned after the 2024 season ended.
As of Jan. 17, a total of 51 changes involving Georgia high school football head coaches have occurred.
Williams is among the coaches who have won recent state championships who are moving on.
Lenny Gregory led Collins Hill to the 2021 Class 7A state championship and had most recently coached at Gordon Central. Gregory is the new head coach at Commerce.
Richard Morgan led Marietta to a state championship in 2019. He resigned following the 2024 season. Replacing him as head coach is Cameron Duke, who comes from Edgewater High School in Orlando.
Keith Maloof led Norcross to two state championships over his 26-year career with the Blue Devils. Corey Richardson replaces Maloof as head coach.
Gerry Romberg led Westiminster to a 2015 state title. He retired after serving as the Wildcats’ coach for 33 years. The new Westminster head coach will be Nelson Stewart, who served as Arch Manning’s head coach at Isidore Newman, a New Orleans private school.
Other notable head coaching changes include the following:
- Chris Prewett left Roswell and was named the new head coach at Dalton.
- Philip Jones left Brookwood (Snellville).
- Josh Ingram left Veterans.
- Darren Alford left Schley County.
- Kurt Napier left Murray County.
Despite being a top destination for high school head football coaches from other states, Georgia has experienced high turnover at the position in recent years.
Last year there were a total of 80 coaching changes among high school head football coaches in Georgia. Two years ago, the churn of head football coaches exceeded 100.
ITG Next will keep you updated on future changes.
