![]() ![]() They go to Mobile, and they go to Birmingham, and now I see why they come to East Alabama. Athletically, when you start talking about college football, they go to certain places. “To me, that resonates loudly just in their passion, their caring about the sport and, I guess you could say, their complete interest in the sport. ![]() “Our kids at Anniston understand football. “What stood out to me was not only the athletic ability, but the ability to process information quick,” he said. His career has taken him through the Mobile and Birmingham areas, and he finds Calhoun County talent eye-opening. Jackson came on board after Rico White moved on to Mae Jemison, and the new boss brings an enlightening perspective from other parts of the state. (Photo by Joe Medley)Īt Anniston, fans just have to learn a new last name. First-year Anniston coach Rico Jackson participates in Media Day, along with Jayden Lewis and Collin Wansart, on Friday at Anniston Country Club. ![]() Winds of change blew through Calhoun County with force, and a lot of communities find themselves learning new personalities in the highest of high-profile sports. Consider Gary Atchley, a long-time coach across multiple sports at Weaer, on Jacksonville’s staff. Meanwhile, consider Steve Smith at Westbrook Christian, in neighboring Etowah County, after 17 seasons at Piedmont. Sam Adams enters his third season at Oxford. Jeremy Satcher enters his second season as Donoho’s head coach, and Chris Findley enters his second as Ohatchee’s permanent head coach after serving as interim in the back half of the 2021 season. Of the county’s 13 football-playing schools, seven have changed head coaches in the past two years. The volume of coaching changes marks a sharp upward curve, but consider this. That was our goal going into the season.” “I’m at the point of my career where I’m trying to win a championship, just to be honest,” said Miller who won 100 games in 11 seasons as Saks’ head coach.”It was that way in my last few years at Saks. It’s jarring, but even a county that’s made a habit of producing seven to nine playoff teams annually offers upward mobility. New faces and an old face in a new place highlighted the day’s activities at Anniston Country Club. Then again, there’s something about what’s become the county’s signature signaling event for football season that sealed it all as real. Their new postings have had weeks, in some cases months, to settle in. Jonathan Miller wore a striped white polo with a Piedmont “P” logo to Friday’s Calhoun County Quarterback Club Media Day.Īnniston’s Rico Jackson, Saks’ Alphonso Freeney, Weaver’s Ken Cofer and White Plains’ Blake Jennings made their first appearances as head coaches. News and notes from Calhoun County Quarterback Club Media Day: Reality of four new coaches, one familiar coach at a new place settles in Cover photo: First-year Piedmont coach Jonathan Miller (center) sits between players Chance Murphy and Trevor Pike at Friday’s Calhoun County Quarterback Club Media Day at Anniston Country Club. ![]()
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