2018 NCHSAA Head Football Coaching Changes

As of 4/21/2018, 54 NCHSAA schools have made our Football Head Coaches changes list.

Latest news: Trent Lowman steps down from Bandys to take the East Surry job. John Wheeler steps down from Currituck County. New Bern's Bobby Curlings retires.

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Andrews, T.W.	Kelly Clark	vacant
Apex	Robert Graham	Britt Morton
Avery	Jason Phelps	Mac Bryan
Bandys	Trent Lowman	vacant
Bunker Hill	David Haynie	Patrick Clark
Bunn	David Weathersby	Dale Murphy
Cary	Mike Kirst	Jason Wilkes
Chase	Daniel Bailey	Cort Radford
Clinton	Bob Lewis	Cory Johnson
Concord	Glen Padgett	Marty Paxton
Corinth Holders	Bubba Williams	Adam Khavari
Croatan	David Perry	Andrew Gurley
Currituck County	John Wheeler	vacant
Draughn	Scott Lambert	Chris Powell
East Chapel Hill	Ray Hartsfield	vacant
East Davidson	David Hines	vacant
East Surry	David Diamont	Trent Lowman
East Meck	Berry Shuford	vacant
East Montgomery	David Paddock	vacant
Eastern Guilford	Doug Robertson	Joe Glass
Freedom	Jim Bob Bryant	Luke Little
Harding	Sam Greiner	vacant
Heritage	Dewayne Washington	Wallace Clark
Hickory Ridge	Jason Seidel	Sam Greiner
Hoke	David Jorgensen	George Small
Hopewell	Quinn Martin	Jamelle Byrd
Lake Norman	Rob McNeely	Jonathan Oliphant
Lakewood	James Lewis	Barrett Sloan
Lee County	Burton Cates	vacant
Lumberton	Mike Setzer	Kelly Williamson
McMichael	Chris Walsh (1)	Daniel Bradford
Midway	Jason Fussell	Cory Barnes
Mooresville	Marty Paxton	Thad Wells
Mount Airy	Kelly Holder	vacant
New Bern	Bobby Curlings	vacant
North Brunswick	Darren Willis	Bryan Davis
North Lenoir	Kim Brown	Jim Collins
North Pitt	Garrett Wingate (2)	Greg Watford
Northern Nash	Randy Raper	Andrew Farriss
Robinson, J.M.	Joe Glass	Mike Helms
South Garner	New School	Daniel Finn
Southeast Halifax	Greg Watford	vacant
Southeast Raleigh	Daniel Finn	vacant
Southern Alamance	Andrew Carrouth	Fritz Hessenthaler
Spring Creek	Daniel Robinson (3)	Daniel Robinson
Starmount	Scott Johnson	Sandy Grinton
Thomasville	Gil Maxwell	Doug Robertson
Tuscola	Tommy Pursley	JT Postell
Webb, J.F.	Tony Midgette	Jonathan Adcock
Weddington	Tim Carson	Andy Capone
West Brunswick	Kelly Williamson	Brett Hickman
Western Guilford	Bryant Miller	Brian Terwilliger
White Oak	Eric Leary	Jonathan Bryd
Whiteville	Luke Little	vacant

1. Interim coach, replaced Darnell Wiggins midseason
2. Interim coach, replaced Brent Wooten prior to season
3. Interim coach, hired full-time

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Catholic Rides Running Game to 3A Crown

DURHAM – Charlotte Catholic rushed for 272 yards on their way to the 3A state championship on Saturday. The win was the Cougars' fifth in school history. Milan Howard's 160 rushing yards were enough to garner the game's most valuable player award.

Both teams exchanged long scoring drives in the first quarter as Chris Walton found Paul Neel to open up an early lead for Charlotte Catholic and Havelock responded with a Khalil Barrett run to tie the game at 7 after the end of one quarter.

Walton added a rushing touchdown in the second quarter and Havelock immediately responded with a Zack Sabdo touchdown pass to take a 14-13 lead. The score stayed like this until sophomore Lamagea McDowell hit pay dirt twice to finish out the scoring.

Championship Game Awards

East (Havelock) Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Welton Spottsville
East Most Outstanding Offensive Player – Zach Sabdo

West (Charlotte Catholic) Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Chase Foley
West Most Outstanding Offensive Player – Lamagea McDowell

Championship MVP – Milan Howard

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Wake Forest Posts Shutout in Second Straight Title Win

WINSTON-SALEM –John Jiles hauled in a 20-yard pass in the end zone with 5:25 left in the fourth quarter which ended up being the go-ahead score for Wake Forest, giving the Cougars their second straight 4AA state championship, 14-0, over Mallard Creek. This was the third time these two teams have matched up the state title game, but the first time Wake Forest was able to top its Charlotte foe.

Devon Lawrence led Wake Forest with 135 yards rushing but found himself bottled up for most of the first half of the game. Fellow running back Marquis Dunn broke through for a 54-yard score with 3 minutes left in the game and Lawrence added a late score to seal the scoring for the Cougars and get Wake Forest back to the type of running stats that the Wake Forest faithful are used to seeing.

Mallard Creek's Nasjzae Bryant tried to get the Maverick offense moving, but the Wake Forest defense stood tall throughout the game. Bryant's 100-plus yard day was minimized by poor snaps and other miscues that kept the Mavericks out of the end zone.

Both quarterbacks were limited in passing action, possibly as a result of the inclement weather. The Wake Forest defense was stifling and only allowed 112 yards of offense by Mallard Creek. Javon Terry played a role in this by picking off a pass and tallying a couple tackles.

With the win, Wake Forest became the first team from Wake County to win back-to-back titles since Raleigh High School won three straight in 1912 to 1915.

Championship Game Awards

West (Mallard Creek) Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Jacob Roberts
West (Mallard Creek) Most Outstanding Offensive Player – Nasjzae Bryant

East (Wake Forest) Most Outstanding Defensive Player – Javon Terry
East (Wake Forest) Most Outstanding Offensive Player – John Jiles

Championship MVP – Wake Forest – Devon Lawrence

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Cherokee Defeats North Duplin to Win 1A Title

RALEIGH – The Cherokee Braves won their first football championship on Saturday with a 21-13 win over North Duplin in 1A action at Carter-Finley Stadium. Quarterback Tye Mintz led the Braves with 113 yards rushing and two touchdowns and was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.

Also moving the ball well for Cherokee was Isaiah Evans, who rushed for 112 yards on 19 carries. Evans's 11-yard scamper with 9:02 left in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winning score and the Braves' defense withheld a late North Duplin rally and held on for the victory.

The Rebels were able to move the ball well throughout the game, but were plagued by turnovers. William Archer and Kenny Sheppard each scored for North Duplin in an effort that fell just a bit short.

Click the image for stats from the game.

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