Coaching Changes

As of 5/24/2026, 61 NCHSAA schools and 3 NC colleges have made our Football Head Coach changes lists.

Latest HS news: Statesville hires former standout Breon Holmes away from Cox Mill after Rydell Cowan takes job at alma mater South Iredell; Jammie Deese leaving Forest Hills for private school coaching position; Western Harnett hires Brad Pefley; Tyree Massey returns to Overhills to guide his alma mater; Rolesville chooses Kevin Reddick to succeed Ranier Rackley; Cummings has their guy in Darius Pinnix Jr.; Butler legend Brian Hales steps down, will be succeeded by Donald Littlejohn; DJ McFadden moves across town to take West Charlotte job.

Latest college news: Rising Star Kris McCullough Chosen to Lead Gardner‑Webb Football; Cris Reisert leves Gardner-Webb for FBS coordinator job; WSSU Legend Tory Woodbury named head coach, Robert Massey stepping down from Winston-Salem State; Tim Clifton retires after 32 seasons at Mars Hill, replaced by Kevin Barnette; St. Augustine's cancels its 2024 and 2025 seasons and has not made a decision on the future of its football program.

College	Old Coach	New Coach
Gardner Webb	Cris Reisert	Kris McCullough
Mars Hill	Tim Clifton	Kevin Barnette
Winston-Salem State	Robert Massey	Tory Woodbury

College	Old Coach	New Coach
AC Reynolds	Shane Laws	Chandler Greer
Ardrey Kell	Greg Jachym	Carter Greene
Ashley	Dante Lombardi	Adam Purzitza
Bartlett Yancey	Antwain Cook	Ryan Johnson
Bessemer City	Kyle Creed	Beady Waddell
Bradford Prep	new program	Adam Webber
Brevard	Luke Coleman	Chase McIntyre
Broughton	Tom McGuire	Bryan Peterson
Butler	Brian Hales	Donald Littlejohn
Cedar Ridge	Brent Bailey	Paul Ronga
Charlotte Catholic	Keith Emery	Mike Brodowicz
Cherokee	Curtis Cagle	TC Guyer
Cleveland	Scott Riley	Codi Vick
Clinton	Johnny Boykin	Jason Arnette
Cox Mill	Breon Holmes	TBD
Crest	Greg Lloyd	Mark Barnes
CS Davidson	TJ Albert	Kenneth McClamrock
Cummings	Terrance Alford (1)	Darius Pinnix Jr.
East Columbus	Fred Pedro	Vinston Thorpe
East Henderson	Colton Brackett	Kobey Rudisill
Elkin	Brad Baker	Cory Rycroft
Enka	Mike Sexton	Jim Beatty
Fairmont	Scott Loosemore	TBD
Forest Hills	Jammie Deese	TBD
Gates	Matt Biggy	Jawan Riddick
Hoke	George Small	Duran McLaurin
Independence	DJ McFadden	Robert Williams
Laney	Steve Brooks	Coraey Houser
Lexington	Charles Morman	TJ Holt
Lumberton	Taurius Baker	TBD
Marvin Ridge	Aubrey Carter	David Johnson
North East Carolina Prep		Zane Rowland
North Gaston	Darrell Wilson	TBD
North Henderson	Jim Beatty	Jake Sell
North Iredell	Kent Millsaps (2)	Tony Pyland
North Lenoir	Larry Dale II	Justin Clark
North Lincoln	Chris Henson	Brad Baker
Overhills	Kerry Bacon	Tyree Massey
Purnell Swett	Josh Deese	Lawrence Ches
Rocky River	Kenneth McClamrock	Shon Galloway
Rolesville	Ranier Rackley	Kevin Reddick
Seventy-First	Duran McLaurin	Eric Hall
South Caldwell	Casey Justice	Chris Everhart
South Columbus	Russell Dove	Jake Fonvielle
South Granville	Antonio Midgette (3)	Sterling Johnson
Southern Guilford	Garrett Mills	Olandas McFail
South Iredell	Lee Linville	Rydell Cowan
Statesville	Rydell Cowan	Breon Holmes
Swain	Sherman Holt	Scott Riley
Thomasville	Bradley George	Garrett Mills
Topsail	Chris Schmidt	TJ Albert
Wakefield	Trent Wilson Sr	Brandon Hughes
West Brunswick	Shane Handy	Aaron Powell
West Caldwell	Tony Pyland	George Saffos
West Charlotte	Sam Greiner	DJ McFadden
West Craven	Michael Twichell	Dominick Guglielmo
West Henderson	Paul Whitaker	Dustin McAbee
West Mecklenburg	Beady Waddell	Randall Ingram
Western Alamance	Jeff Snuffer	Drew Hambright
Western Harnett	Mike James	Brad Peffly
Wilson's Mills	new school	Brent Bailey