As of 12/27/2021, 9 NCHSAA schools and 4 NC colleges have made our Football Head Coaches changes lists.

College	Old Coach	New Coach
Duke	David Cutcliffe	Mike Elko
Elizabeth City State	Anthony Jones	Marcus Hilliard
Johnson C. Smith	Kermit Blount	vacant
Winston-Salem State	Robert Massey	Robert Massey (1)

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Avery	Mac Bryan	vacant
Brevard	Craig Pritchett	vacant
Carson	Daniel Crosby	vacant
Chambers	Glenwood Ferebee	vacant
Manteo	Sport Sawyer	vacant
Mount Pleasant	Mike Johns	Daniel Crosby
North Buncombe	Zach Shook (2)	vacant
South Iredell	Eric Rees	vacant
Sun Valley	Drew Hackett	Ryan Smith

As of 8/4/2021, 56 NCHSAA schools and 1 NC college have made our Football Head Coaches changes list. Two new schools are opening for the Fall 2021 season.



Latest HS news: Andrae Jacobs hired at Middle Creek, Overhills taps Kerry Bacon to lead Jaguars, Wilbur Pender to lead Vance County, South Lenoir hires Will Harrell away from South Creek, Randy Raglan resigns from Middle Creek, Jamie Fortner hired at North Stokes, Brandon Allen resigns from North Buncombe, East Rutherford hires Josh Wilson, Terry Perry takes over at Bear Grass after Brian Paschel leaves to take job at Riverside, Person hires Carl Smith to lead the Rockets, Granville Central picks Wilbur Pender to lead the Panthers, Brint Russell returns to Owen to take head coaching job at alma mater, Williams taps Patrick Stokes for head job, Charles McEachin hired at West Cabarrus.

As of 12/23/2019, 26 NCHSAA schools and 5 NC colleges have made our Football Head Coaches changes list. One new school is opening for the 2020 season.



Latest HS news: Rosman hires Dusty Robinson, Cory Smith resigns from Forest Hills, West Cabarrus taps former Northwest Cabarrus head coach Brandon Gentry to lead their new program, Kenneth McClamrock steps down from Central Cabarrus, Deron Donald resigns from EE Smith.



Latest college news: Appalachian State promotes Shawn Clark to head coach after Eli Drinkwitz's departure for Missouri, Lenoir-Rhyne hires Mike Jacobs after Drew Cronic leaves for Mercer, Gardner-Webb hires Tre Lamb to replace Carroll McCray, David Bowser hired at Saint Augustine’s.

College	Old Coach	New Coach
Appalachian State	Eli Drinkwitz	Shawn Clark
Gardner-Webb	Carroll McCray	Tre Lamb
Lenoir-Rhyne	Drew Cronic	Mike Jacobs
St. Augustine's	Tim Chavous	David Bowser
Winston Salem State	Robert Massey (1)	vacant

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Asheboro	Kevin Gillespie	vacant
Asheville	David Burdette	vacant
Ben Smith	Brandon Wiggins	vacant
Carver	Greg Scales	vacant
Central Cabarrus	Kenneth McClamrock	vacant
Clayton	Robert Senseney (2)	vacant
East Burke	Mark Buffamoyer	vacant
East Rutherford	Clint Bland	vacant
EE Smith	Deron Donald	vacant
East Wake	Michael Murray	vacant
Forest Hills	Cory Smith	vacant
Granville Central	Larry Dale	vacant
High Point Central	Wayne Jones	vacant
Laney	Aashad Yeoman	vacant
Lumberton	Adam Deese (3)	vacant
North Gaston	Mike Patton	vacant
NW Cabarrus	Brandon Gentry	vacant
Page	Jared Rolfes	vacant
Pender	Tim Smith	vacant
Robinson	Rich Williams	vacant
Rose	David Wojtecki	vacant
Rosman	Dan Essenberg	Dusty Robinson
Smithfield-Selma	Michael Parrish	vacant
Tuscola	JT Postell	vacant
Washington	Jon Blank	vacant
West Cabarrus	new school	Brandon Gentry

1. Interim coach, status for 2020 not determined yet

2. Interim coach, replaced Hunter Jenks for the 2019 season

3. Interim coach, replaced Kelly Williamson in October

As of 8/1/2019, 71 NCHSAA schools have made our Football Head Coaches changes list.



Latest news: Torrean Hinton replaces Antonio King at Cedar Ridge after King takes job at NC Central. South Davidson picks longtime assistant Tim Hill to take over. John Delle takes over as Lejeune football coach.

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Ardrey Kell	Kyle Brey	Greg Jachym
Ashley	Jeff Turner	Wilson Helms
Beddingfield	James Ward	Carl Smith
Bishop McGuinness	Drew Hackett	Charlie Jones
Camden	Josh Blood	Josh Sophia
Carson	Joe Pinyan	Daniel Crosby
Cedar Ridge	Antonio King (1)	Torrean Hinton
Central Academy	Tony Byrum	Drew Hackett
Cherokee	Kent Briggs	David Napert
Cuthbertson	David Johnson	Trey Kavanaugh
East Gaston	Sean Joyce	Jason Lippard
Eastern Guilford	Joe Glass	Tony Aguilar
Farmville Central	Scott Gardner	Eddie Rhodes
Foard	Derrick Minor	Ryan Gettys
Graham	Kerry Taylor	Derek Bryant
Green Level		Ben Goudeau (2)
Greene Central	Allen Wooten	Jason Wilson
Havelock	Caleb King	Allen Wooten
Hayesville	Kenneth Dockery	Chad McClure
Hibriten	Clay Lewis	Sam Mackey
Hickory Ridge	Sam Greiner	Jupiter Wilson
HP Andrews	Kelly Clark	Mitchell Jenkins
Hunt	Keith Byrum	Ryan Sulkowski
Jordan-Matthews	Marty Scotten	Sam Spencer
Lake Norman Charter	Mark Steele	Bob McKay
Lejeune	Jim Gardiner	John Delle
Leesville Road	Chad Smothers	Ben Kolstad
Lexington	Chuck Henderson	DeVore Holman
Lincolnton	Ledford Gibson	Joe Glass
McDowell	Andy Morgan	Darrell Brewer
Montgomery Central		Benji Brown (3)
New Bern	Steve Tapley	Torrey Nowell
New Hanover	Earl Smith	Dylan Dimock
North Forsyth	Pete Gilchrist	Jay Blair
North Henderson	Zack Wilkins	Jim Beatty
North Johnston	John Riba	Michael Barnett
North Moore	Antwon Murchison	Andrew Carrouth
North Surry	Danny Lyons	Patrick Taylor
Northwest Halifax	Eric McKnight	Tyrone Hargrove
Northwood	Brian Harrington	Cullen Homolka
Olympic	Jason Fowler	Brandon Thompson
Overhills	Mark Kirk	Chris McGee
Pamlico	Torey Nowell	Ron Cook
Parkland	Martin Samek	Laymarr Marshall
Person	David Kleine	Joey Carroll
Piedmont	Luke Hyatt	Jon Castator
Pine Lake Prep	Brett Hayford	Austin Trotter
Providence	Brad Bowles	Wes Ward
Rolesville	Wilson Helms	Martin Samek
Rosman	Matt Stack	Dan Essenberg
Sanderson	Ben Kolstad	Jeremy Buck
Shelby	Lance Ware	Mike Wilbanks
South Davidson	Chad Ellington	Tim Hill
South Mecklenburg	Rocky White	Joe Evans
South Robeson	Clay Jernigan	Mike Propst
South Stokes	Mike Holmes	David Diamont
Southwest Guilford	Eric Rainey	Chuck Doak
Swett	Jon Sherman	Robbie Brown
Trask	Jonathan Taylor	Brandon Proctor
Union Pines	Matt Quinn	Lonnie Cox
Vance	Aaron Brand	Glenwood Ferebee
Wakefield	Brandon Kelly	James Ward
Walkertown	Mitch Reeves	Rodney McKoy
Washington County	Wayne Rodgers (4)	William Hunt
West Bladen	Kris Williams	Jon Sherman
West Caldwell	DeVore Holman	Mike Biggerstaff
West Columbus	James Pierce	LeMonte Williamson
West Johnston	Robert Senseney	Jermaine Harper
West Lincoln	Tom Sain	Darren Ponder
West Mecklenburg	Jarvis Davis	Nick Mata
West Wilkes	David Hunt	Todd Rutz

1. School did not field a team for 2018 season

2. New school

3. New school

4. Interim coach for 2018 season

As of 7/31/2018, 78 NCHSAA schools have made our Football Head Coaches changes list.



Latest news: David DelaO hired at Highland Tech.  Elvin James steps down at Goldsboro due to medical reasons; Timothy Ray named interim head coach. Antonio King to take over at Cedar Ridge.

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Apex	Robert Graham	Britt Morton
Avery	Jason Phelps	Mac Bryan
Bandys	Trent Lowman	Tom Eanes
Bunker Hill	David Haynie	Patrick Clark
Bunn	David Weathersby	Dale Murphy
Cary	Mike Kirst	Jason Wilkes
Cedar Ridge	Scott Loosemore	Antonio King (1)
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	John Wheeler	Paul Bossi (2)
Draughn	Scott Lambert	Chris Powell
East Chapel Hill	Ryan Johnson	Brian Nunn
East Davidson	David Hines	Vance Hanner
East Mecklenburg	Barry Shuford	Robert Forshee
East Montgomery	David Paddock	Jerry Spencer
East Surry	David Diamont	Trent Lowman
East Wake	Sean Murphy	Michael Murray
East Wilkes	J.K. Adkins	Jonathan Wilmouth
Eastern Guilford	Doug Robertson	Joe Glass
Eastern Randolph	Charles Arrington	Burton Cates
Franklinton	JeVar Bransome	Jimmy Williams
Freedom	Jim Bob Bryant	Luke Little
Goldsboro	Elvin James	Timothy Ray (3)
Harding	Sam Greiner	Robert Cross
Heritage	Dewayne Washington	Wallace Clark
Hickory Ridge	Jason Seidel	Sam Greiner
High Point Andrews	John Patterson	Kelly Clark (4)
Highland Tech	Jerry Jordan	David DelaO
Hobbton	Robert Hill	Joe Salas
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	Steve Burdeau
Lumberton	Mike Setzer	Kelly Williamson
Madison	Scott Eubanks	Kyle Hutchison
McMichael	Chris Walsh (5)	Daniel Bradford
Midway	Jason Fussell	Corey Barnes
Mooresville	Marty Paxton	Thad Wells
Mount Airy	Kelly Holder	JK Adkins
New Bern	Bobby Curlings	Steve Tapley
Newton-Conover	Matt Beam	Steven Pack
North Brunswick	Darren Willis	Bryan Davis
North Edgecombe	Keith Parrisher	Jason Miller
North Lenoir	Kim Brown	Jim Collins
North Lincoln	Steven Pack	Nick Bazzle
North Moore	Mike Vogt	Antwon Murchison
North Pitt	Garrett Wingate (6)	Greg Watford
Northern Nash	Randy Raper	Andrew Farriss
Northwest Halifax	Derrick Basnight	Eric McKnight
Pasquotank	Chris McGee	RaShawn Spencer
Patton	Tom Eanes	Jonathan Browning
Perquimans	Ian Rapanick	Randy Awray
Robinson	Joe Glass	Rich Williams
Rocky Mount Prep	Don Reams	Omar Jackson
Smoky Mountain	Chris Brookshire	Ricky Brindley
South Garner		Daniel Finn (7)
South Stanly	Bradley Frodge	Ryan Ochier
Southeast Halifax	Greg Watford	Antione Alston
Southeast Raleigh	Daniel Finn	JeVar Bransome
Southern Alamance	Andrew Carrouth	Fritz Hessenthaler
Spring Creek	Aaron Sanders	Daniel Robinson (8)
St. Pauls	Ernest King	Michael Setzer
Starmount	Scott Johnson	Sandy Grinton
Thomasville	Gil Maxwell	Doug Robertson
Tuscola	Tommy Pursley	JT Postell
Vance County		Darry Ragland (9)
Walkertown	Josh Pardue	Mitch Reeves
Washington County		Robert Cody (10)
Webb	Tony Midgette	Jonathan Adcock
Weddington	Tim Carson	Andy Capone
West Brunswick	Kelly Williamson	Brett Hickman
Westover	Craig Raye	Ernest King
White Oak	Eric Leary	Jonathan Byrd
Whiteville	Luke Little	JP Price

As of 7/29/17, 103 NCHSAA schools have made our Football Head Coaches changes list.



Latest news: John Patterson resigns from High Point Andrews, Ragsdale's Tommy Norwood leaves for SC job, replaced by Johnny Boykin, Aaron Sanders out at Spring Creek, Chad Smothers returns to Leesville Road, Garrett Wingate to serve as interim coach at North Pitt for 2017 season, Westover taps Craig Raye as new head coach, Jared Rolfes now the coach at Page, Noah Lyons takes over at Alleghany after Frank Sessoms leaves to return to North Stokes, Brandon Allen starts second stint as head coach at North Buncombe, Matt Jenkins takes over at Hough, Larry Dale named new head coach at Granville Central, Charles Arrington to lead Eastern Randolph, Drew Hackett named new head coach at Bishop McGuiness, Tony Byrum steps down at Central Academy, replaced by Phil Smith, Elvin James taking the reins at Goldsboro, McMichael to be led by Darnell Wiggins

School	Old Coach	New Coach
Albemarle	Jim Mason	Richard Davis
Alleghany	Frank Sessoms	Noah Lyons
Ardrey Kell	Joe Evans	Kyle Brey
Ashbrook	Greg Hill	Brian Andrews
Asheboro	Owen George	Kevin Gillespie
Bartlett Yancey	David Weathersby	Joshua Brumfield
Beddingfield	Tyrone Johnson	James Ward
Bishop McGuiness	Charlie Jones	Drew Hackett
Bunn	David Howle	David Weathersby
Cape Hatteras	Tim Spruill	Tim Rausch
Carver	Germane Crowell	Gregory Scales
Central Academy	Tony Byrum	Phil Smith
Central Cabarrus	Donnie Kiefer	Kenneth McClamrock
Crest	Will Clark	Nick Eddins
Cummings	Jauron Holman	Derrick Jones
Davie	DeVore Holman (1)	Tim Devericks
East Burke	Tom Brown	Mark Buffamoyer
East Carteret	Caleb King	BJ Frazier
East Columbus	Maurice Huey	James Hobbs
East Davidson	Vance Hanner	David Hines
East Henderson	Mac McMillan	Justin Heatherly
East Lincoln	Mike Byus	David Lubowicz
East Montgomery	Ben Hammer	David Paddock
East Rowan	Kenneth McClamrock	John Fitz
East Wake	John Poulnott	Sean Murphy
Eastern Randolph	Seth Baxter	Charles Arrington
Enloe	David Green	Ken Blocker
Erwin	Mike Sexton	Rodney Pruett
Fairmont	Mark Heil	Kevin Inman
Freedom	Brandon Allen	Jim Bob Bryant
Garinger	Melvin Peterson	Jeff Caldwell
Goldsboro	Bennett Johnson	Elvin James
Granville Central	John Hammett	Larry Dale
Green Hope	Kwame Dixon	David Green
Harnett Central	Joe Salas (2)	Matthew Migliore
Havelock	Jim Bob Bryant	Caleb King
Hickory	Allen Wittenberg	Russell Stone
Hopewell	Brian Hurlocker	Quinn Martin
Hough	Miles Aldridge	Matthew Jenkins
Independence	Hal Brown (3)	Mike Natoli
Jack Britt	Brian Rimpf	Brian Randolph
James Kenan	Ken Avent	Will Clark
Leesville Road	Brad Wilson	Chad Smothers
Manteo	Eddie Twyne	Sport Sawyer
McMichael	Matt Stack	Darnell Wiggins
Mount Tabor	Laymarr Marshall	Tiesuan Brown
North Brunswick	Larry Brock	Darren Willis
North Buncombe	Curtis Cagle	Brandon Allen
North Davidson	Mark Holcomb	Brian Flynn
North Henderson	Justin Clark	Zach Wilkins
North Lincoln	David Maness	Steven Pack
North Mecklenburg	Brad Baker	Eric Morman
North Pitt	Brent Wooten	Garrett Wingate
North Stokes	Mitch Reeves	Frank Sessoms
Northeast Guilford	Jason Lippard	Earl Bates
Northern Durham	RJ Wilson	John Hammett
Northern Vance	Cory Lea	Antwain Cook
Northwest Guilford	Jared Rolfes	Kevin Wallace
Oak Grove	New School	Mark Holcomb
Olympic	Keith Wilkes	Jason Fowler
Orange	Pat Moser	Van Smith
Page	Kevin Gillespie	Jared Rolfes
Parkwood	Lynn Coble	Tim Speakman
Pender	Bob Via	Tim Smith
Perquimans	Aaron Burke	Ian Rapanick
Polk	Jamie Thompson	Bruce Ollis
Ragsdale	Tommy Norwood	Johnny Boykin
Red Springs	Ron Cook	Lawrence Ches
Richmond	Mike Castellano	Bryan Till
Riverside-Durham	Chris Howell	Cory Lea
Rockingham	Michael Gebbia	Brad Baker
Rocky River	Jason Fowler	Orlando Gray
Rosman	Freddie Whitman	Matt Stack
R-S Central	Mike Cheek	Brad Hutchins
Salisbury	Ryan Crowder	Brian Hinson
Smithfield-Selma	Wes Hill	Michael Parrish
South Caldwell	Sean McMenomy	Marc Kirkpatrick
South Point	Mickey Lineberger	Adam Hodge
South Stokes	Paul Hall	Mike Holmes
Southeast Guilford	Fritz Hessenthaler	Kennedy Tinsley
Southern Guilford	Earl Bates	Jason Bradley
Southern Lee	Don Simon	Ken Neal
Southern Vance	Lewis Young	Darry Ragland
Southwestern Randolph	Danny Akins	Seth Baxter
Spring Creek	Aaron Sanders	Daniel Robinson
Terry Sanford	Bryan Till	Bruce McClelland
TW Andrews	John Patterson	vacant
Union Pines	Ryan Riggan	Matt Quinn
Wakefield	Rod Sink	Brandon Kelley
Wallace-Rose Hill	Joey Price	Kevin Motsinger
Washington	Sport Sawyer	Jon Blank
West Bladen	Todd Pait	Kris Williams
West Caldwell	Chip English	DeVore Holman
West Charlotte	Daren Hart (4)	Josh Harris
West Johnston	Jimmy Williams	Robert Senseney
West Montgomery	Nick Eddins	Danny Akins (5)
West Stanly	Eric Morman	Brett Morton
Western Guilford	Adam Clay	Bryant Miller
Western Harnett	Jason Furrie	Blake Culbertson (6)
Westover	Stephen Roberson	Craig Raye
Wheatmore	Jason Bradley	Philip Yarbrough
Williams	Dave Grant	Jim McGill
Winston-Salem Prep	Lamont Scales	De'Ron Middleton

1. Resigned midseason

2. Interim coach, replaced Dave Thomas mid-season

3. Interim coach, replaced Scott Young prior to season

4. Resigned midseason

5. Replaced Vance Hanner, who resigned shortly after taking job

6. Replaced Russell Taylor, who will remain as athletic director