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.
Latest college news: Western Carolina hires Kerwin Bell to replace Mark Speir.
College | Old Coach | New Coach |
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Western Carolina | Mark Speir | Kerwin Bell |
School | Old Coach | New Coach |
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Athens Drive | Jeremy Fullbright | Tommy Smith |
Aycock | Steve Brooks | Thomas Zietlow |
Bear Grass | Brian Paschel | Terry Perry |
Ben Smith | Marcello Royal | Scott Bell |
Cary | Jason Wilkes | Coleman Tyrance |
Douglas Byrd | Mike Paroli | Maurice Huey |
East Henderson | Justin Heatherly | Bobby James |
East Mecklenburg | Robert Forshee | Lennie Sanders |
East Rutherford | Brint Russell | Josh Wilson |
Enka | Jeff Frady | Mike Sexton |
Enloe | Nick Knight | Ryan Clark |
Fairmont | George Coltharp | Lonnie Cox |
Farmville Central | Scott Gardner | Ron Cook |
Franklin | Josh Brooks | Josh Brooks (1) |
Garinger | Christian Price | Shon Galloway |
Granville Central | Wilbur Pender | Travis Hairston |
Grays Creek | David Lovette | Jon Sherman |
Hickory | Russell Stone | Joe Glass |
Independence | Mike Natoli | DJ McFadden |
Ledford | Chris Adams | Chris Doby |
Lincolnton | Joe Glass | David Byrd |
McMichael | Daniel Bradford | Tony McCants |
Middle Creek | Randy Raglan | Andrae Jacobs |
Montgomery Central | Benji Brown | Chris Metzger |
Morehead | Lin Stadler | Maurice Torain |
Murphy | David Gentry | Joseph Watson |
Myers Park | Mark Harman | Curtis Fuller |
North Buncombe | Brandon Allen | vacant |
North Iredell | David Lewis | Andy Howell |
North Stokes | Frank Sessoms | Jamie Fortner |
Overhills | Chris McGee | Kerry Bacon |
Owen | Nathan Padgett | Brint Russell |
Pamlico | Ron Cook | David Perrine |
Pasquotank | RaShawn Spencer | vacant |
Person | Joey Carroll | Carl Smith |
Piedmont | Phil Mauro | Aaron Braswell |
Pinecrest | Chris Metzger | Bob Curtin (2) |
Riverside-Martin | Asim McGill | Brian Paschel |
Seaforth | new school | Terrance Gary |
South Caldwell | Marc Kirkpatrick | Casey Justice |
South Creek | Will Harrell | vacant |
South Iredell | Scott Miller | Eric Rees |
South Johnston | Matthew Riggsbee | Lee Webb |
South Lenoir | Jeremy Joyner | Will Harrell |
South Rowan | Daniel Yow | Chris Walsh |
Southern Nash | Brian Foster | Brian Batchelor |
St. Stephens | Wayne Hicks | Kyle Lowman |
Swain | Neil Blankenship | Neil Blankenship (3) |
Swansboro | Tim Laspada | Shea Townsend |
Union Pines | Lonnie Cox | Jason Trousdale |
Vance County | Hunter Jenks | Wilbur Pender |
West Cabarrus | Brandon Gentry | Charles McEachin |
West Davidson | Bryan Lingerfelt | Brian Billings |
Western Harnett | Blake Culbertson | Zach Tenuta |
Williams | Jim McGill | Patrick Stokes |
Willow Spring | new school | Jason Wilkes |
(1) Josh Brooks stepped down, but later decided to return for the 2021 season
(2) Bob Curtin hired as interim coach for 2021 season
(3) Neil Blankenship stepped down, but later decided to return for the 2021 season