Coaching Changes

As of 2/12/2025, 52 NCHSAA schools and 11 NC colleges have made our Football Head Coach changes lists.

Latest HS news: North Lincoln finds their man in Chris Hinson Alexander Central hires Chris Marshall, John Wheeler leaves the colleage ranks to take Martin County job, Robbinsville promotes Lucas Ford, Davie hires Brian Hinson away from West Cabarrus, East Burke hires former Chris Cogdill, Former Crest job Jim Sosebee takes job at Chase, Hopewell hires Brandon Sneed, Tim Hawkins leaves Cherokee, TW Andrews hires Mook Reynolds, Bear Bradley leaves Trinity for Guilford County job, Bobby Martin leaving Morehead, Montgomery Central hires Jack Carpenter, Mountain Heritage promotes Jered Pope to replace retiring Joey Robinson, Rob Fronk the new coach at Apex, Tony McCants resigns from Southern Alamance, Randleman hires David Diamont, Surry Central hires Jamie Fortner away from North Stokes, Dontre Brown hired at Byrd, Robbinsville's Dee Walsh retires, former Carolina Panther Captain Munnerlyn hired at Chambers, Northeast Guilford hires Antonio Hall, Scott Loosemore hired at Fairmont, Trask hires Ty Lovette, Seaforth looking for second coach in school history, Garinger hires Jupiter Wilson, McDowell's Darrell Brewer resigns, Washington brings back Brian Paschal, Southwest Onslow hires former player Zach Garvey, Butch Carter retires from Alexander Central, Forbush hires Logan Holder, Ben McMillan out at Cramer, Beddingfield looking for a new coach, Donnie Kiefer returns to Central Cabarrus after 8 seasons in South Carolina, Providence Grove names AD Cody Moran as head coach, Davie looking for a new coach, Hickory Ridge hires Brandon Gentry away from Hopewell, Bill Sochovka retires from Pine Forest.

Latest college news: Shaw University Names Lamar Manigo as Football Coach; ECSU Vikings Hire Adrian Jones as Head Coach; Greg Ruffin Declines Shaw Position for Health Reasons; Davidson Hires Rising Star Saj Thakkar; Wake Forest Moves Quickly, Taps Jake Dickert to Lead Demon Deacons; Dave Clawson Steps Down From Wake Forest; UNC hires NFL legend Bill Belichick; Charlotte hires Ohio's Tim Albin; App State hires South Carolina OC Dowell Loggains; North Carolina A&T Moves Quickly, Brings Back Shawn Gibbs to Lead Aggies; Bob Curtin Steps Down at St. Andrews; Vincent Brown's tenure at A&T over; Shaw lets Adrian Jones go; App State parts ways with Shawn Clark; Mack Brown out at UNC; Scott Abell leaves Davidson to take job at Rice; ECU takes the interim tag off Blake Harrell; Biff Poggi out at Charlotte; Marcus Hilliard steps down from Elizabeth City State; East Carolina dismisses Mike Houston; St. Augustine's cancels its 2024 season and has not made a decision on the future of its football program.

College	Old Coach	New Coach
Alexander Central	Butch Carter	Chris Marshall
Apex	John Mozerka	Rob Fronk
Beddingfield	Ben Ellis	TBD
Bessemer City	Shane Short	TBD
Byrd	Maurice Huey	Dontre Brown
Central Cabarrus	Zach Bevilacqua	Donnie Kiefer
Chambers	Brandon Wiggins	Captain Munnerlyn
Chase	Chris Cogdill	Jim Sosebee
Cherokee	Tim Hawkins	TBD
Cramer	Ben McMillan	TBD
Davie	Tim Devericks	Brian Hinson
East Burke	Allen Wittenberg (1)	Chris Cogdill
East Chapel Hill	Larry Stroud	TBD
East Davidson	Brock Edwards	Ryan McClamrock
East Gaston	Bret Story	Nate Medici
Fairmont	Jeremy Carthen	Scott Loosemore
Felton Grove	New School	TBD
Forbush	Jeremy Funderburk	Logan Holder
Garinger	Deangelo Lloyd	Jupiter Wilson
Harding	Terence Cunningham (2)	TBD
Hickory Ridge	Jupiter Wilson	Brandon Gentry
High Point Central	Chuck Doak	TBD
Hopewell	Brandon Gentry	Brandon Sneed
Madison	Austin Ponder	TBD
Martin County	Hunter Jenks	John Wheeler
McDowell	Darrell Brewer	TBD
Montgomery Central	Chris Metzger	Jack Carpenter
Morehead	Bobby Martin	TBD
Mountain Heritage	Joey Robinson	Jered Pope
New Hanover	Dylan Dimock	TBD
North Lincoln	Nick Bazzle	Chris Hinson
North Stokes	Jamie Fortner	TBD
Northeast Guilford	Parris Baxter	Antonio Hall
Pamlico	Jack Taylor (3)	Brandon Akins
Person	Carl Smith	TBD
Pine Forest	Bill Sochovka	TBD
Providence Grove	Mark Heilig (4)	Cody Moran
Randleman	Shane Timmons	David Diamont
Robbinsville	Dee Walsh	Lucas Ford
Seaforth	Terrance Gary	TBD
Southern Alamance	Tony McCants	TBD
Southwest Guilford	Marlon White	TBD
Southwest Onslow	Charlie Dempsey	Zach Garvey
Surry Central	Monty Southern	Jamie Fortner
TW Andrews	Mitchell Jenkins	Mook Reynolds
Topsail	Jack Teachey	TBD
Trask	Lawrence Ches	Ty Lovette
Triangle Math and Science	Rodney Smith	TBD
Trinity	Bear Bradley	TBD
Wake Prep	Shon Bethea	TBD
Washington	Matt Taylor	Brian Paschal
West Cabarrus	Brian Hinson	TBD