Coaching Changes

As of 12/12/2025, 24 NCHSAA schools and 2 NC colleges have made our Football Head Coach changes lists.

Latest HS news: Mike Brodowicz returning to Charlotte Catholic, Marvin Ridge looking for a new coach, Sam Greiner out at West Charlotte, Dante Lombardi stepping down at Ashley, Enka looking for a new coach, Russell Dove resigns from South Columbus, Larry Dale II resigns from North Lenoir, Paul Whitaker retiring from West Henderson, Steve Brooks stepping down at Laney, Shane Laws retiring from AC Reynolds, Bessemer City looking for a coach again, Casey Justice steps down at South Caldwell, Chris Schmidt resigns from Topsail, Cedar Ridge looking for a new coach. North East Carolina Prep is reinstating its football program in 2026.

Latest college news: 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
Mars Hill	Tim Clifton	Kevin Barnette
Winston-Salem State	Robert Massey	Tory Woodbury

School	Old Coach	New Coach
AC Reynolds	Shane Laws	TBD
Ashley	Dante Lombardi	TBD
Bessemer City	Kyle Creed	TBD
Broughton	Tom McGuire	TBD
Cedar Ridge	Brent Bailey	TBD
Charlotte Catholic	Keith Emery	Mike Brodowicz
Enka	Mike Sexton	TBD
Laney	Steve Brooks	TBD
Lexington	Charles Morman	TBD
Marvin Ridge	Aubrey Carter	TBD
North East Carolina Prep		TBD
North Iredell	Kent Millsaps (1)	TBD
North Lenoir	Larry Dale II	TBD
South Caldwell	Casey Justice	TBD
South Columbus	Russell Dove	TBD
South Granville	Antonio Midgette (2)	TBD
South View	Rodney Brewington	TBD
Topsail	Chris Schmidt	TBD
Wakefield	Trent Wilson Sr	TBD
West Charlotte	Sam Greiner	TBD
West Craven	Michael Twichell	TBD
West Henderson	Paul Whitaker	TBD
West Mecklenburg	Beady Waddell	TBD
Western Alamance	Jeff Snuffer	TBD