Thursday, March 21, 2013
Brad Waggoner resigned after one year. He's taking the head football coaching job and the athletic directorship at Lumpkin County High for family reasons.
Decatur High head football coach Brad Waggoner has resigned after one season to take the head coaching job and athletic directorship at Lumpkin County High School. In a phone interview Thursday morning, Waggoner said he took the job because the school in Dahlonega offered a counseling job to his wife, Mary Beth, who has been unable to find work in Decatur. The Waggoners have been living in Cartersville, about halfway between her current job at Chattooga High in Summerville and his job in Decatur. Waggoner said the distance cut down on time with his wife and 2-year-old son, Brad Jr. "They've offered my wife a counseling position as well so it puts us at the same school," Waggoner said. "It will give us more time as a family." Waggoner said …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Bulldogs won't play Buford or Greater Atlanta Christian this year.
Brad Waggoner, the new head football coach at Decatur High, has released the schedule for 2012. Regions have been realigned so Decatur will not face traditional heavyweights Buford and Greater Atlanta Christian. Waggoner also released schedules for the junior varsity and Refroe Middle school teams. He is reviving the middle school program, which was shut down a few years ago in Decatur. Home games are in bold. Region games are designated with (R). DECATUR HIGH VARSITY Aug. 17: Holy Innocents. Home. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31: Grady. Away. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7: Therrell. Home 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14: Greenville. Home. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21: Clarkston. Away. 5:15 p.m. Sept. 29: Cedar Grove (R). Away. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5: …
Friday, April 6, 2012
"I want them to know that I’m proud not only to be a football coach here at Decatur High but I’m looking forward to being actively involved in this community."
This is part two of an interview with Brad Waggoner, the new head football coach at Decatur High School. Part one of the interview ran Thursday. Do you think players should play both ways – offense and defense? I’ve never been opposed to that. If we have a skill guy who puts us in the best position to win on Friday night playing offensively and defensively, we’ll do that. I think it’s important to get as many kids as possible involved. You get more participation and you keep kids more interested. We have to create depth. We’ve got a lot of young kids in the program. We’ve only got seven seniors next year out of the seventy we have out there now. So we have 63 young guys who will have multiple years. We have to create depth but I’m not …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
He's bringing in a new coaching staff and starting a middle school program.
Part One Brad Waggoner, the new head football coach at Decatur High, wants to rebuild the Bulldogs' football tradition. Waggoner, 37, played football at Georgia Tech and has been the head coach at Chattooga High in Summerville, in North Georgia, since 2009. His best season at Chattooga was in 2009, when the team had a 9-2 record. He's had several other coaching jobs and worked at the University of Alabama as a graduate assistant. He's finishing out the school year at Chattooga, but coming to Decatur on Mondays (Chattooga has a four-day school week) and other days to work with the team. He's married to Mary Beth Waggoner of Summerville and the couple has a young son, Brad Jr. Waggoner replaces Price Jones, who was 18-22 in four seasons at …
thai basil
12:31 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Seems like a revolving door of football coaches. Perhaps the hiring process needs to be revisited. Maybe the AD is the problem. more ›