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Neal head coach resigns
By Adam Robinson
sports editor
W.S. Neal athletic director and head football coach Blaine Hathcock resigned Tuesday to accept a coaching position in Haleyville, Principal Philip Ellis said.
Hathcock, who just completed his fourth year with the Eagles, went 2-8 this season in football and had a combined overall record of 22-21 at W.S. Neal, his first head coaching job.
Hathcock led the Eagles to back-to-back wins over T.R. Miller in 2006 and 2007, their first win over T.R. Miller in 10 years and first back-to-back wins since 1971 and 1972.
During the 2008-2009 basketball season, Hathcock took the reigns as head coach and coached W.S. Neal to a 15-12 record.
“Coach Hathcock will be accepting an assistant principals job at Haleyville Middle School and will be the head football coach and athletic director at Haleyville High School,” Ellis said. “I enjoyed having him. He did a great job for four years. He was a great football coach and a basketball coach this past season for us. We are going to have to replace a good football coach and a basketball coach.”
Ellis said he along with a search committee will be formed at looking at possible coaches to replace Hathcock.
“(Superintendent Billy) Hines already has started to advertise the position that he has left behind,” Ellis said. “We will have an interview process and a coach will be found.”
Current W.S. Neal Eagle assistant coach and defensive coordinator Kevin Jordan will be the interim coach for the Eagles, Ellis said.
Jordan said he will lead the team in summer workouts set to begin May 28 and throughout the summer until a decision is reached.
“I look forward to having this opportunity and working with the kids until a head coach is named,” Jordan said.
Hathcock, who just completed his fourth year with the Eagles, went 2-8 this season in football and had a combined overall record of 22-21 at W.S. Neal, his first head coaching job.
Hathcock led the Eagles to back-to-back wins over T.R. Miller in 2006 and 2007, their first win over T.R. Miller in 10 years and first back-to-back wins since 1971 and 1972.
During the 2008-2009 basketball season, Hathcock took the reigns as head coach and coached W.S. Neal to a 15-12 record.
“Coach Hathcock will be accepting an assistant principals job at Haleyville Middle School and will be the head football coach and athletic director at Haleyville High School,” Ellis said. “I enjoyed having him. He did a great job for four years. He was a great football coach and a basketball coach this past season for us. We are going to have to replace a good football coach and a basketball coach.”
Ellis said he along with a search committee will be formed at looking at possible coaches to replace Hathcock.
“(Superintendent Billy) Hines already has started to advertise the position that he has left behind,” Ellis said. “We will have an interview process and a coach will be found.”
Current W.S. Neal Eagle assistant coach and defensive coordinator Kevin Jordan will be the interim coach for the Eagles, Ellis said.
Jordan said he will lead the team in summer workouts set to begin May 28 and throughout the summer until a decision is reached.
“I look forward to having this opportunity and working with the kids until a head coach is named,” Jordan said.
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