Dutchtown is the latest winning football team looking for a head coach. Niketa Battle was fired Friday despite a 25-13 record in three seasons and a Class 5A semifinal finish in 2022. “I had some kids that transferred, and administration said I had limited parent contact and they wanted to go in a different direction,” Battle told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Greg Vandagriff, who resigned last week as Prince Avenue Christian’s football coach, was announced Wednesday morning as head coach at Lakeway Christian Academy in Lake Pine, Tennessee. “It’s a program that’s just started up and hasn’t had a ton of success, and they want to make a financial commitment to being successful, and it starts with hiring a head coach,” Vandagriff told the AJC.

Prince Avenue Christian promoted offensive coordinator Jon Richt to head football coach Monday to replace Greg Vandagriff, who won three state championships and 107 games in nine seasons. Vandagriff resigned last week, Prince Avenue Athletic Director Richard Ricketts said. Richt is a son of former Georgia coach Mark Richt.

Elijah Griffin of Savannah Christian, Georgia’s consensus No. 1 senior prospect, was the Class A Division I (Regions 1-4) Defensive Player of the Year on the GACA all-state team.

Cedartown announced Calhoun offensive coordinator Tommy Atha as its football coach last week. Atha will replace Jamie Abrams, who was forced out last month despite a 50-12 record over five seasons. Atha is best known for his 22 seasons as head coach and 30 years overall service at Darlington.

Siemens Award winners are (from left) Tyler Jones of Cambridge, Steve Hibbitts of Lakeside-Evans, Adam Carter of Lowndes, Erik Soliday of Tiftarea Academy, Lee Chomskis of Lincoln County, Buddy Martin of Toombs County, Will Rogers of Sumter County, Tommy Jones of Cherokee Bluff and Jonathan Gess of Hebron Christian. Far right is Marshall Hunter of award sponsor Siemens.

Mike Chastain, who became Jones County’s all-time winningest football coach last season, and Chad Alligood, the school’s athletic director, confirmed Monday that they resigned Friday. Their decisions came less than two weeks after a board of education hearing at which some parents and football team booster expressed displeasure with Chastain.

The GHSA will consider a reclassification proposal that could cut the number of classifications to four while still crowning eight state champions in most sports. That doesn’t mean the GHSA is shifting away from the competitive-balance plan discussed in the Jan. 25 reclassification meeting in Thomaston. New proposals just mean the GHSA is being patient when a decision isn’t required until fall.

Adam Clack, who launched the Milton football dynasty and won the school’s first state title in a 2018 upset, is set to be Parkview’s new head coach. Clack will replace Joe Sturdivant, a Parkview alumnus who stepped down earlier this month after two seasons to take a job college job in South Dakota.

Andrico Hines, the offensive coordinator for Hughes’ 2022 Class 6A championship team, is the Panthers’ new head coach. Hines will replace Daniel Williams, who became head coach at Northside of Warner Robins earlier this month.