Nelson Stewart, the high school coach of Texas quarterback Arch Manning and NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and a former high school teammate of Peyton Manning, was named Westminster’s football coach Thursday. Stewart was head coach for 19 seasons at his alma mater, Isidor Newman, a New Orleans private prep school.

Loganville on Wednesday announced the hiring of Nic Snowden as its football coach in the most frantic week so far of the offseason coaching carousel. Northside-Warner Robins, Veterans, Brookwood, Marietta and Commerce also made hires this week, while Parkview, Hughes, Griffin, Gordon Central, Schley County and Mount Paran Christian reported openings.

Northside-Warner Robins, coming off its worst season in nearly 60 years, made perhaps the biggest offseason football season hire so far. Daniel “Boone” Williams, the coach who led Hughes to a 2022 Class 6A championship and state runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2024, was approved for the job Tuesday by the Houston County Schools board. Williams confirmed the news to the AJC on Monday evening, saying he told his Hughes players earlier in the day.

A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame is joining Chamblee’s football staff. Ed Reed, an eight-time All-Pro safety inducted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2019, will be Chamblee’s offensive coordinator, coach Bob Swank announced Monday. “He’s at a point now where he had time in his life, and we had a need and felt it fit into what he had time-wise,” Swank said.

Two big football coaching changes took place Thursday as Cedartown fired Jamie Abrams, who won 50 games and three region titles in his five seasons, and Flowery Branch hired Michael Perry, a Hall County native who led Union County the past four seasons. By far more surprising was Cedartown’s decision to part ways with Abrams, whose five-season record was 50-14.

Milton quarterback Luke Nickel was so reliable and his team so good that his playoff performance came and went, much like his career, without its proper due. His 20 touchdown passes are a state playoff record, by the way. And they came without an interception.

Terrance Banks, who led Class A Greene County to 10-2 and 8-3 finishes in his two seasons there, is Central Gwinnett’s new football coach. Gwinnett County Schools approved the hire Friday. Banks will replace Larry Harold, who was 12-18 in three seasons.

With one announcing on Christmas, the other on New Year’s Day, two Wisconsin high school football players say they plan to enroll at two-time state champion Milton for the 2025 season. It’s not unusual in Georgia for high-profile high school athletes to transfer, especially to destinations such as Milton, which finished No. 2 in six national polls this season.

Chris Prewett, who led Roswell to 50 wins and two region titles in five seasons, was announced as Dalton’s football coach Friday morning. Dalton, coming off an 0-10 season, is a traditionally strong program that has been mostly mediocre since reaching the Class 6A semifinals in 2016.

North Oconee, Toombs County and Hebron Christian are No. 1 in final AJC/GHSF Daily rankings for the first time after winning their first state championships this week. Milton and Bowdon repeated as champions, while Grayson, Calhoun and Carver of Columbus added to their numbers.