Citing PTSD, anxiety, grief and depression, Mike Hancock has resigned as football coach at Apalachee, the Barrow County school that was the site of a Sept. 4 shooting that left two students and two faculty members dead. One of those killed in the shooting, Richard Aspinwall, was Hancock’s defensive coordinator.

Michael Davis is out as Rabun County’s football coach, saying he retired, though it sounds as if he’d prefer to stay. “I’m retiring, and I’m going to leave it at that,” Davis told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m not done coaching by any means. I’m hoping to get on somewhere at 49% (part-time) and do something. I still love kids and want to be around them.” Davis’ Rabun County teams were 12-1, 9-4 and 6-5.

Pace Academy announced former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon as its head football coach Friday. Weatherspoon was a 2010 first-round NFL Draft pick who played six seasons with the Falcons and one with the Cardinals. He started 44 of his 67 NFL games.

Jonathan Gess, who led Hebron Christian to its first football state title last season, announced Wednesday that he is taking the head coaching job at Southside Christian near Greenville, S.C., in his home state. Gess’s Hebron Christian team won the Class 3A-A private division last season, Gess’ third with the Gwinnett County school.

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.