SUN Coaches Podcast

Coach Slaney is a native of Tyrone Ga where he attended the Heritage School for High School. I multi-sport athlete in high school, Coach Slaney went on to get a degree at Georgia Tech. After college, Zach started his coaching career at his alma mater helping at the middle school level and worked his way up from there. Coach Slaney has moved up the right way and is now sitting in the "big chair" le...

Coach Neal is one of the best dudes in the business. One of the "young guns" that will surely guide the business in years to come, Coach Neal has worked his way up from the bottom the right way. Cody is a native of Kennesaw where he attended high school and later went on to college. He then got into coaching while finishing his degree and hasn't looked back. A leader of men, Coach Neal has just be...

Coach Jeff Lee is a native of Eastman Ga where he played at Dodge County High School. He went on to play college ball at Ga Southern for the legendary Erk Russell and then professionally in the USFL, NFL, and NFL Europe. He has had a long and storied career as a head and assistant coach all over the state of Georgia and Florida. I hope you enjoy hearing his story as much as I enjoyed recording wit...

Coach Holley is a coach's kid. He grew up with a father that was a football coach and naturally, followed in his footsteps. Adam played and graduated from Starr's Mill High School and then went on to play QB at West Georgia. He has been an OC, QB and WR coach and now the HFC at Cherokee HS in Canton GA. Coach Holley is one of the finest younger coaches in the game in Georgia. I hope you enjoy Coac...

Coach Dubuc is a native of Ft. Lauderdale where he graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School in 1992. Coach has won multiple state championships as the HFC after playing collegiately at Texas Tech and professionally in the Canadian Football League. Coach Dubuc does things the right way instilling character and work ethic throughout his program in all facets. I hope you enjoy his story as much as...

Coach Campbell is the winningest coach in the history of the state of Georgia. He won 477 games and 11 state titles all at Lincoln County where he served as the HFC for 42 years. He had one losing season, his first, and then had 41 consecutive winning season. He now enjoys his cows and horses and traveling with his family. Coach Campbell is more than just a great football coach, he is a great man...

Coach Armstrong has had a long and illustrious career as both and assistant and HFC in multiple states including Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. He has literally done it all. He is now going to be assistant to the HFC at Reinhardt College.. Coach Armstrong has seen enough to know he hasn't seen it all. I hope you all enjoy hearing his story!

Coach Ed Dudley is a legend. He played for a legend in high school (George Maloof), started his coaching career for a legend (Billy Henderson Clark Central), and has become a legend himself. He worked for some legends as well. He has had a long and winding career as an assistant and a head coach. Coach Dudley is one of the good ones and if you don't like him, something is probably wrong with you!...

Coach McWhorter is a native of Effingham Illinois where he played his high school ball at Effingham High School. He went on to play college ball at Eastern Illinois. From there, Coach McWhorter got his first coaching job as an assistant at Charlton County. Three years later he was named the HFC there and the rest is history! The man is a legend. I hope you enjoy listening to Coach Mac!

Coach Kenny Moore is a native of Valdosta Georgia. He graduated from Valdosta High School where he played for the legendary Wright Bazemore in high school. Coach knew he wanted to be a coach from an early age and went on to graduate from Valdosta State. Coach started his career under Butch Brooks at Washington Wilkes and then went on to be a HFC for 22 years. He is one of the best to ever do it an...

Coach Hochstetler was actually a baseball guy. Little known fact there. Thing about legends is, they can just flat out coach. He won 345 games with a 75% winning percentage, 3 state titles, winning 1 at two different schools. That puts him at #5 on the list of all time wins for HFC in the state of Georgia. A native of Cullman Alabama, Coach played college baseball before starting his coaching care...

Dexter Wood personifies the word LEGEND in the state of Georgia annals of high school football. The architect of Buford football, Coach Wood started his career in Alabama. He won 3 state titles back to back to back going on a 45-0 tear at Buford and 210 games total with a 79.9% winning percentage overall. A native of Ozark Alabama, Coach Wood played for the legendary Paul Bear Bryant at the Univer...

Coach Jones won 329 games and 4 state championships with a 74% winning pct in his career. Coach was a HFC for 40 years and had 2, two, that's 2 losing seasons! A native of Phenix City Alabama, Coach Jones played college baseball before graduating and starting his coaching career in Alabama. He won 17 games in 3 years as a HFC in Alabama (which technically give him 345 wins) before coming to Georgi...

Coach Barrs is one of the best to ever do it. He spent 24 years as a HFC winning 164 games at several different stops. He took 3 different schools to at least the quarters or further in the state playoffs and won 6 region championships. Coach Barrs is one of the true gentleman of the game and is regarded by his peers as one of the best to have ever roamed the sidelines. A native of Cochran, Coach...

Coach Cronic is a true LEGEND. A native of Athens GA, Coach later moved to Madison County, Coach Cronic has coached at both the high school and college levels. He has revived programs in high school and built a college program from the ground up. Thought by his peers to be one of the most intelligent men to ever grace the sidelines, Coach Cronic was one of the most innovative coaches during his te...

Roger Holmes has probably forgotten more about winning football games than most coaches know about winning them. A native of Tennessee, Coach Holmes went to MTSU where he walked on and then started his high school coaching career in Tennessee before coming to Georgia. What he has accomplished at Dublin is beyond impressive. Not only is he closing in on winning 300 games in his career, but he has w...

Coach Strickland is a winner. Period. A native of Clinch County, Strick cites coaches Don Tison and Cecil Barber (2 legends) as being the most influential in his desire to enter this profession. He started with Jeff Lee at Twiggs and went from there. Working with great staffs and learning from some of the best, Coach Strickland won state titles as and assistant before going on to becoming a HFC an...

Coach Soliday is one of the last of the hard. He is originally from West Virginia where he played high school football, basketball, and ran track. He played college football as well. He started his career as a GA, coached for 4 years at his alma mater and headed south to interview and stopped in Turner County. He spent the next 30 years as a HFC in GA winning 2 state titles and 232 games to date....

Coach King is a younger LEGEND. He is a native of Cedartown where he played three sports in high school. He went on to play QB at Carson Newman collegiately before starting his high school career. Coach King has also had two stops in the college ranks as an assistant before returning to college. He has won 2 state championships as a HFC and is averaging 12.8 wins a year as a HFC. I hope you enjoy...

Coach Gillespie has done a lot at many levels. A native of NE GA, Coach Gillespie graduated from Rabun County High School and walked on at the University of Georgia. After college, he went on to be an assistant for some of the legends of the game like George Bobo, Charles Winslette, and Rodney Walker before striking out on his own. Coach has been a college coach at Georgia Southern twice and alway...

Coach Barden is one of the finest men in the business. A native of Habersham County, Frank played his college ball at West Georgia and started his coaching career with the legendary Coach Rodney Walker. Coach Barden has gone on to be one of the winningest coaches in Georgia High School football playing for state titles five times and winning the 1999 title at Cartersville. Coach Barden is a man of...

Coach Teague is a self-proclaimed "hillbilly" raised in NW GA. As a Billy Henderson disciple, Coach Teague was mentored early in his career by one of the Legends of Georgia High School football. He took the model he learned from Coach Henderson and employed it as the HFC at Lafayette, Swainsboro, and Carrollton to have a Hall of Fame career. I hope you enjoy Rayvan Teague's story as much as I enjo...

Coach Rich Fendley is a coach's kid. A native of Warner Robins GA, Coach Fendley played at Warner Robins and then at West Georgia. Rich has been one of the best weight room guys in the business over the past 30 years and has led the Bowdon Red Devils to 3 consecutive sate football titles. His story is one of perseverance and overcoming adversity. I hope you enjoy Coach Rich Fendley!

Franklin Stephens is native of Keysville GA in Burke County. He is now the HFC at Burke County High School. A two time All American at Georgia Southern, Coach Stephens would return to Burke County to begin his coaching career. Coach has won over 180 games and 2 state titles has a HFC and taken 4 different schools to the semi-finals or further over his career as a HFC. He is definitely one of the l...

Coach Pardue is a native of Kentucky. Coach has coached high school ball in Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia. He has also coached at the college level at the University of Kentucky and as the HFC at Lagrange College. Coach Pardue won a state title as an assistant at Lagrange before taking over as the HFC and going on to win 3 state titles as the HFC. I hope you enjoy Coach Pardue's story!