Mays was 44-25 with three region titles in six seasons under Battle and 3-7 in 2021. Slaton is a former Morris Brown quarterback. He was Banneker’s head coach for two seasons (2011-12) and also has worked at Westlake (2004-07), where he helped develop quarterback Cam Newton. Slaton has coached at Mays the past eight seasons, the last four as offensive coordinator. *Mays promoted offensive coordinator and alumnus Tony Slaton to replace Niketa Battle, who became head coach at Dutchtown. Tucker’s victory total has declined each season since its Class 6A runner-up finish in 2016. He spent 30 seasons at North Carolina’s High Point Central, the final 13 as head coach before retiring in that state. Jones has been with Tucker’s staff for two seasons. *Tucker promoted defensive backs coach Wayne Jones to replace James Thomson, who became head coach at Winter Haven in Florida. Cross Keys has won four games the past 10 seasons against non-region schedules. A Southern Miss graduate, Williams coached for eight seasons in his native Mississippi at Rosa Fort, Canton and Hattiesburg before coming to Riverdale in 2019. *Cross Keys hired Riverdale linebackers/safeties assistant Jimmy Williams to replace John Bowen, who became Towers’ head coach. Smith’s record at Viera, a Class 7A school in central Florida, was 28-17 with three district championships in four seasons. *McIntosh hired Viera (Fla.) head coach Derek Smith to replace Lee Belknap, who became Newnan’s defensive coordinator. He is a graduate of Upson-Lee and coached that school from 2008 to 2013. Lambert was 5-5 and 7-4 in two seasons under Watson after finishing 0-10 the season before he was hired. *Harris County hired Lambert head coach Tommy Watson to replace Jamie Fox, who retired from public schools and is not coaching this fall. Ola was 5-6 in Angel’s only season and has never won a playoff game. He won an Alabama Class 5A title in 2009 with Demopolis. *Ola hired Pelham (Ala.) coach Tom Causey to replace Ryan Angel, who rejoined Loganville’s staff. Locust Grove was 0-10 last season and last had a winning season in 2015. He was a graduate assistant under Urban Meyer on Utah’s 2004 Fiesta Bowl champion. Fisher spent 17 seasons on college staffs, most recently as Tennessee State’s defensive coordinator (2017-19). *Locust Grove hired Drew defensive coordinator Garry Fisher to replace Mark Miller, who became defensive coordinator at Lake Oconee Academy. Dutchtown was 43-16 in five seasons under Fedd and 7-4 in 2021. He coached at Mays for 10 seasons overall and had stints at Miller Grove, Stone Mountain and Mount Zion (Jonesboro) as well as Dutchtown in 2006. Battle led Mays to three 10-win seasons and three region titles in his six years, though the Raiders had fallen to 3-7 the past two years.

*Dutchtown hired Mays head coach Niketa Battle to replace Clifford Fedd, who became head coach at Sumter County. Coe’s record at Madison County was 136-27 over 12 seasons. He’s a member of the Florida Athletic Coaches Athletic Hall of Fame, as was Pruitt.

Coe led Madison County to state titles four of the past five seasons, including 2021.

*Coffee hired Madison County (Fla.) head coach Mike Coe to replace Robby Pruitt, who became head coach at Williston in Florida. Cathcart is now at Batesburg-Leesville, which was 3-4 last season in South Carolina’s Class 2A. Pruitt needed more time in Florida to max out his retirement benefits. Pruitt, whose 376 victories were second-most among active Georgia football coaches, went to Williston, which went 1-8 last season in Florida’s Class A. Most interesting: Coffee’s Robby Pruitt and Jefferson’s Gene Cathcart left high-profile jobs for inconspicuous ones in their home states.

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