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Why did he leave Antioch years ago? I thought he did a good job over there.

Hunters Lane has its new football coach in former Overton assistant Thomas McPhail. McPhail takes over the Warriors’ football program after Scott Murray stepped down on May 7.

“I’ve always kind of had the itch to get back into it and have my own program,†McPhail said. “It was one of the things I wanted to do before my career ended.â€

McPhail got into coaching as an assistant at Glencilff for eight years before taking over as the head coach at Antioch for five seasons. McPhail left Antioch to coach his sons as an assistant at Father Ryan for six years before spending the last three years an assistant at Overton.

He will face a tough test to get the Warriors back into contention. Hunters Lane was 5-15 in two seasons under Murray and has not earned a playoff berth since 2009.

“I think it’s going to be quite a challenge but I do think there is support here from those involved with athletics to try and do things the right way and rebuild the program to relevance,†McPhail said. “I’m not blinded by any thoughts of grandeur, I know it’s going to be a lot of work but hopefully the kids will buy in. What we want to do is go out and compete and try to do things the right way.â€

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Hunters Lane has its new football coach in former Overton assistant Thomas McPhail. McPhail takes over the Warriors’ football program after Scott Murray stepped down on May 7.

“I’ve always kind of had the itch to get back into it and have my own program,†McPhail said. “It was one of the things I wanted to do before my career ended.â€

McPhail got into coaching as an assistant at Glencilff for eight years before taking over as the head coach at Antioch for five seasons. McPhail left Antioch to coach his sons as an assistant at Father Ryan for six years before spending the last three years an assistant at Overton.

He will face a tough test to get the Warriors back into contention. Hunters Lane was 5-15 in two seasons under Murray and has not earned a playoff berth since 2009.

“I think it’s going to be quite a challenge but I do think there is support here from those involved with athletics to try and do things the right way and rebuild the program to relevance,†McPhail said. “I’m not blinded by any thoughts of grandeur, I know it’s going to be a lot of work but hopefully the kids will buy in. What we want to do is go out and compete and try to do things the right way.â€

Thank you sir. He is going to have a tough task over there. Hunters Lane is filled with problems from what I have learned.
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Hunters Lane is your typical inner city school that has multiple problems. Being the head football coach at HL is just like being the head coach at any school in that to be successful the person must be the right fit at the right time. HL probably has more talent walking the halls than most county schools have on the field but it's a difficult task to not only get the talent to join the team but to get them to practice on a regular basis. I had one Metro Nashville coach tell me that if he has all of his starters attend 2 practices each week he had a good week. That is the type of problems a coach has to deal with in the Metro Nashville Public Schools. Good luck to Tom but he has a major task in front of him.

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Hunters Lane is your typical inner city school that has multiple problems. Being the head football coach at HL is just like being the head coach at any school in that to be successful the person must be the right fit at the right time. HL probably has more talent walking the halls than most county schools have on the field but it's a difficult task to not only get the talent to join the team but to get them to practice on a regular basis. I had one Metro Nashville coach tell me that if he has all of his starters attend 2 practices each week he had a good week. That is the type of problems a coach has to deal with in the Metro Nashville Public Schools. Good luck to Tom but he has a major task in front of him.

100% agree!! Getting dedicated kids is a major problem.
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