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The way i see it is everything happens for a reason. i am thankful for what coach southerland did for us in the spring but i think our school and admin made the right choice by hiring coach Johnson. Maybe God had different plans for coach southerland, i mean look at the success hes having now. everything worked out fine to me.

Who are the stand out players for Rossview Kenwood Clarksville Northeast central Northwest

haha i was thinking the same thing

Northeast will have all its seniors playing when they re zone.

After one of the longest and exhaustive coaching searches in school history, Northeast High has finally found its man. The Eagles named Bryan Johnson its new head football coach Monday after approval from the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. "It's awesome," Northeast athletics director Kim Yarbrough said. "It's been a rough road, but we finally have a guy we feel fits this program perfectly. It came down to a couple of applicants, but coach Johnson was the one who stood out the most." Yarbrough and Northeast principal Galea Jefferies made the decision to offer Johnson the position last week, but the school system has to approve all head coaching hires. Their final approval ended an eight-month search. "I'm certainly looking forward to the challenge," Johnson said. "Right now the kids are in the mandatory dead-period, but once that's over we need to hit the ground running." Johnson will have little time to implement his scheme once the dead period ends in early July. While much of the city schools have benefited from a spring practice with its head coaches, Northeast has relied on assistant coaches from last year's Paul Watkins-led staff to keep players motivated and conditioned. "They've actually done a great job from what I've heard," Johnson said. "I'm extremely grateful to them for that and I'm really excited about how those kids stuck together despite not having a head coach." Assistant coach Henry Mitchell was named interim coach throughout the spring drills with the understanding Northeast would be actively searching for a permanent head coach. Johnson has made no decisions on whether he'll retain any of Northeast's current assistants. "I'm not at liberty to say that yet because I haven't talked to them to find out what their desires are," Johnson said. "I'm looking for good coaches and most of all good people." Johnson, who spent last season as the offensive line coach at Clarksville High and was the head track coach this spring, will have one coach roaming the Eagles sideline. He'll bring former Wildcats offensive coordinator Issac Shelby to Northeast. "We lost two quality coaches," Clarksville High coach Jim Snider said. "But Bryan's a mature, very bright young man. He'll do a good job at Northeast." Snider doesn't expect any other assistants to be pulled from his staff, and Johnson said he's made no efforts to bring any more Wildcat coaches to Northeast, but Snider does have shoes to fill. The Wildcats coach will shift defensive secondary coach Ken Busby to offensive coordinator, while he looks for a new offensive line and defensive backs coach. "We wanted to have (Bryan) on the staff for a few more years, but it didn't even last that long," Snider said. "When you've been blessed with a good program, you lose good assistants. But the good things is that you have a lot of coaches that want to coach for a good program." As for Johnson, he knows that his work will be cut out for him with a little more than a month to prepare for the season opener once the dead period ends. However, he's not worried about the disadvantages a late start brings. "I don't think it'll matter that much," he said. "I'm an educator first. I approach the season like I would approach the classroom. "If I had something to teach in a short amount of time, then I have to start with the basics first and build from there. In football, if you can run, block and tackle, you're going to win games. It's that simple. Those are the fundamentals and that's what we start with, regardless of scheme." Johnson is a product of Overton High School's football program, graduating in the spring of 2000. By the fall of that year he joined the Austin Peay football team and played until 2004. Johnson was hired as an assistant football coach under former Eagles coach Steve Kordisch before Watkins took over in Johnson's second year with the Eagles. Johnson then took a year off from football to finish school before he approached Snider, who had just finished taking his team to the Class 4A state quarterfinals. With Johnson guiding the offensive line, the Wildcats finished 10-2, losing to Maplewood in the second round of the playoffs last November. Meanwhile, Northeast finished 0-10 in Watkins' swan song, struggling to score points despite talent. A rough Class 5A schedule with region opponents that included Ravenwood, Brentwood, Franklin and Independence took its toll on the Eagles. Watkins' desire to spend more time with his family led to his resignation, but struggles with team parents, the administration and team morale also factored into his decision. "Some things will change as far as schemes go," Johnson said. "But we'll give the kids time to adjust. They've already shown the dedication to this program and that's a huge sign for any coach coming into the program. I can't wait to get started with them."

ok no one is going to another school or any of that.

Article in the paper: Northeast High School never expected to be in this position when former football coach Paul Watkins resigned after an 0-10 season last November. The school anticipated finding a suitable coach before the spring. That hasn't happened. Then the school figured that if it could find a coach during spring, it would lessen the damage done by not having a head coach for spring practice. So far, that's becoming a difficult goal to accomplish too. Wednesday, Springfield head football coach Jon Offut declined Northeast's offer to become its next head coach. "I think it was a family thing," Clarksville-Montgomery County School System activities director Richard McWhirter said. "I think he just wanted to be closer to home and that was a deciding factor." Offut's name surfaced several weeks ago as Northeast's next coach, and he was rumored to be interested in taking over, but was undecided. Northeast gave Offut a deadline of Wednesday to make his decision and the Yellow Jackets' coach passed. He's one of several coaches that have turned down the administration's offer to coach the Class 5A school. Northeast athletics director Kim Yarbrough and the school administration are looking for a coach that fills a teaching position first and time is beginning to run out. The school held its graduation Friday night. A month ago, Yarbrough said there were about seven teaching spots open. Now there are four. One of those teaching positions is in the history department and the school has been looking to match a coach with that particular teaching post. "Most coaches, especially football coaches, come from a history background," she said. "We have a history spot open and several math positions too. It's rare that you find a coach who teaches math. We have to look at what we have and find a coach that fits that need and do what's best for our kids." Yarbrough did express frustration with the hiring process that began more than six months ago. Northeast also has acquired the help of McWhirter and the school system's human resources department. "I feel sorry for the kids because they're the ones that are getting the short end of the stick," she said. "But we are working diligently, trying to find a coach who can help these young kids on and off the field and be a model teacher as well." The Eagles are currently under the helm of non-faculty assistant coach Henry Mitchell. Mitchell has been given the title of interim head coach as the school continues its search. He's currently running the spring drills as well as conditioning and weight training. But he will not be promoted to head coach because of his lack of teaching qualifications, according to McWhirter. "I met with the parents on Tuesday and their biggest concern was about their kids on the team," McWhirter said. "The parents just want to know who is running the program and who they should turn to for questions or leadership. Right now, coach Mitchell is filling that void." All of Watkins' assistants were placed on the May 15 contract non-renewal list ??”??” a common practice for most high school football programs that are searching for a new coach. Each assistant, however, has the opportunity to re-apply for their position if the head coach decides to include them on his staff. "I talked with Kim and (Northeast principal) Galea (Jefferies) Friday and we're looking at what the teaching needs are," McWhirter added. "I don't want to say that we're starting all over but we are in sped-up mode at this point." As spring practice draws to a close and the July dead period ends in the middle of that month, most of Northeast's players could just be getting acclimated to a new head coach instead of having the fortune of getting accustomed to a new coach's philosophy by the start of the new year. "The boys are working hard under coach Mitchell," Yarbrough said. "They're ready for a head coach. So we need to sit down with Mr. McWhirter and human resources and decide on which way to go. We've already had several phone calls the last few days so hopefully this process won't take much longer."

our seniors say he coached when they were freshman and he was a good coach but when watkins got the job he let him go. And coach johnson went and coached at chs idk?????

If this is true why dont us players know about it?

on our regular series no one scored. then in goal line series it was 2-1 they scored twice we scored once

Heres is a video me and my freinds made from our spring game.tell me what you think

The president wouldnt be able to get our school to hire anyone faster. i dont think anyone understands this. want to know what the school says to people who question the coaching job? they tell them to stop creating a hostile enviorment.

alright newbie since its a joke come help us out.... man its so old all these people talking about how who we have helping us is a joke. At least SOMEONE is out there working with us. And im guessing it would be less of a joke if no one at all was out there helping us? i dont mean to be rude or disrespct sir.....

its the same thing you did when you got the intern head coaching job. you got people to help coach with you...