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Shadowens already looking forward to Smyrna's next season
SMYRNA ??” It's only a little more than a month since Smyrna defeated Independence in the TSSAA Class 5A BlueCross Bowl, but already coach Philip Shadowens has moved on ??” to next season, that is.
???We expect to compete for another state championship next year,??? he said. ???That??™s a process that takes a whole year of preparation for, and that??™s what we??™ll start on next week. We??™ll start our after-school offseason program beginning next week and we??™ll start working toward getting better one day at a time, like we always have."
Shadowens recently talked Middle Tennessee Christian School (he has two daughters who are students there) about taking over that school's three-year-old program following the departure of Eddie Bassham. He endorsed the MTCS job as ???a great opportunity for whoever takes it??? but decided to stay at Smyrna, where he graduated in 1985 and where he has produced unprecedented success during his 14 seasons as coach.
???It??™s always been the same for me since Day One, when I was 26 years old,??? he said. ???I remember telling Mr. Raikes that, ??