Howard School of Academics and Technology girls' basketball and track coach Stanley Jackson has not been rehired by the school. Jackson coached the track team each of the last two years, guiding the Lady Hustlin' Tigers to the program's first Class A/AA state championship in more than 20 years. The girls' basketball team finished 10-12 last season in his first year as head coach.
Two weeks after the sudden closing of David Brainerd Christian School, former Wildcats football coach Tawambi Settles has been hired as an assistant coach at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe.
Notre Dame High School will have a new coach to go with its new baseball field in 2010. Former Bryan College standout Drew Friedrich has been named to succeed Tommy Fox.
For Vickie Hicks, the captain of the Chattanooga women's 4.0 USTA tennis team, repeating the same results this season as she had in 1990 would be just fine.
Billboards aren't up and no ads have been posted, but football officials are being recruited in southeastern Tennessee and the first meeting is Monday.