Coahulla Creek High School principal Phillip Brown and athletic director Chip Fleming will host a meet-and-greet with the Whitfield County school’s first lineup of coaches next week. As of now, that would be a party of two.
Successful Florida prep coach Jared Hamlin will be in charge of the Colts’ football program, which will begin with a junior varsity season this fall before playing a varsity schedule in 2012. Hamlin was chosen from a list of 40 to 50 “strong” applicants, according to Fleming, who will be the school’s track coach in addition to his AD duties.
“We are currently trying to build a staff, but it’s taking some time since most of the hirings will be within Whitfield County,” Fleming said. “The school board is still trying to finalize the districts so that we will know how many students will be coming and how many teaching spots we will have.”
Coahulla Creek will compete on the varsity level in every other sport, making the coaching hirings even more of a priority. Though the hirings have been slow to come, Fleming raves about Hamlin, a Virginia Tech University offensive lineman in the early 1990s who compiled a 41-30 record at Sebring High School. Sebring had managed just 16 wins in the six years before Hamlin’s arrival.
“He’s an excellent coach and he’s dedicated to building this program from scratch,” Fleming said.