Hixson High School football head coach Jason FitzgeraldHixson’s Jason Fitzgerald has been selected as state football coach of the week by the Tennessee Titans.
Fitzgerald’s Wildcats upended then-seventh-ranked Tyner in a District 6-AA showdown last Friday.
The former Rhea County coach is in his first season at Hixson. With four games to play, the Wildcats already have equaled the most wins for a Hixson football team since 2006, and they have assured tying the school’s best district showing since the 2005 team went 5-2.
“Our celebration at Red Bank was just pure jubilation. The other night they were happy, but it was more like ‘We knew all along we had a chance to win,'” Fitzgerald said Monday. “We were focused today in practice. The kids continue to do what we ask, and we just want them to keep playing hard these last four games and see where it gets us.”
The Wildcats play defending district champion and co-leader East Hamilton on Friday.