Ooltewah’s new defensive coach Doug Green throws to receivers during practice.Former Ooltewah assistant Doug Greene has been hired as the football coach at Rhea County.
“Rhea County is a good job, a program with a lot of history and tradition and a program that is used to winning,” said Greene, who has coached on the high school and college levels. “Two things that were attractive to me were that there is only one high school in the county and that the county is full of avid football fans. I felt there were a lot of positives to [accepting the position].”
Rhea County had initially hired Danny Adams from Winfield, Ala., to replace Jason Fitzgerald after Fitzgerald resigned earlier this month but Adams resigned after just a day on the job.
Greene, who had a handful of interviews elsewhere, said the appearance of being the school’s second choice didn’t matter.
“I wouldn’t have taken this job if I felt they didn’t really want me,” he said.