Josh Owensby has resigned after three seasons as Hixson High School’s head football coach. Owensby has agreed to accept an offer to join the Soddy-Daisy staff as an offensive assistant.
“I just felt like it was time for a change for me and the program,” said Owensby, who will be joining Soddy-Daisy coach Carter Cardwell’s staff. “Coach Cardwell and I have built a relationship for years and this is a chance to work at a place that puts a great deal of value on athletics.
“I’m proud of what we’ve done here in my three years. We’ve gotten better and I have enjoyed being a head coach, but I just feel this is the right time to make this move.”
Owensby took over a Wildcats program that had gone a combined 2-27 during the three years before he arrived but he helped the team show steady improvement during his tenure, finishing 5-6 last season to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
“I coached against him when he was at Bledsoe and I was at Boyd and I was always impressed with how well-coached his teams were,” Cardwell said. “He’s a very smart football coach, and when you can get people like that around you, you need to move on it. He’s been a head coach at two other programs so I know that experience will be a huge positive for us. It helps having that guy you can bounce ideas off of and just his game experience.