Ooltewah High School officials announced Friday that assistant football coach Shannon Williams has been promoted to head coach.
Williams, 33, is a 1998 graduate of the University of Alabama. He succeeds Benny Monroe, who recently announced his retirement.
Williams spent some time as offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Arkansas-Monticello among his college coaching stops and also worked for Rodney Allison at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he earned a master’s degree in education. Williams said he enjoyed his time as a coach at the college level but recognized there is instability that comes with it.
He decided to pursue coaching in high school, ultimately to seek a head coaching position, so he and his wife, Mystique, could be settled somewhere. He hopes that’s Ooltewah.
“We want to be here a little while,” Williams said.