CALHOUN, Ga. — The past 12 months have been a whirlwind for Taylor Lamb.
A year ago at this time he was finishing his sophomore season at Greer High School in Greenville, S.C., spending most of his time at receiver while being groomed as the program’s next quarterback. However, when his father, Bobby Lamb, was fired as head coach at Furman University, what seemed like a clear future became quite cloudy.
All that changed when Bobby Lamb was hired to begin the football program at Mercer University and, wanting his son to be comfortable in a new environment and at the same time continue to progress as an athlete, the natural fit was to let brother Hal be Taylor’s coach.
Tonight Taylor Lamb will lead the 13-0 Calhoun Yellow Jackets — Hal Lamb’s Yellow Jackets — into the GHSA Class AA semifinals against Appling County, another step in what has so far been a dream season for the entire Lamb family.
“I really didn’t envision Taylor being able to come here until my brother lost his job,” Hal Lamb said. “He did what any good father would do and found the best situation he could for his son. The only way this would happen is if he got the Mercer job, and when he took that job Taylor kind of fell into our laps.