NW Whitfield head coach Mike Falleur watches his team as they play Dalton at Harmon Stadium August 12, 2010.TUNNEL HILL, Ga. – The search already has begun for the replacement of one of northwest Georgia’s longest tenured head football coaches.
Northwest Whitfield’s Mike Falleur is leaving after nine seasons at the Bruins’ helm for the head coaching position at Georgia’s Villa Rica High School.
Falleur, 49, had a 58-37 record at Northwest and is 142-70 overall, which includes stints at Tucker, Burke County and Elbert County. He began his coaching career as an assistant under Don Murray in 1987 at Northwest and also has served as the school’s athletic director.
“We really hope to have something done by the time spring practice starts in May,” Northwest principal Britt Adams said, promising the search will be wide open and may not necessarily include the athletic director’s position. “We will start interviewing folks in a couple of weeks and go from there. Coach Falleur has done a great job and we’re going to miss him.”
The Bruins overcame an 0-4 start this past season to finish 5-5.