CHATSWORTH, Ga. – Chad Brewer doesn’t go into his new job with unrealistic goals or the promise of a quick turnaround. As the next head football coach at one of Georgia’s least successful high school programs, the longtime area assistant coach knows what he’s getting into.
And he loves it.
Brewer was approved Monday night by the Murray County Board of Education to become the latest coach to try to reinvigorate the Murray County High School program. Instead of turning back the clock, however, the energetic Brewer wants to start with a clean slate.
“Let’s forget about 2012 and the recent drought we’ve been in and concentrate on 2013 and week one against Coahulla Creek,” said Brewer, who was the defensive coordinator at Northwest Whitfield last year after spending several seasons in the same position at Southeast Whitfield. “That part is over. There is still a lot of tradition and pride at Murray County, and unfortunately people seemed to have forgotten it.”
Brewer inherits a program that went 7-63 the past seven seasons, with two of the wins coming via forfeit. Four head coaches have tried and departed, including longtime coach Bill Napier, who left after an 0-10 season in 2006 when the Indians were forced to play in Georgia’s highest classification.