Dalton High School will be performing a rare search for a football coach after Matt Land resigned Tuesday after an 11-year run at the Catamounts’ helm.
Land, a former player and longtime assistant coach, went 80-43 as the head coach. His teams made eight playoff appearances and won three region championships. The 2016 team went 13-1 and reached the Class AAAAAA semifinal round.
This year’s team finished 2-7, 1-6 in Region 5-AAAAAA.
Land was a player under legendary coach Bill Chappell and later joined his staff after playing and graduating from Auburn. He was the program’s fifth head coach since 1963, the year Chappell began his 32-year run. Alf Anderson preceded Chappell and had a 16-year tenure.
Land posted a letter on social media Tuesday morning, thanking his family and current and former players.