CROCKER IS NEW FOOTBALL COACH AT PANTHER CREEK Sean Crocker has been announced as the new head football coach at Panther Creek High School, according to multiple media outlets including the Raleigh News and Observer. Crocker will leave Middle Creek to become the Catamounts’ third head football coach. He succeeds Wayne Bragg, who left Panther…
WHITEVILLE — Luke Little will be the new head football coach at Whiteville High School, according to the Stanly News and Press. Little, who is from the Whiteville area, has been the head coach at South Stanly for the last five years and served as an assistant coach at Whiteville under his father Mark for…
DINWIDDIE HEADED TO NORTH HENDERSON AFTER WAKEFIELD STINT HENDERSONVILLE— North Henderson High School has named Jason Dinwiddie as its new head football coach, according to the Hendersonville Daily News. Dinwiddie had recently resigned as the head football coach Wakefield High in Raleigh. Dinwiddie, 35, replaces Doug Justice, who resigned at the end of the 2011…
APEX — Joe Kilby is the new head football coach at Apex High School, leaving his post at Cedar Ridge in Hillsborough, according to several media reports, including the Raleigh News and Observer. Kilby posted a record of 15-11 in his two seasons at the Cedar Ridge helm and led the Red Wolves to the…
GASTON COUNTY COACH HITS MILESTONE GASTONIA— A Gaston County basketball coach has achieved a coaching milestone, according to the Gaston Gazette. Butch Blaylock, the head men’s basketball coach at Highland Tech, earned his 300th career coaching victory last week when his Rams downed East Lincoln. According to the Gazette, Blalock became the eighth basketball coach…
A North Carolina high school softball team is the subject of a feature in a national magazine. The East Surry softball team was recognized for great community service in the November 2011 issue of High School Today, a publication of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The feature appears in a section entitled…
CHARLOTTE— Former Winston-Salem Carver football coach Keith Wilkes is now the new head coach at Vance High School in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte Observer. Wilkes, 48, is leaving a job at an Atlanta-area elementary school. From 1992 to 2007, his Carver teams were 139-62-1 with 11 conference titles and state championships in 1998 and…
HOLLY SPRINGS NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HOLLY SPRINGS— Will Orbin has been named the new head football coach at Holly Springs High School, according to media reports. Will Orbin comes to Holly Springs from Leesville Road, where he served as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2011. He has 18 years of coaching…
TOBY WEBB COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD Established in 2005 through the NCHSAA Endowment Fund and generous donations from Toby Webb supporters, the Toby Webb Coach of the Year Award recognizes two outstanding coaches annually, one male and one female. This award seeks to honor coaches who have had an impact on the lives of…
LUMBERTON — Atlantic Coast Conference football referee and Lumberton native Brad Allen was among the North Carolina contingent that worked the 98th Rose Bowl football in Pasadena, Calif., on January 2. Allen, who has also been active in officiating circles with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, was the referee in a wild 45-38…
