[footballfever]

BREAKING SPORTS......

Whitley County High School has named their new boys basketball coach. Mark White will replace Jerry Overbey who stepped down in early March after 9 years at the helm. White comes to Whitley with an impressive resume including a 5 year stop at Mississippi State University in the SEC under coach Rick Stansburry. He had stints as a head coach at both East Mississippi College and Tallahassee Community College where he compiled a combined 240-99 (71%) career mark. He was named his district and region coach of the year four different seasons. He does have high school head coaching experience as well, he spent 2 years as the head coach at Central Hardin High School in Western Kentucky in the early 2000's and last season at Grace Christian High School in Knoxville, his 3 year record as a high school head coach is 45-36. He inherits a Colonel team that returns 93% of last year’s scoring, 86% of last year’s rebounding which includes 4 starters and the entire bench from this past season. White is a Kentucky native and will relocate to Whitley County. A formal introduction of White will take place at a later date via the school districts social media outlets.

[pjdoug]

BREAKING SPORTS......

Whitley County High School has named their new boys basketball coach. Mark White will replace Jerry Overbey who stepped down in early March after 9 years at the helm. White comes to Whitley with an impressive resume including a 5 year stop at Mississippi State University in the SEC under coach Rick Stansburry. He had stints as a head coach at both East Mississippi College and Tallahassee Community College where he compiled a combined 240-99 (71%) career mark. He was named his district and region coach of the year four different seasons. He does have high school head coaching experience as well, he spent 2 years as the head coach at Central Hardin High School in Western Kentucky in the early 2000's and last season at Grace Christian High School in Knoxville, his 3 year record as a high school head coach is 45-36. He inherits a Colonel team that returns 93% of last year’s scoring, 86% of last year’s rebounding which includes 4 starters and the entire bench from this past season. White is a Kentucky native and will relocate to Whitley County. A formal introduction of White will take place at a later date via the school districts social media outlets.

A great hire. Go Colonels!

[9Lives]

Sounds like a ringer! Congrats

[JokersWild24]

Sounds like a hire with a very impressive resume if nothing else. Whitley County is one of those schools in the 13th that you look at and think that they have the resources (student population, facilities, etc.) that they'd have more success than they've had historically.

[KEEPITREAL]

Until recently they hired the ol buddy or juniors nephew. With the baseball football volleyball girls basket ball and now boys basketball hires to name a few maybe they can drag the kids walking the halls that could start and get em to compete. An atmosphere where they compete instead of complain and coaches that motivate instead of tearing the kids down mentally wouldnt hurt either..... Like em or not the new regime with siler lawson shope and stewart are knocking it out of the park.

[pjdoug]

Until recently they hired the ol buddy or juniors nephew. With the baseball football volleyball girls basket ball and now boys basketball hires to name a few maybe they can drag the kids walking the halls that could start and get em to compete. An atmosphere where they compete instead of complain and coaches that motivate instead of tearing the kids down mentally wouldnt hurt either..... Like em or not the new regime with siler lawson shope and stewart are knocking it out of the park.

I've seen them bashed a lot and heard of them being rude to people, but haven't seen it. They must be good at hiding it, because it seems like they are doing a fine job. Hiring a coach with SEC experience seems pretty impressive over past years.