[Coach Howard]

This is Hillard's nephew that coaches his Junior High team for him. Hillard is leaving and yes he has bought a home in Florida. I look for him to be around during football season because you all know that a coach that has done it as long as Hillard has can't just walk away cold turkey. The team will be Coach Whitaker's next year and I hope that everyone will give him a chance to put in his own touches to make this program his instead of Hillard's and then people can judge if they are happy with him as a head coach. I for one know that nobody will outwork him as far as hours worked goes. He is one of the most organized and structured coaches that I have ever me and I know that he will work extremely hard to continue the winning tradition that Hillard and all of the coaches have worked so hard to develop. So COUGAR fans let's give Coach Whitaker a chance to show us what he can do. Nobody out there hates to see Hillard leave more than I do but I do think that Hillard had a little to do with bringing Whitaker in here so he must have faith and confidence in him for a reason.