Coaches Corner

- Niceville tabs Hamrick as new baseball coach
- Travis Downey
- NICEVILLE — The opening wasn’t even a full day old when Cory Hamrick received a phone call notifying him of the coaching vacancy at Niceville High School.
Brad Phillips, a man Hamrick called “a friend,” had suddenly res... Full story

- Phillips leaves Niceville baseball for job with Troy
- Travis Downey
- Citing the opportunity as one he “could not let pass by,” Brad Phillips, the 2009 Daily News big school Coach of the Year, has resigned as the head baseball coach at Niceville and accepted an assistant coaching position on Bobby Pierce&rs... Full story

- Freeport's Arntz promoted in 2 coaching positions
- Travis Downey
- In what has been an eventful past couple of weeks, the athletic department at Freeport High School has lost two of its more familiar faces and decided to tap the shoulder of another to fill the voids left behind.
Longtime head baseball coach Gene Ma... Full story

- Martin, Marello reflect on departing from Freeport
- Travis Downey
- His coach had yet to say a word, but already Cole Weeks knew something was amiss.
As members of the Freeport baseball team boarded a bus before making their way to a midweek game, Weeks recalled seeing longtime Freeport head coach Gene Martin step i... Full story

- Baker grad Parks to coach Gators' volleyball team
- Randy Dickson
- BAKER — Tomikko Parks understands the volleyball tradition at Baker.
As a sophomore in 1991, she was a member of Baker’s first district championship team that made it to the state finals under coach Kathy Combest. Parks, a 1994 Baker gra... Full story

- Coaching changes abound in Walton basketball program
- Travis Downey
- Citing concerns he had with sagging participation within the girls’ basketball program, Walton High School Principal Russell Hughes announced sweeping changes within the Braves’ basketball programs.
Longtime boys’ coach Jerry Heste... Full story

- Williams takes over reins of Paxton girls' hoops
- By WILL PARCHMAN
Northwest Florida Daily News315-4484 | willp@nwfdailynews.com
Throughout his 24-year coaching career, Steve Williams has always considered himself adept in the art of team-building.
He's proud of a track record that includes vario... Full story

- Campbell named Crestview girls basketball coach
- By RANDY DICKSON
Florida Freedom Newspapers
It seems Donald Campbell was born to coach basketball.
From his high school days in Louisiana, he's been helping develop players in the game he loves.
Campbell, a self-professed basketball junkie who li... Full story

- White named Crestview boys hoops coach
- By RANDY DICKSON
Florida Freedom Newspapers
Crestview didn't have to go far to find its new boys basketball coach. In fact, the search committee didn't even need to leave the home gym.
Keith White, who coached the Crestview girls basketball team t... Full story

- Haddock retires after 18 seasons with Paxton
- By TRAVIS DOWNEY
Northwest Florida Daily News
315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com
Many years ago, perhaps more than even he would like to recount, Herb Haddock and his wife, Charlotte, would make the weekly trek from their home in Frisco City, Ala... Full story

- Crestview will hire new boys basketball coach
- Kyle Wright
Florida Freedom Newspapers
Crestview is seeking a new lead Dawg for its boys basketball program.
Crestview principal Ed Coleman confirmed Brian Humphrey will not return as the school's boys basketball coach next year after a five-year ... Full story
- Anderson looking toward tough season for Bulldogs
- By Richard Owen, Walton Sun
- Freeport head football coach Jim Anderson says people tell him all the time “he is one player away from winning it all.”
There is no better illustration of this observation than this year’s Bulldog lineup.
The Bulldogs a... Full story
- Kerby Named Gulf Breeze Head Coach
- Sharon Kerby played for one of the nation’s best women’s soccer program at West Florida from 2001-05. Now, she has the opportunity to coach one of the best women’s soccer teams in Florida.
On July 6, Kerby was announced as the gir... Full story
- Good words coming out of South Walton for boys’ basketball
- By Tina Harbuck, Destin Log
- “Go hard, good finish. Good, good.”
If new South Walton High School boys basketball Coach John Davies said those words once, he repeated them a dozen times as the Seahawks ran through shooting drills Wednesday morning.
Davies,... Full story
- Craig looks to restore title hopes
- By Richard Owen, Walton Sun
- Head coach Kevin Craig began to think he must have done something to offend the gods last season.
The Lady Seahawks basketball team returned for the 2006-07 season as the reigning District 1-3A champions. The team had the desire and belief they... Full story
- Seahawks get new coach
- By Richard Owen, Walton Sun
- The South Walton Seahawks basketball team has had a rough couple of years.
In the 2005-06 season, the Seahawks fi nished with a record of two wins and 23 losses going winless in District 1-3A. The 2006-07 season showed a little improvement as S... Full story
- Lady Bulldogs welcome new coach
- By Richard Owen, Walton Sun
- Tina Knight had been the face of Freeport Lady Bulldogs volleyball since the sport was first started in the mid-nineties.
When Knight resigned at the end of the 2006 season, the search for a new coach began.
The search ended right where i... Full story
- Susan Williams steps down Pace coach
- By Bill Gamblin, Santa Rosa's Press Gazette
- Susan Williams made what was one of the toughest decisions in her life at the end of the 2006-07 school year.
Her decision was to step aside as the Head Coach of the Pace Lady Patriots after 22 years.
“It was tough on me last year,” s... Full story
- Niceville’s Norris hired by Alabama
- Dax Norris was a two-year starter at catcher for Alabama in 1995 and 1996.
Now, the Niceville assistant is headed back to the Capstone as a volunteer assistant coach. The move was announced on Wednesday by Alabama head coach Jim Wells. Norris r... Full story