Coaches Corner

- Brian Wagner named interim Baker girls basketball coach
- Randy Dickson
- BAKER — A little more than a week after Kathy Combest suddenly resigned as the Baker girls basketball coach, the position has been filled.
Longtime Gator assistant football coach and boys weightlifting coach Brian Wagner has been named... Full story

- Baker legend Combest steps down as Gators hoops coach
- By RANDY DICKSON
Florida Freedom Newspapers
BAKER — Longtime Baker girls basketball coach Kathy Combest is stepping down after 13 years at the helm of the Gator program. Combest’s assistant coach, Kim Harrison, also is stepping down.... Full story

- Kimbrough takes over Crestview volleyball program
- Randy Dickson
Crestview News Bulletin
CRESTVIEW — Ben Kimbrough is quickly becoming a coach for all seasons — or at least seasons involving sports with a net that stretch the width of the court.
The Crestview tennis coach is now... Full story

- Panucci takes over Crestview wrestling program
- By RANDY DICKSON
Florida Freedom Newspapers
It took a little longer than expected to make it official, but Ron Panucci is now the Crestview wrestling coach.
Panucci replaces Jeff Fowler, who stepped down after nine years and more than 100 career... 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... 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... 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... 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,... 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... 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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... 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,”... 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... Full story