Four years ago, I did not get the football job that I wanted. But my God had different plans…He sent me to interview with
@CoachTonyLotti
Now 4 years later with
@CoachRushing
we’re hosting a playoff game
@ApalacheeFB
with lifelong friends & memories!!
#Grateful
#HisWays
>MyWays
Last night we finished up spring practice w/o
@CoachTonyLotti
If you know or have coached with Tony then you know that he always wears a WHITE HAT for
games! To HONOR our brother we wore white hats!
Can’t wait to get him back with us!
#DontFlinch
#WildCat48
@ApalacheeFB
@ApalacheeFB
is thrilled to announce Laron Scott
@laron_scott_34
as Associate Head Coach & Passing Game Coordinator! He will coach our WR’s & returners! He brings a passion to coaching each day! Plus a few state championships with him to the Chee! Welcome Coach Scott & family!!
Love seeing our QB, Howard Holloway hanging out with our campers at our Football Camp! He’s a great example for our future Apalachee Football players!
#Character
#Commitment
#Community
Thank you
#CheeNation
for showing up to support
@ApalacheeFB
last night on the road! It’s always good to out number the home crowd!
Our guys played with great effort and enthusiasm battling a good Dacula program! Excited about the direction of this program!
#KeepChoppingWood
Pumped to announce the addition of Coach Matt Rogers
@TheHillStrength
to the
@ApalacheeFB
staff!
He will be our Special Teams Coordinator & coach our OLB’s. He will also be helping develop ALL Chee athletes in the weight room!
#CheeFamily
#ChopWood
@ApalacheeFB
is pumped up to announce Ricky Aspinwall
@CoachAwall
as the Defensive Coordinator! He will coach the secondary and serve as the Creator of CHAOS!! He will bring a 🔥 to our defense each day! Please welcome Coach A & his family to Chee Nation!!
#CheeFamily
#CheeFire
I wanted to give a shout out to one of the most humble and hardest working coaches that I have ever worked with
@SeawrightDavid
He has been preparing to host the region track meet and get ready for spring football! He works tirelessly for the Chee athletes!
#GreatCoachBetterMan
Not the outcome that we wanted last night but I’m very proud of our team’s effort for 48 minutes! My hats off to
Winder on a good quality win.
Thank you Chee Nation for showing your support for this program & community! You were LOUD & PROUD all night!
#CheeFamily
#ChopWood
So proud of the PHYSICAL play that the Chee Defense had tonight! In 25 years of coaching I've never HEARD a TEAM HIT that hard! Guess I gotta buy more DOUGHNUTS for the SHUTOUT! Might have to buy some more HAMMERS too!
#ProudCoach
#BroughtTheHAMMER
Proud of the way
@ApalacheeFB
battled for 48 minutes tonight!
Congrats to
@hartcountyfb
on a hard fought 17-10 win.
Great high school football game by two teams leaving it all on the field!
#KeepChoppingWood
When your Dad is a PE teacher & Football Coach you get DODGEBALLS for Christmas!!
Nothing like learning a few life lessons by getting pegged in the face by your family!!
Merry Christmas!
#GameOn
#5Ds
Congrats to
@ApalacheeFB
teacher of the week
@mrscoachrow
Mrs. Rowland was chosen by Senior Bryson Garner for the positive impact that she has made on him in her classroom! We are grateful for all that she does for our student-athletes!
@APALACHEEAD
@ApalacheeHS
#COMMUNITY
Congrats to
@ApalacheeFB
teacher of the week-Stephanie Atkinson!
Mrs. Atkinson has been a Teacher of the Year & is respected & loved by our players. She was chosen by Khalil Spears for always pushing him to achieve in her class!
@APALACHEEAD
@ApalacheeHS
Thank you
@CHbanderson
for sharing your story! What a powerful speech about how God has worked in your life!
"You can be a man that loves the Lord and loves coaching ball!"
Love our
@ApalacheeFB
Thursday dinners! Even though we have battled adversity this season, these guys continue to grind and grow together!
Big thanks to our parents for feeding us each week!
#CheeFamily
Just got home from Sunday football meeting to find the boys balling in the backyard! They always say coach's kids bring something extra to the table! These boys love the game!
#LifeofaCoachsSon
#BallisLife
Good day of work for
@ApalacheeFB
at our padded camp!
Appreciate Franklin County, Johnson-Gainesville, Midtown, Northview, & Redan for a great Day 1!
Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow!
Awesome time this morning with the BEST Band in the Land at Bethlehem Elementary! Loved sharing with our future Wildcats about COMMITMENT & TEAMWORK!!
@ApalacheeFB
@APALACHEEAD
@ApalacheeHS
Great job coming back to finish the game today! Chee Football showed up and showed out for the 21-14 WIN over Jackson County!
Proud of the way the Chee Defense played the last 3 quarters!
#HAVOC
count was 3 on the day!
#CheePhysical
Not a big fan of practice in the gym but I have really liked the focus of our team the past few days! Our Seniors have done a GREAT job leading the team!
Excited to see us under those Friday Night Lights!
#CheePhysical
#HAVOC
#Playoffs19
After reflecting today on last nights Chee game, I can’t tell the players enough of how proud of them that I am! Our season has not gone the way that we wanted but we battled for 48 minutes last night! Thanks guys for your EFFORT!
#ToughWeekForMe
#LoveTheChee
#CheePride
#HAVOC
With the spring game tonight at East Jackson, I wanted to announce the new Chee Defense mantra:
HAVOC
Hustle
Around
Violently
On
Course
We want to create turnovers by creating HAVOC!
#HAVOC
@ApalacheeFB
I can't say enough about the Chee Defense...this group plays their hearts out every Friday night! They are coachable and will HIT you! I love the PHYSICAL nature they play with! Unbelievable that they haven't allowed a point in 12 straight regulation quarters!
#KeepGrinding
Loved our fight and toughness on Defense tonight! Found some guys that want to battle for 48 minutes! Excited to watch this D unit grow and develop into a salty and nasty group!! Not the result that we wanted but we will correct and come back on Monday ready to work!
#HAVOC
I can’t say enough about what
@coachBradley83
has done for the Strength Program
@ApalacheeHS
He has poured into our student-athletes and worked tirelessly to get them better equipment! Excited to see what he and
@CheeStrength
can accomplish together in this room!
#ChopWood
Love to see
@ApalacheeFB
guys bond with other teams during the rain delay here at UGA 7on7. We went 0-4 in pool play but we’re learning how to COMPETE each game!
#KeepChoppingWood
Excited about the newest addition to the
@ApalacheeFB
staff! Andrew Howe is a former Chee student-athlete that just finished up his playing career at Point University! He will be a community coach & work with our H-backs/TE’s. Love having former players on staff!
@gottydrew
Congratulations to Howard Holloway (QB), Ryan Hansen (ILB), Khalil Spears (OL), & Kenny Rodriquez (OLB) on being named Honorable Mention players for Region 8-6A!
@khfootball36662
@KennyRodriquez5
@ApalacheeFB
Looking forward to heading back to the Grove tomorrow night. Eight years of good memories and relationships! Going to be weird standing on the other side, but excited to see Chee Nation support us on the road!
Hope to see some old heads since its Homecoming!
#CheePhysical
#HAVOC
I’m so excited about this TEAM & Coaching Staff! We averaged 100 players per workout in June. Plus 40 Middle School players for their workouts! I love this FAMILY & COMMUNITY!!
It’s a great time to be a WILDCAT!
#KeepChoppingWood
Got in a great workout this morning, then it was time for the first annual
#BRADGAMES
! Congrats to Brandon Philpot and his team for being the first ever
#Champions
!
#LetTheBradGamesBegin
I love the "buy in" from this upcoming team. All 3 of these guys were primarily defensive players last season. They all want to play offense this upcoming season... so after lifting, they got on the board to work on offensive plays!
#Unselfish
#TEAMme
#CheeFamily
Good day for
@ApalacheeFB
at the UGA 7v7 camp. Competed all day finished 2-2-1 and losing to a good Heard County team in bracket play!
Our OL & DL guys good some good work in too!
#NotIntereted
#YGWYE
Last night was a great night for the
@ApalacheeFB
community! We hosted our inaugural Hot Dog Social with over 500 parents & players in attendance! I am grateful to be a part of the Apalachee Family!
Looking forward to seeing Chee Nation show up at Dacula next Friday!
#ChopWood
Congrats to the
@ApalacheeFB
teacher of the week Coach Omeed Behzadi
@omizzle22
He never misses an opportunity to support Chee Athletics!
We appreciate all that he does for students both in the classroom and on the field!
@APALACHEEAD
@ApalacheeHS
@ApalacheeFB
is excited to announce
@coachBradley83
as our Assistant Head Coach! He will serve as our Head Strength Coach & coach in the secondary! He will also serve as our Middle School Football Liaison. He brings an enthusiasm each day that our players embrace!
#CheeFamily
Big thanks to our parents and fans for the support last night!
Really loved how they lined up & clapped as the players came off the field at the end of the scrimmage!
CHEE Nation was loud & proud!
@ApalacheeFB
#Community
#Commitment
@ApalacheeFB
is excited to announce our partnership with our Family & Consumer Science Department as our very own Nutrition Coaches! Excited to announce Brooke Lewis-Slamkova and Carmen Pedersen as The Chee Nutrition Coaches!!
Really fired up about these two joining our staff!!
The Wildcats are switching things up this year with a white helmet, but the blue and gold remain the same! As always thanks to
@CoachM_Hancock
for choosing to work with us and letting us outfit
@ApalacheeFB
with their decals!
@APALACHEEAD
@ApalacheeFB
got better and tougher today
@DaculaFB
padded camp!
Proud of the way our guys battled today! Can’t wait for Day 2 tomorrow! I love the way our guys have responded to this coaching staff!
#KeepChoppingWood
#Family
Tough loss for the Chee last night but I saw the Chee Defense show a lot of HEART when their backs were against the wall! They bowed up and matched a good Lanier offense blow for blow! Proud of the way they battled all 48 minutes!
Our goal is still attainable
#Playoffs
#WeReady
Woke up this morning disappointed from the tough loss to WB. But encouraged by the fact that our guys fought their tails off for 48 minutes! Excited to prepare for the next game and see our young defense get better!
#TeamMoney20
#
#425chat
We have a formation and motion check period. Scout team has two huddles and we have to line up and make call quickly. We call the period
"Alignment-Assignment-Attitude"
Love having Thursday night dinner with
@ApalacheeFB
Family!
Great seeing our guys just hang out and bond together!
Thanks to
@CHEEtdclub
for feeding us each week!
#Community
Not the result we wanted tonight at the Chee, but I'm so proud of the effort and heart the defense played with! I asked them to do something for me with 8 minutes left in the 3rd qtr and they fought their tails off to do it for me!
Your character continues to shine!
#Playoffs
Loved the way all of our Defensive guys played under the lights last night. Especially liked the fact that we had ZERO defensive penalties! Old heads & Young heads hustled around and played PHYSICAL!
Excited about our preparation for the next 2 weeks!
#HAVOC
LaGrange is getting a good football player but an even better person!! This young man is how we hope our sons turn out!!
Proud of you and Love you Big Wells!!
#CheeFamily
Excited to announce Coach Stephen Edwards to the
@ApalacheeFB
staff! He will be coaching our RB’s! He brings a lot of great experience to the staff! He has developed several next level players during his coaching time! Excited to see our RB’s thrive under his coaching!
#ChopWood