Coach Darius Smiley
@CoachSmiley983
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Husband/Father & Head Football Coach of Sandy Creek High School
Joined November 2010
Thankful for the opportunity to have been the head coach over the last 6 years at @Central_Lions and for @LIONSTRONGFB. Thankful for the kids, my staff, and the community.
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Thanks to @CoachLindsey for the tour of @GamecockFB facility. We appreciate your time. Also thanks to @CoachSBeamer for giving CJ a signed ball as a birthday present. Got a chance to meet @SpencerRattler also.
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College coaches, check this kid out. 5 games & 1230 yards rushing. 3 weeks ago he rushed for over 300 yds. Friday, he rushed for 430 yards on 47 carries and 4 TDs. When you talk about a senior going unnoticed & playing 4 a scholarship his senior year, @deucelevett is that kid.
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Glad to have former Lion, Pat Gamble, as a defensive assistant coach join our staff. Welcome Home @pg_ixi !!. Gamble Bio:.Lion Alum 2012.GA Tech student-athlete .GT Team Captian.Former All-ACC performer.Former College Coach (West Ga, Louisiana-Lafayette)
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Arguably the toughest region in class 3A and we came out on top! Gone regroup and get ready for the playoffs. #CreekBoyz
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@Aqeel_Glass4 threw for over 400 yards and 5 TDs last night in a win for Alabama A&M over SC State. He made my son’s day this morning in IHOP by taking a picture with him. CJ made sure to let him know he was a QB also. #HBCUQB #FutureNFLProspect
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Let’s get to work! Mat Drills in the AM!.
Our New Head Coach Darius Smiley’s 1st day and 1st meeting with the team as HC! Awesome first day on the job Coach Smiley #TheCreekContinuesToRise @CoachSmiley983 @TROliverEDU @athletics_creek @FayetteSports
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Baseball tournament was cancelled this morning, so he picked up the round ball. The only 3rd grader playing on a 5th grade team. Proud of him for holding his own today.
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I will always support my players playing multiple sports.
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College coaches if you out on the road today, stop by Sandy Creek or check us out at the recruiting fair this week. We got guys who can play at all levels. DM me if you need a prospect sheet!. #SDSC .#NoQuarter.#CreekBoys
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Great week coaching some of the top junior WRs in the state in the @MCAOFGA @RisingSeniors game! Thanks to @artink67 and @Subzero06 for the opportunity! .#TeamCommitment
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Off week and you don’t plan to do much on a Friday night but your boy wants to go watch a game so here we are! .#FridayNightLights
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Thoughts and prayers go out to @HeardBraves with the loss of one of their guys @AntwonCarter23! Rest easy young fella!.
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I appreciate the nomination but all of this is because of the players I get the chance to coach each day and the assistants I have on my staff that I enjoy being around. None of this is possible without them and I am grateful for our players and coaching staff. @LionSportsCHS.
DARIUS SMILEY, CENTRAL (CARROLL).Central had a huge 35-17 win over Northwest Whitfield Friday to clinch a playoff spot. Congrats @CoachSmiley983 & @LionSportsCHS!.
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6u State Champs got their rings tonight at the B2C Awards Gala. Shout out to my son and his Newnan Outlaw teammates! #6U #Outlaws #BlingBling
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Proud of this group and they still have a lot of room for improvement! @jadengodfrey28 @Justin_M042777 @Moore0724Ryan @WattsNicc @D1_MarkHill & Carl Anderson. #CreekBoys.#CashCreek
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Thanks to @artink67 and @MCAOFGA for allowing me to sit in on the zoom call with head ball coach @KirbySmartUGA. Thanks for your time today coach. Definitely learned a few things that I can take and implement during this pandemic to help with our kids well being.
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Food, fellowship, and college football today with a few of our guys.
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Shooters gone shoot! My boy CJ with the 3! His team won 15-11. He scored 9 of the 15. Anybody looking for a 2032 combo guard, I got one for you! .#10uBasketball
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Don’t measure your progress using someone else’s ruler!.
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With the help of some cool kids, we ended the season with a 7-1 record. Hoping the league calls me with a tie breaker option for a championship game since we split with another team! Probably the most fun I’ve had during my coaching tenure! #8uRaptors #GetBuckets
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My son brought home 7 awards during his virtual awards ceremony today. He had the most awards of all of his classmates! #ProudDad #PromotedToFirstGrade #StudentFirst
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Rising sophomore @KameronEdge3 on the deadlift for 3. Coaches if this kid isn’t on your radar, he needs to be. He will have a monster year for us this upcoming year.
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Proud of my boy CJ! Chosen to participate in a all-star tournament in Alabama & he has performed well. Won the road runner award in the skills challenge and has contributed at the plate & drove in runs in a come from behind victory to help put his team in the championship game.
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Shout to our DC Coach Murphy on being recognized by @ParkerResources as one of the top assistant coaches of the year.
Congratulations to our 2023 Georgia High School Class 3A Defensive Coordinators of the Year. If you know them, tag them and congratulate them!
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Coach @glat74 and the Flat Rock players with a classroom session today due to inclement weather that forced them inside this afternoon. Good talking ball with the future and being able to connect with the future of @SCHS_Patriots football.
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Rising sophomore @KameronEdge3 attending the @RecruitGeorgia combine today. Big year in store on both sides of the ball for this playmaker. @LIONSTRONG19 @scottkcowart44 @JGriff97 @duke7165 @CentralTrack1
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Congrats to @CoachEd3232 and @Central_Hoopz for picking up the 68-61 win. What a great birthday present for Coach Edwards from the guys! Great bounce back win guys.
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Saturday he played great defense in a 5-4 (defensive battle) lost but missed a few shots so he begged me to come to the gym. Here he is getting some work in. #8uBasketball
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Excited about the new gym on our campus. Thank you to everyone who played a part in this to provide our student athletes a first class facility. Hate I couldn’t be there tonight but I’m excited to see it with Lions filling it out to cheer our athletes on! #Lionstrong
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Some of my 2021’s after graduation tonight! Proud Coach!
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Had a quick visit home and came across some old newspaper clippings of my dad from high school and his signing day in 1971 with @FAMU_FB
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Thanks to our team Chaplin @ArmstrongMattc for hosting us for FCA day this morning. We appreciate the word and the hospitality.
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Let’s go! Big things in store for this 2026 RB! Great athlete, even better kid!.
Blessed to just have received my 1st offer from Georgia! 🙏🏾 @DellMcGee @RecruitGeorgia @NwGaFootball @Mansell247
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Cheer Dad! .My girl Emery and her cheer squad had their virtual competition tonight. Being the competitor that she is, she wanted to know where the 1st place trophy was after they finished because she knew she killed it!
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Proud Cheer Dad! .Team Competition 1st place ✔️.6u Jumpoff Winner ✔️ (Emery Smiley).6u 1st place coach (My Wife) ✔️
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The following Georgia colleges are waiving their application fee for the month of November!
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Good teachers make for good coaches. Coach Bailey getting it done in the classroom. Excited to work with him and the rest of the coaching staff. #SCPatriots.
Loving the collaboration when teachers and students DO the work!! The gradual release observed in Bailey’s geometry class was 🔥💪🏾🔥!! Let’s keep preparing our scholars to critically think and DO the math!!!! 💙❤️💪🏾#collaborationMATTERS #encouragement #immediatefeedback #practice
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Can’t say enough about @ShiverWes and the type of man he is. He’s one heck of a ball coach too! Got to see him run a first class program 10 years in Lion Valley. Hate to see him leave but excited for him and his family.
BREAKING: Central Head Baseball Coach Wes Shiver has stepped down from his coaching duties and will now be the new Head Baseball Coach at Lee County High School in South Georgia.
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2024 ILB @TyBrewer105 is a beast and I ain’t saying that because he’s one of my guys! Ask opposing coaches. Let’s ball out this year my guy.
A couple of my preseason highlights!! Check me out ‼️⛓- @LIONSTRONGFB @CoachSmiley983 @Mansell247 @NwGaFootball @RecruitGeorgia @Coachkdantzler@kelbodean @Coach_Walker55 #lionstrong.
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Kid will be a problem as he continues to grow and develop!.
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Central Florida! #agtg.@Im_Dlaw .@CoachGusMalzahn .@CoachWilliams_7 .@CoachSmiley983 .@CoachHaywood7 .@CoachGotell .@CoachMurphySC03.@C_2DA_J .@PassFootball5
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Welcome @CoachGotell. Let’s get to work!.
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One of the sweetest souls to ever walk the earth. RIP Mama June!.
One of the finest people you would ever meet. She loved everyone. She especially loved her football players. She always remembers you and always talked to you. She will be missed. Prayers for the family and our Central Community.
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Proud of my former teammate and colleague for getting the Spalding job. Spalding is getting a stand up guy and a hell of a coach!.
Spalding High School is excited to announce and welcome Head Football Coach Carl Kearney! #Jagsontop.
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🔥🔥🔥.
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Shout out to @OcdcEditz for the edit. Was blown away with the detail of them reaching back and adding a picture from my rec ball and college playing days. Get at them for your personal edit.
Coaching Edits. Shout out to @CoachSmiley983 for allowing us to reach back to his playing days and include his family.
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Surround yourself with people who doesn’t take your personal growth as competition!.
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My boy received the game ball today for a solid performance at the plate and in the field! It’s 5u T-ball but I challenged him to get better each game. Today he did that by getting a hit off the coach and it was a laser back up the middle. It’s 5u ball but I’m a proud dad today!
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👀👀👀 where will he land? .Regardless, I’m excited for you and your future @SwainVicari. Let’s go make this senior year the best year ever!.
I Will Be committing August 12th at 3:45pm 📍👀.@RecruitGeorgia @RivalsFriedman @LIONSTRONGFB @RWrightRivals @CoachSmiley983.
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Took my son to his 1st Georgia game! I’m glad he is enjoying himself! #GoGeorgiaSouthernEagles
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This kid will be special. 2027 WR/DB who can get it done on both sides of the ball.
Blessed to receive an offer from UNC Charlotte. #AGTG.@CoachJMSanders .@CoachOjong .@CharlotteFTBL .@CoachSmiley983 .@CoachHaywood7 .@creeksrecruits .@On3Recruits .@JeremyO_Johnson .@RecruitGeorgia
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Congrats @deucelevett. Proud to have had the opportunity to coach you the last 4 years. Continue to make us all proud and continue to stay humble!. @OcdcEditz.
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Big year coming from @KameronEdge3! 1000 lb guy in the weight room and works his butt off! Keep working young fella! #Lionstrong.
WR group positional winners chosen by the staff at @TheMVPCamps this past weekend. Edit credit to @Hayesfawcett3 #Compete
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Sometimes your faith has to be down payment for your future.
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Busy day today. I greatly appreciate @kwhit4 @CoachLindsey @ArmonBinns @coach_semore and @_CoachEllington for all stopping by our place today. I can promise you we have a few ballers worth your time! .#RecruitLions.
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My guy…. Congrats bro! @CarlKearneyJr1.
Congratulations to Head Football Coach Carl Kearney who is the winner of GHSF Daily Class 4A Hudl Award, which recognizes the coach of a winning Class 4A team that improves the most from 2021 to 2022 according to the computer Maxwell Ratings. Way to go, Coach!! @GriffinSpalding
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Excited about our new uniforms that have come in!
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Definitely set the tone for the rest of the game with this one! 🫡💪🏾🏴@DanaGreenhow1.
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ELITE Freshmen @TyBrewer105 will be solid this year seeing varsity time on both sides of the ball. College coaches keep your eye out for the 2024 young bull! #Lionstrong.
Rising 9th header @TyBrewer105 with a solid showing at the NextGen Series this past weekend. He will be an ELITE 2024 kid who will make an impact this year as a Freshmen and will be one for colleges to keep their eye on! @LIONSTRONG19
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Another one for @SwainVicari.
#AGTG .After a talk with @Coach_K2 Beyond Blessed to receive an ⭕️ffer from the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology ‼️@LIONSTRONG19 @Coachkdantzler @CoachSmiley983 @RecruitGeorgia @C3Elite7v7 @CoachWiggs11 @pg_ixi @Horsley1Nathan
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Big day for my guy @Shane_Bruce1 as he picked up 4 offers at the Mercer mega camp today. Offers from Middle Tennessee State, Coastal Carolina, Mercer, and Shorter. Dude is a straight baller!
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Bright and early getting to it tomorrow morning!.
Back to work tomorrow! @SCHSPatriots. #DiamondEra #RecruitTheCreek #OfferTheCreek. 📸: @nxtrndusa, @pryorshelton_ , @ExclusiveProdu3
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Class of 2020 🔥🔥.
11 next level guys. @KashifTuff @Isaiah_terry131 @Shane_Bruce1 @Dylancarroll25 @CKMiller15 @rd_helton @LyleSmith_12 @NickMartinJr1 @Chill_Wes_ @BradenDunson Twitterless CJ .#Lionstrong .#BuildTheJungle
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Home opener this week!.
Game Week!.Chapel Hill @ Central.Friday, August 27.7:30pm. Kickoff. All tickets must be purchased through GoFan. No cash accepted at the gate!. #Lionstrong.#GoLions
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My guy @Shane_Bruce1 sent me a picture of his ring (bling) from the Cure Bowl Championship game! Congrats dude!
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Always good to see former guys doing well after graduating from our school and program. Jaleel is one of many successful young men to have come through our program. #Lionstrong.
The UPS man/ former Central QB Jaleel Terry stopped by to get some throws in today. He’s still got it!.@LIONSTRONG19 @JGriff97 @scottkcowart44 @CoachCowart65 @RicoZackery
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