For the second straight time, Houston County officials have turned to a former Lions coach to take over the Houston County High School football coaching position.
Jake Allen, an assistant football coach, girls basketball and track/field coach at the Columbia school from 2015-20, was hired Monday night as the Lions new head football coach. He replaces Chip Harris, who left two weeks ago to take an assistant football job at Daleville. Harris just finished his second season in his second stint at Houston County. He had a highly-successful tenure there from 1997-2001 .
People are also reading… The Houston County job is the fourth stop for Allen. In addition to Houston County and Slocomb, he was with the Dothan High Tigers football team for three seasons as wide receivers coach. He was offensive coordinator and track/field head coach at Slocomb. He had a breakout season in 2007, earning SWC Offensive Player of the Year and first-team Division III All-American status after catching 61 passes for 1,254 yards and 12 touchdowns, all still single-season records at Mississippi College.“It is all about trying to connect with the kids and building relationships,” Allen said. “Of course, I want to win – every coach wants to win – but with me, my success won’t be determined by how many wins I have.
Harris guided the Lions to a 5-5 record last season after the program won only five games the previous three years combined. A Dothan graduate in the early 1990s who played football under Bobby Devane, Greenwood comes to Cottonwood after serving as an assistant football and boys basketball coach the last three years with the Dothan Wolves. He began his coaching career as assistant football coach at Northview in the 2007-08 academic year and followed that with two years an assistant with the Dothan Tigers and two years at Ashford before returning to the Dothan Tigers for six seasons.
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