Brooks County’s Freeman resigns, takes job at Daleville, Ala.

Maurice Freeman, a 250-game winner who led alma mater Brooks County to state titles in 1994 and 2021, has resigned and was announced as head coach at Daleville (Ala.) on April 5.

Brooks County Schools announced the news and said that Josh McFather would be promoted to head coach on an interim basis.

Freeman told the AJC on Friday that he was a candidate for jobs in Alabama and Florida but had made no decision.

Freeman is leaving his home state after working as head coach for 30 seasons.

Freeman’s win total ranked third among active GHSA coaches behind Marist’s Alan Chadwick and Calvary Day’s Mark Stroud. His 250 victories are the second-most among African American coaches in Georgia all-time behind Buck Godfrey’s 274.

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