Former Jefferson coach Cathcart takes over at Loganville

Loganville hired former Jefferson football coach Gene Cathcart this week, ending a recent slow news cycle of offseason changes that have reached 92 but with only nine still open.

Cathcart led Jefferson and Habersham Central to two region titles each and won a state championship at South Carolina’s Greenwood in 2012. He stepped down last year at Jefferson, where he coached stars such as Sammy Brown and Georgia’s Malaki Starks, to return to South Carolina. But he resigned that post, at Batesburg-Leesville, before the season started.

After sitting out a year, Cathcart will take over a Loganville program coming off its best season in 14 years. Loganville was 9-2 under Brad Smith, who was hired at Allatoona.

Also hired this week was Rodney Hackney at Tri-Cities. Hackney is a 20-year head coach who won region titles at Riverdale in 2020 and 2021.

Eighty-three offseason jobs have been filled. The nine openings are at Baconton, Crawford County, Cross Keys, Riverdale, South Atlanta, South Effingham, Twiggs County, Wheeler County and Woodland of Stockbridge.

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