Salam takes Harrison job; Cook fills vacancy at Osborne

Two Cobb County football teams have new coaches as Osborne’s Luqman Salam has taken the Harrison job while Derek Cook has filled Osborne’s vacancy.

Salam is the coach behind the remarkable turnaround at Osborne, which had been Cobb County’s most moribund program.

Salam’s teams were 1-8, 5-5 and 7-4 at a program that had gone 2-47 the previous five seasons and not won more than three games in a season since 1994.

This past season’s state-playoff berth was the first in school history.

Osborne is getting one of the most proven coaches in the county, something the school might’ve struggled to do in the past.

Cook, announced as Osborne’s coach on Thursday, led Kell, an East Cobb school, to four region titles from 2008 to 2016. He left on top, with his team going 11-3 and reaching the Class 5A semifinals, choosing to take a break from head coaching.

He has been on staffs at McEachern, Lassiter and Campbell since.

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