Westlake promotes Mitchell to head coach after Zackery’s departure

Westlake promoted defensive coordinator Morris Mitchell as football coach last week.

Morris will replace Rico Zackery, who was 9-4 and 9-3 in his two seasons and left to join East Carolina’s staff.

Morris played at Shorter University, then in the CFL and the National Arena League for a short time, before starting his coaching career at Union Grove in Henry County in 2017.

Morris joined Westlake’s staff in 2022.

Westlake has averaged 9.1 victories over the past 10 seasons and won seven consecutive region titles from 2014 to 2020 under coaches that also included Bobby May, Kareem Reid and Bryan Love.

Westlake will be in Region 2-6A next season with Carrollton, Chapel Hill, Douglas County and East Coweta.

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