Bamberg-Ehrhardt shuffles coaching assignments for coming year
By David Shelton
Staff Writer
Bamberg – Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School athletic director Tracy Fleming is looking forward to another successful year for the Red Raiders and has announced a few coaching changes for the 2010-11 school year.
Fleming announced that Corey Crosby, who is the defensive coordinator on the football team, will add the duties of boy’s varsity basketball coach this winter.
Head football coach Kevin Crosby, who coaches track in the spring, also will be the varsity girl’s basketball coach this season.
Boy’s soccer coach David Choi also will be the school’s cross country coach this fall.
Fleming himself will add some duties as he rejoins the football staff and will continue to assist with the baseball program.
“We had some openings and we just felt it best that we try to hire within,” said Fleming recently. “We have great coaches here and I feel comfortable with adding duties to Corey and Kevin. It will keep them busy but they can certainly handle it and do a great job.”
Fleming feels the athletic department is building for even better success this coming year. Last year, Bamberg-Ehrhardt finished as state runner-ups in both wrestling and baseball. Wrestling lost a classic duel with Chesterfield in the class A state finals while the baseball team was defeated by Lewisville in a three-game series.
The football team and softball team also made the lower state playoffs and were ranked among the state’s top 10 at the end of the season.
“We had a lot of underclassmen on several teams last year and with a good crop of athletes returning, we feel like we can be pretty competitive once again,” said Fleming.
Fleming says the remaining coaching positions on staff will remain the same for the coming year.
Returning as the school’s baseball coach will be the legendary David Horton, the state’s winningest coach with more than 800 career victories and 15 state championships.
Dena Hartzog, who has the softball team contending for lower state titles now, will return to coach the softball team next spring.
Returning as the volleyball coach will be Fred Smart and Cody Slaughter returns as the head wrestling coach.
Robert Williams is the school’s golf coach.
Kevin Crosby has his football staff returning intact this fall. Gene Williams will be coaching the defensive secondary while Slaughter coaches along the offensive line.
Robert Williams returns as the offensive coordinator while Corey Crosby returns to run the Red Raiders defense.
Travis Wilson assists on defense with the ends and Josh Smith will work with Fleming coaching the receivers. Smith will also be a junior varsity coach. Isaiah Cann will also assist with the junior varsity program this fall.
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