Hardaway finds new coach

After leading to Pacelli to back-to-back playoff appearances, Jeff Battles found an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up.

Battles is leaving the small private school to become Hardaway’s next head football coach, pending approval from the Muscogee County School Board at the March 17 meeting.

“There is the opportunity to step up to the next level and compete at the Class AAAA level,” Battles said. “Hardaway is a good place, and it was the right opportunity.”


Moving from a Class A school to a AAAA one, Battles realizes that he’ll have some adjustments to make.

“I'm going from a school with 150 kids to one with more than 1,500,” he said. “It’s still going to be 11-on-11 on the field. Hardaway brings some good things, and hopefully we are going to bring some good things. The combination should be pretty interesting.”