Avon Park is set to name Andy Bonjokian the Red Devils' new head football coach at a press conference on Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2008

AVON PARK — Plays are being run and audibles are being called in the search for the next Avon Park Red Devil head football coach. Principal Stu Guthrie and athletic director Mort Jackson are in the heart of the search for the next Red Devil head coach, with 13 candidates from as far away as Illinois, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and a few from Avon Park all vying to succeed former coach Earnest Perkins on the sideline. With spring football approaching, a new football coach is expected to be named by the end of January. "We've narrowed our search and have been interviewing candidates for the vacant coaching position," Jackson said. "We're still open-minded in our search and want to choose the right person for the job." Perkins, who finished his tenure as head coach at Avon Park with a 7-13 overall record, was fired as the Red Devil head coach in November and the search began immediately for his replacement. ...more

January 19, 2008

Robert Weiner's face peeked out the picture window of his living room at the scene unfolding in his front yard. ...more

January 11, 2008

Thinking out loud until it started to hurt ... What's worse, Bobby Petrino, a quitter, walking out on the Atlanta Falcons with three games to go, or Isiah Thomas, a lying loser, still coaching the New York Knicks? ... ...more

December 16, 2007

AVON PARK — Tears of joy and sorrow mixed with laughter and joyous ovations, as the legacy of Earnest Perkins filled the APHS auditorium, and supporters young and old paid tribute to the former Avon Park football coach. "This was a very sentimental night for all of us," said Red Devil senior captain Fred Mixon Jr. "It hasn't really hit me yet that he isn't the coach anymore, even though I'm graduating. He was more than a coach to all of his players. "I'm blessed that I was a part of this and belong to the last Circle of Honor." ...more

December 16, 2007

John W. Heisman was the first Director of Athletics at New York's Downtown Athletic Club, coming to the position in 1930 after 36 seasons of football coaching (including a 102-29-6 record at Georgia Tech from 1904-19). ...more

December 9, 2007

University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt celebrated his 51st birthday Wednesday as the Bulls began preparations for the Sun Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2007

The money the Seven Springs Middle School football team raises each year usually goes for equipment and other expenses. This year, though, the team donated the $1,000 it raised at its October fundraiser to a rival team's coach, whose newborn is battling a heart defect. ...more

December 2, 2007

For the second straight year, the Dunedin High Falcons and Head Football Coach Mark Everett have won the Class 5A District 9 title and a spot in the state championship series beginning mid-November. ...more

November 4, 2007

At some point tonight, a student in the Brandon High bleachers will notice the Plant City head football coach, the one with the goatee and the headset, and ask his or her classmate this question: ...more

November 1, 2007