In January

of 1979, Thomas Webb taught health and physical education at Fayette County

High School. In the fall, he was teaching the same subjects at Fayette

County Junior High School and had his first football coaching job. He

will return to the sidelines for Fayette County High School this fall

as the Tigers new head football coach.

Webb, a Fayetteville

resident, has coached football for Jonesboro High School for the past

two years and served as the athletic director for both Jonesboro and Riverdale

High School, where he was head football coach from 1999-2000. In addition

to coaching football, Webb has also coached baseball, boys and girls basketball,

soccer and tennis at various times over the span of his career. But he

has found the most success with football taking Jonesboro to the state

playoffs this past season and taking Riverdale to the state playoffs in

1996, 1997 and 1998, where they reached the state semifinals in the Georgia

Dome.

Webb has also

found success as an athletic director. For the 1997, 1998 season he was

named as Athletic Director of the Year for Region 4-AAA as well as the

state. He was also Athletic Director of the Year for Region 4-AAAA in

1999-2000 and Region 2-AAAAA 2002-2003.

Fayette County

High School is looking to bounce back from a 2-8 season and spring practices

for all local football teams will start soon.

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