Please join all of us in giving Coach Kyle Hockman a warm McEachern welcome as Principal Peggie Constantino introduces Coach Hockman as the new Head Football Coach to replace the retiring Coach Jimmy Dorsey who served as McEachern’s Head Coach for the last 24 years.

Coach Hockman comes to us from Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia where he has served as Head Coach for the past 2 seasons. Prior to his position at Campbell High School he was tight end/special teams coach at East Tenn State University. Coach Hochman also served as Head Football Coach at Ryle High School for 4 years in Union, Ky and was Offensive Coordinator at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pa.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio were he earned 10 varsity letters and holds the state record in receptions in a career at Harrison High School with 145. He continued his football career at North Carolina State University and finished at Bowling Green State University playing both football and baseball.

Coach Hockman is a respected speaker throughout the country at Frank Glazier Clinics and is considered an innovator of the “Pistol Offense”. His offensive system has proven to be a wide open shotgun attack that has been at the foundation of Coach Hockman’s success.

McEachern will host a “Meet & Greet” reception on March 2, 2008 in the Performing Arts Building @ 3:00 PM for all prospective football players (both middle and high school) and their families as well as the community to speak to Coach Hockman and get information regarding his program and important dates.

Please make plans to attend to meet our new coach !!!

The Indians held their annual football banquet to wrap up the conclusion of the 2007 football season.  The Coaches would like to thank the Booster Club for their generosity and hard work that made this year’s dinner and award ceremony a success.  The Booster Club provided a great BBQ dinner, all the awards, and t-shirts for each player.  McEachern athletics are very lucky to have such a great organization helping them.

The first awards of the night were presented to the young men who were selected as this year’s Team Captains.  Jerimia Curry, Kyle Glenn, Chris Moore, and Keith Parker were selected by their peers to serve as the Captains for the 2007 season.  This year’s recipient of the Academic Award was Brett Dodd.  The Academic Award is awarded to the student-athlete that has the highest GPA on the team.  Dodd currently holds an outstanding 4.2 GPA. 

Travis Dungee is this year’s recipient of the Eric Petty Weightlifting Award.  The Eric Petty Award is nominated by the coaches and awarded to the player that demonstrates great work ethic in the weight room and through their hard word earned an opportunity to compete on Friday nights. 

Scott Berninghaus is this year’s recipient of the Golden Helmet Award.  The Golden Helmet is awarded to the individual who embodies high character, service, and a great work ethic.  The Golden Helmet is voted on by the coaches and considered to be the “coaches’ dream” award.  Congratulations to Scott and the rest of this year’s recipients.

Mark Bounds, Jerimia Curry, Travis Dungee, and Luis Uranga have all been selected to play in the 1^st Annual Cobb County All-Star Game.  The game will be played in January at McEachern’s Walter H. Cantrell Stadium.

Finally, two McEachern Indians were selected to this year’s Marietta Daily Journal All-County Team.  Junior Terrell Mitchell was selected by the coaches from around the county as All-County tight end, and senior Luis Uranga was selected as the All-County punter.  Congratulations to our All-County performers!

The McEachern Athletics Booster Club wants your help in a great cause.  The athletic booster club has been responsible for providing thousands of dollars for McEachern student-athletes each year to pursue their educational and athletic goals.  The booster club provides awards for all athletes at banquets and is a huge part of the McEachern family.

The booster club is looking for new members to continue the commitment to excellence, to inquire about membership to the McEachern Athletic Booster Club please contact:

boosterclub@mceachernathletics.org