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Brad Waggoner leaving Gatlinburg-Pittman (Tennessee) for Blountstown (Florida)

Waggoner is heading to Blountstown to become the head football coach and athletic director

Andy Villamarzo

Brad Waggoner leaving Gatlinburg-Pittman (Tennessee) for Blountstown (Florida)
Brad Waggoner leaving Gatlinburg-Pittman (Tennessee) for Blountstown (Florida) /

Brad Waggoner will be trading in his sweaters for warmer weather further south from Tennessee. 

According to 5StarPreps.com, Waggoner is stepping down as head football coach at Gatlinburg-Pittman to become the new lead man and athletic director at Blountstown High School in Florida. 

Waggoner has been the head coach of the Highlanders the last three seasons and down a superb job in Gatlinburg. The head coach posted an overall record of 29-9, going 11-2 over the last two seasons. 

He takes over for Greg Jordan, who stepped down as the head football coach at Blountstown in the off-season. 

The Tigers finished the 2023 season reaching the Class 1R state semifinals, falling to eventual champion Hawthorne. 

We will have more on this breaking story as we gather more information 

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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