Former NFL Quarterback Named Florida Head High School Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Florida High School Football Huddle

Jackson High School has hired former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Quinn Gray as its new head coach.

The Times-Union reports that Gray always wanted to get into coaching when his NFL career ended.  Gray takes-over for Kevin Sullivan, who left to take the head coaching job at Atlantic Coast after back-to-back 11-1 seasons.

In six NFL seasons (5 yrs. with Jacksonville, 1 yr. with Kansas City), Gray started four games, completed 57% of his passes, threw 13 touchdown passes and ran for two others.

O'Neal Leaves Centennial High to Return to Chiefland HS

by Jeff Fisher
Florida High School Football Huddle

In 1997, Jim O'Neal led Chiefland to the Florida 2A state football championship. Now after 12-seasons at Centennial High in Port St. Lucie, O'Neal is returning to Chiefland as head football coach.

The TCPalm Prep Zone reports that after O'Neal's departure, the school appointed its offensive and defensive coordinators as interim head coaches.

4A Champ Dwyer Reportedly to Play in Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series Against Ohio Power

by Jeff Fisher
Florida High School Football Huddle

Officials of the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series are not confirming the report, but the Palm Beach Post is reporting that reigning Florida 4A champ Dwyer will play 2009 Ohio Division I runner-up Glenville in one of four games scheduled September 5th and 6th at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State.

Also, on Monday, September 6th, four games will be played in Texas at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Two High School Football Coaches to be Inducted into Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame

by Jeff Fisher
Florida High School Football Huddle

Former FAMU football coach Henry Jacobs and the late Fort Myers head coach Sam Sirianni will be inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame in April.

Jacobs, who won almost 80% of the games he coached, had nine players who went on to the National Football League. Sirianni won 244 games and in 1992, his team was ranked 6th in the nation by USA Today.

Click here to read the Florida High School Athletic Association news release on the 2010 inductees.