The Lauderdale County school board approved the hiring of Scott Brown as Wilson’s new head football coach at Thursday’s meeting.
Brown, who currently is an assistant football coach at Florence, takes over for Cody Gross, who stepped down after one season at Wilson to become the offensive coordinator at the University of North Alabama earlier this month.
Brown had previously worked as a junior high coach at Wilson and then as an assistant at Colbert County with Gross and former Indians coach Steve Mask before going to Florence.
“He brings a wide range of knowledge because of his experience,” Wilson principal Gary Horton said. “I was looking for someone who had some experience, not necessarily as a head coach, but who had been in the business for a few years. I was looking for somebody who was familiar with our school. I was looking for someone who had good coach-player relationships.
“Coach Brown had been out here (at Wilson) several years ago, when he coached junior high. He’s familiar with the school. He’s familiar with the people. He just seemed to have all the qualities I was looking for. He’s seems to be a players’ coach. All the players respond to him. I’m just excited that we had the opportunity to hire somebody like that.”
Meanwhile, Florence is expected to name a new football coach Friday morning. There will be a special meeting of the city school board Friday at 11 a.m. in the high school auditorium.