Battles new HC/AD

Staff Report

The Tallassee City School Board has approved the hiring of Mike Battles, Jr. as head football coach and athletic director. Battles was introduced last Thursday in a special meeting at the high school.

Battles has been a head coach for the last 15 years, the previous four at Clas 4A Bibb County in Centerville. His Choctaws team won 46 games in four years with only six losses. Battles overall record is 117-55 (68%).

Bibb County went 12-1 last year, losing to eventual state champion Jackson 49-28 in the third round. His team reached the semi-finals in 2010 with a 12-2 record. That team lost to Thomasville, who also went on to win the state title.

Battles father is the head coach at Handley High School in Roanoke, last year's 3A state champs.

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