Though she grew up watching and playing basketball, Pickett County High School’s Spanish teacher and softball coach, Brittney Garner, ’12 interdisciplinary studies, recently saved the school’s football team and became Tennessee’s first female head football coach.
The team was without a coach when Brittney volunteered to take over so the county’s boys could continue to play. Previously, her only experience with football was through video games. The team’s retired coach came back to call the plays and run the practices while Brittney handles the administrative duties and motivates the Bobcats.
It seems to be working. Last season, for the first time since 2008, the team won more than one game.