By DON PITTMAN First published in the March 19 edition
Bradley Warren is coming home to Dade County because he has taken the position of head football coach and Athletic Director for Dade County High School.
He most recently served as the head coach at Gilmer High School in Ellijay.
Thirty-six year old Warren is the son of Johnny and Nita Warren of Trenton and graduated from Dade County High School in 1989 when the school was called Northwest Georgia High School.
Warren and his wife, Allison, have two children. Their daughter, Taylor Warren is seven and their son, John Brett Warren is two.
Coach Warren said that he is very excited about coming home to coach the Wolverines.
“I’ve been watching film and gearing up,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to it.”
Football has been a part of Warren’s life for a long time. He played football at
Northwest Georgia during the school’s undefeated season his junior year of high school.
The position at Dade will be his fourth head coaching position since graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he played football with Terrell Owens. Before Gilmer County, Warren was the head football coach at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville.
While at Central Gwinnett, the football team has ended the state’s longest winning streak of 47 wins by defeating three-time state champion, Buford High School.
We're going to put a staff together and get competitive,” Warren said.
Warren said he admired the direction that former coach Charlie Hammond had started at the school, and that he planned to continue working that way.
“The team is extremely strong,” he said. “That’s going to be nice.”
Coach Warren said he plans to implement a speed and agility program as soon as he gets to Dade County. The School Board said Warren is expected to arrive March 20.
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