David McKinney is coming home. The 1983 graduate of Stevenson High School in Alabama has been hired as the head football coach of the North Jackson Chiefs.
Stevenson and Bridgeport High Schools merged in 1988, forming North Jackson, which is located about halfway between those two North Alabama towns in Jackson County.
After graduating from Stevenson, McKinney went to Ole Miss, where he played football and baseball. For the past six years he's been the head coach at Gordo Alabama High School, compiling a 52-22 record
McKinney becomes only the fifth head coach in NJHS history, and replaces Shawn Peek, who resigned after the Chiefs went 7-5 last season. Peek has been hired as the head coach at Pisgah High School, his alma mater.
McKinney's father, Kenneth, had a long, successful run as the head coach at Stevenson and Lamar, until retiring after having quadruple bypass heart surgery in 1998. He's been a volunteer assistant with David at Gordo. No word yet on whether father might help son out again at North Jackson.
McKinney Hired to coach North Jackson
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