As of April 1, Luke Hyatt will replace Tim McMahon as the head football coach at Anson High School. Here, he poses outside Anson High School’s football field.
Hyatt, of Wadesboro, has been an assistant coach at the school for 12 years. He was the assistant head coach for the last two years.
"It's an honor," Hyatt said.
He said the honor extended to the place, Anson High School, as well as the position.
"It's a special place to me," the native of Peachland said of the high school.
"We're excited that we have someone of the caliber and experience of Luke to continue the work started under McMahon," Firn said in the statement.
The team has done certain things to be successful, like running the football, and he plans to continue those traditions, but he said there would be some tinkering.
Hyatt graduated from Anson Senior High School in 1996, where he played quarterback and wide receiver.
After graduating, he was invited back to help coach the team by Fred Davis, the current athletic director.
He graduated with a B.S. in physical education from Wingate University in 2000, later obtaining a Master of Art in health education in 2005 from East Carolina University. Hyatt has been a health and physical education teacher at the high school for nine years and taught the same subject at Peachland-Polkton Elementary School for the same period.
He will leave the position with the elementary school, but does not yet know the details of his future teaching schedule at the high school, he said.
Hyatt gave credit to his coaching experience for making him a better teacher.
"Football is teaching," Hyatt said. "Show me a good football coach and more than likely I'll show you a good teacher."
He also praised the rest of the coaching staff. He said this fall many of them will either have a master's degree and/or their National Board Certification, or are currently working toward those goals.
Hyatt hopes to have a good team on the field and better students in the classroom, and he has set a similar example.
"Mr. Hyatt was the 2005 Anson County Schools Teacher of the Year as well as the 2006-2007 N.C. Southwest Regional Teacher of the Year," Firn said in the statement.
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