Football Coaches

Head Coach:  Joe Morris

High School Attended: Mayfield
Sports you played in high school: Football
College Attended: UTM / MURRAY STAE
Sports you played in college: Football
Number of years Coaching: 23
What position you coach in football: Head Coach
Other sports you coach: None
Favorite Quote: Do what is right when no one is looking.

Offensive Line Coach:  John Farris

High School Attended: Mayfield High School
Sports you played in high school: Football, baseball
College Attended: Murray State University
Sports you played in college: None
Number of years Coaching: 5 @ Mayfield Middle, 4 @ MHS
Other sports you coach: none
Favorite Quote: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Defensive Coordinator/LB’s/OL:  Cliff Dew

High School Attended: Warren Central High School (Vicksburg, MS)
Sports you played in high school: football, baseball, track
College Attended: Ole Miss; Delta State University; University of Tenn-Martin; University of Southern Miss.
Sports you played in college: Football at Delta State and Ole Miss
Number of years Coaching: 12
Other sports you coach: baseball
Favorite Quote: It’s better to have IT and not need IT than it is to need IT and not have IT

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks:  Stephen Hatchell

High School Attended:  Graves County
Sports you played in high school:  Football, basketball, baseball
College Attended:  Murray State, Campbellsville
Sports you played in college:  Football
Number of years coaching:  3
What position do you coach in football?:  Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Other sports you coach:  Baseball, Strength and Conditioning
Favorite Quote:   ‘It isn’t necessary to see a good tackle.  You can hear it.’ – Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

Defensive Line Coach:  Chris Champion

High School Attended:  Mayfield High School
Sports you played in high school:  Football, Track and Field
College Attended:  Murray State University
Sports you played in college:  Track and Field
Number of years coaching:  4
Other sports you coach:  Track and Field, Strength and Conditioning
Favorite Quote:  “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”- Theodore Roosevelt