Prolific prep coach joins Pirates
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New East Carolina
football coach Scottie Montgomery continued the building of his staff on
Friday with the hiring of one of the most successful high school coaches
in North Carolina as running backs coach.
Antonio
King will take charge of the Pirates' runners after guiding Durham
Hillside to six straight PAC-6 titles, a run which started when his 2010
Hornets team won the 4A State Championship with a perfect 16-0 record.
King was
named league coach of the year after each of the past six seasons and
was twice named Durham Herald-Sun coach of the year.
King served as an assistant coach for
the victorious North Carolina team in the 2015 Shrine Bowl of the
Carolinas. The Tar Heels defeated the South Carolina Sandlappers 54-39
in the annual clash of the best prep players from both states
In a
press release, Montgomery praised King's track record of molding players
for success.
"Antonio's history
developing student-athletes and leading young men is unparalleled,"
Montgomery said. "His ability to communicate, encourage and motivate is
well-documented through the success of all the players he's touched.
"My respect for high school
coaches in the state of North Carolina runs deep and Antonios addition
to our staff is a testament to that.
Before succeeding Ray
Harrison as Hillside's head coach in 2009, King served as the Hornets'
offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
A North
Carolina Central alum, King played quarterback in the college ranks,
logging stints at both Howard and NCCU.
King joins
nine previously-announced staff hires since
Montgomery's
appointment to succeed Ruffin McNeill as head coach of the Pirates:
Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Tony Petersen (previously
served in that same capacity at Louisiana Tech)
Defensive coordinator
Kenwick Thompson (previously served as
Vanderbilt associate head coach
and linebackers coach)
Offensive line coach Geep Wade (previously served in the same role
at Middle Tennessee State)
Defensive line coach Deke Adams (previously served in the same role
at South Carolina)
Wide receivers coach Phil McGeoghan (previously served in the same
role for the Miami Dolphins)
Secondary coach Rick Smith (previously served as defensive
coordinator and secondary coach on former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill's
staff)
Special teams coach Shannon Moore (previously served as special
teams coach at Florida International)
Assistant athletics director for football operations Terrell Smith
(previously served as
director of football operations at Duke)
Director of player
personnel
Ethan Johnson
(previously served as Duke's assistant director of player personnel)
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01/09/16 05:42 PM.
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