Ryan Riggan was just two seasons into a tenure as head football coach at Union Pines High School near the end of the 2011-12 academic year when the parent of a graduating senior student dropped by with some information. “He was the dad of a kid who was graduating, and he told me he had a kid moving here to live with him who was a player,'' Riggan recalled. “I didn't think a … [Read more...]

Caleb King helped coach three state 3-A championship teams in seven seasons as an assistant at Havelock High School. During that tenure, King also participated in the development of major-college prospects like Tennessee defensive lineman Kendal Vickers, South Carolina wide receiver Pharoh Cooper and East Carolina running back Derrell Scott. Now the head coach at East … [Read more...]