Coach who led Carver to state football title last year leaving to be a principal
Carver High School head football coach Pierre Coffey, who led the Tigers to the Georgia High School Association Class AA state championship last season, has resigned.
Coffey, who also serves as Carver’s athletics director, is leaving to become principal of the K-12 school in Stewart County.
The Stewart County School Board approved Coffey’s hiring during its meeting Tuesday night, Muscogee County School District athletics director Jeff Battles confirmed Wednesday to the Ledger-Enquirer.
The L-E didn’t reach Coffey, Carver principal Christopher Lindsey or a Stewart County official for comment before publication.
Coffey has a record of 68-28 in eight seasons as a head football coach at three schools in the Columbus area:
- 33-8 at Carver from 2022-24
- 16-5 at Chattahoochee County from 2020-21
- 19-15 at Spencer from 2015-17.
“Coach Coffey has worked extremely hard throughout his career,” Battles said, “and I think this is a great opportunity for him.”
Battles praised Coffey’s leadership at Carver.
“I think the values that he brought to the program helped to stabilize it and raise the program to where they were able to reach the championship last year,” Battles said.
This isn’t the first time Coffey has left coaching to be an administrator. In 2018, Coffey resigned as Spencer’s head football coach and athletics director to become assistant principal at Baker Middle School.
Stewart County had a principal vacancy because the school’s current leader, Brian Barnhill, decided to resign, Stewart County superintendent Michael Robinson told the Ledger-Enquirer.
“I have confidence in Dr. Coffey’s ability to do an outstanding job,” Robinson said. “Dr. Coffey has a proven track record of leadership and dedication to student development, which in my opinion makes him an excellent choice to lead our K-12 school. We are confident that his experience and vision will greatly benefit our students, staff and even the broader Stewart County community, so we look forward to working with Dr. Coffey.”
Coffey was selected out of approximately 15 candidates, four of whom were interviewed, Robinson said.
This story was originally published May 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM.
