Ex-Central football coach DuBose answers reports about returning to Phenix City
Responding to reports that he is returning to Phenix City as the next head football coach at Central High School, Jamey DuBose told the Ledger-Enquirer on Monday night such assertions aren’t true — or at least they are premature.
At 11:41 a.m., the X account Fired Football Coaches of Georgia posted, “Reports are Bainbridge is back OPEN. Jamey Dubose is reportedly taking the Central Phenix City job.”
At 12:54 p.m., the Facebook page ITG Next – Georgia posted, “Reports are that Jamey DuBose is leaving Bainbridge just a few weeks after accepting the position of head football coach. He is reportedly headed back to Central-Phenix City (AL), where he previously coached.”
Neither social media outlets cited their sources.
At 4:27 p.m., the Ledger-Enquirer received a notice announcing the Phenix City Board of Education’s monthly meeting scheduled for Thursday has been moved to Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Ledger-Enquirer tried to reach PCBOE chairwoman Yolaunda Daniel and Central principal Chris Lindsey for an explanation, but neither was available before publication.
DuBose, however, told the L-E, “I’ve not been offered that job. I don’t know how it got out today.”
Asked about his interest in returning to Central, he said, “I’m at Bainbridge High School, and that’s what I can tell you right now.”
Asked whether he has applied for the head football coaching position at Central, DuBose said no.
Asked whether anyone representing Central or the PCBOE has contacted him about the job opening, he said, “No real comment on that.”
And asked whether the PCBOE moving its meeting date has anything to do with him, DuBose said, “I don’t know anything about it.”
In fact, DuBose said, he plans to be in Albany on Tuesday to meet with a sporting goods dealer about new uniforms — for Bainbridge, not Central. But he didn’t discount the possibility of becoming Central’s next head football coach.
“You never know what’s going to happen from day to day,” he said. “… I wake up in the mornings and see what God has in store for me, to be honest with you, and I just take it as it comes.”
DuBose added, “I love Phenix City, and I love the people of Phenix City, and I do have a strong feeling for Central High school. I always have, and it was one of the best jobs I’ve ever had. … Phenix City has a special place in my heart, the people of Phenix City and my former players. Phenix City was a great time in my life.”
Jamey DuBose’s football coaching record
In 17 seasons as a head football coach at five high schools in Alabama (Susan Moore, Prattville, Florence, Central and Orange Beach), DuBose has a record of 146-51, including 31-11 in the playoffs and three state championships (two at Prattville, one at Central). The Alabama High School Football Historical Society already lists him as Central’s head coach for the 2026 season.
In six seasons at Central (2014-19), DuBose led the Red Devils to a 66-11 record, including 14-5 in the playoffs and a 14-0 record in 2018, capped by a 52-7 win over Thompson for the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 7A state championship — the program’s first state title in 25 years.
After retiring from the state of Alabama’s education system in 2020, DuBose coached for two season (20-5) at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, before returning to Alabama to coach at a new high school, Orange Beach, joining former Phenix City Schools superintendent Randy Wilkes.
DuBose led Orange Beach to an 8-3 record its inaugural season but went 1-8 in 2023. He then moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, where his teams went 8-14 in two seasons. He resigned in December to take the job in Bainbridge.
Former Auburn University quarterback Patrick Nix succeeded DuBose at Central and produced a similar record, 65-14 in six seasons (2020-25), including 16-5 in the playoffs and a 21-19 win over Thompson to finish 2023 with a 13-0 record and the AHSAA Class 7A state championship.
Phenix City Schools announced Thursday that Nix resigned “to pursue opportunities” in the ministry.
This story was originally published January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM.
