21 apply for MHHS head football job

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A Missouri Hall of Fame football coach and a sitting defensive coordinator at a 7A-West Conference school lead a field of 21 applicants for the vacant Mountain Home High School head football coach position.Athletic Director Mitch Huskey released the list Monday morning to the media:

Former West Plains head coach Steve Ary, a member of the Missouri High School Hall of Fame, has applied for the position. Ary has a 182-95 career record as varsity head coach and has rebuilt three separate programs in Missouri. Ary went 76-42 at Willow Springs, posted double-digit wins three times while leading Mountain Grove to a 60-21 mark and then took a West Plains team from an 0-10 season in his first year to 8-3 by year three of his tenure.

The Zizzers posted double-digit win seasons twice under Ary, including 12-1 in his final season and reached the state semifinals. Ary then retired from Missouri and spent last season as the freshman coach at Harrison, coaching the Junior Goblins to an undefeated season.

Bentonville West defensive coordinator Dave Wheeler has over two decades coaching experience, including multiple stops at the college level. Wheeler served as an assistant at Conway High School before moving on to Bentonville. Prior to that move, Wheeler was a defensive assistant at the University of Central Arkansas, defensive coordinator at Arkansas Tech and held positions at Ole Miss, Western Illinois, Southwest Baptist and West Georgia. He also had a stint as head coach at Hutchinson Community College.

Two current Mountain Home assistants have applied for the position, offensive line coach Philip Goodwin and junior high assistant Bryan Harris. Two former Mountain Home players have applied for the position as well.

Tommy Dale Miller, who played quarterback for the Bombers and at Arkansas State, and Vander Bowden, the current defensive line coach at Southwest Baptist University, are seeking the position. Miller is currently the interim head coach, offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, strength and conditioning and safeties coach at Collierville, Tennessee, High School.

The candidates receiving interviews are: Ary, Goodwin, Wheeler, Kolby Tackett and Trey LaValle.

Tackett is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy and is head coach at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida. Tackett has compiled a 23-9 record in three seasons at the school. According to published reports in Florida, Tackett runs a ground-and-pound, single-wing offense focusing on running the football.

LaValle was a former assistant at Mountain Home under head coach Shane Patrick. He is an offensive assistant at Magnolia, which went 7-4 this season.

Here is the complete list of applicants and their current positions, as provided by Mountain Home High School:

Nathan Adams – Varsity assistant coach, Harding Academy

Steve Ary – Freshman head coach at Harrison, former West Plains head coach

Vander Bowden – Defensive line coach, Southwest Baptist University

Brian Brown – Head football coach, Smackover

Danny Davis – Head football coach and assistant athletic director, Dakota College at Bottineau, North Dakota

Tyler Dorton – Volunteer offensive analyst for varsity defensive coordinator, Fayetteville High School, high school offensive coordinator/QBs, Ada High School, Oklahoma

Erik Gibson – Assistant football coach, Union Country School District

Philip Goodwin – Assistant football coach, Mountain Home

Bryan Harris – Assistant junior high football coach, Mountain Home

Robert Henderson – Senior high defensive run game coordinator/junior high DC, Nashville

Trey LaValle-Assistant coach/offensive coordinator, Magnolia

Justin Mackey – Coach, Lafayette School District

Barry Marton – High school defensive coordinator, Antioch High

Tommy Miller – High school offensive coordinator/QB’s, strength & conditioning coordinator, safeties coach and interim coach, Collierville High School

Christopher Norton -Head coach, Perryville High School

Todd Scott – Offensive coordinator, Dumas

Brett Shrable – High school defensive coordinator, Blytheville

Kolby Tackett – Head coach, Mount Dora Christian Academy

Deonta Wade – High school defensive coordinator, Parsons High School

David Wheeler – High school defensive coordinator, Bentonville West High School

Richard Vanhook – Head coach, Augusta Christian – Martinez, Georgia, June 2018-Dec. 2019

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