Cleveland High School

Team Profile

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Q&A with Coach Chandeler Tygard

coach chandler tygard

Q. How would you characterize this year’s team?

A. Very talented but thin in depth. We have one of the smaller roster sizes in 6A football.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Staying healthy and keeping our best players available for Friday nights.

Q. Who will be your key leaders on the team?

A. Isaiah Davis, Nate Carter, Cash Bandy, Sam Sartin, Brayden Carroll, Stonewall Shurette, and Josther Canales.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. The second year in our offensive and defensive schemes. We return the majority of the offense from last year and have some explosive players.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. Staying healthy. We have the smallest roster in our region, which is the most difficult 6A region in the state.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. After the restart of a freshman program who played a full JV schedule, the sophomore class can hopefully add quality depth in varsity games this season.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. We have to increase our roster numbers and depth for region play where our opponents dress over 100 players, twice our roster size.

Q. How would you characterize your team’s speed?

A. Fast.

Stats

Coach name: Chandler Tygard (5 yrs. as a head coach, 2nd as head coach at Cleveland)

Class/Region: TN 6A – Reg. 2

2023 Overall Record: 6-5

2023 Region Finish: 4th

Mascot: Blue Raiders

 

2024 Schedule

August

23 Clinton (H)

30 McMinn Co. (H)

September

6 Walker Valley (H)

13 Farragut (H)

20 Rhea Co. (H)

27 Red Bank (A)

October

11 Bearden (H)

18 Maryville (A)

25 Bradley Central (A)

31 Hardin Valley (A)

 

Coach’s View

Our region schedule is one of the most difficult in Tennessee and our local non-region rivalry games add an additional challenge. We start the season with the majority of our games at home, so getting off to a fast start will be critical. The key to the season will be how healthy we can stay over the course of a long year and whether we can we find any additional depth from our younger players.

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