East Hamilton High School

Team Profile

Photos by Andy Mitchell Photography

Q&A with Coach Aaron Nance

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

A. An athletic football team with young players stepping into big roles.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Winning the battle at the line of scrimmage.

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

A. Wyatt Miller, Jaden Haywood, Kobe Maddux-Rivers, Canaan Mills, Jermaine Heathington, Kylan Fowler, and Grayson Maddox.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. We have a lot of production in the backfield coming back from last year’s team.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. Our team found success in 2024 by running the football and playing sound defense. We will look to build on that.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. Our 5A region has some very good football teams. This year we added two more playoff teams to the region, so it will be even more challenging to make the playoffs.

Q. Will we see anything different this year?

A. No major schematic changes. We expect our QB Wyatt Miller to throw the ball around more this year.

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

A. We have some players at the skill position who can run really well.

Stats

Coach name: Aaron Nance (3 yrs. as a head coach, 3rd as head coach at East Hamilton)

Class/Region: TN 5A – Reg. 3

2024 Overall Record: 9-4

2024 District Finish: 1st

Mascot: Hurricanes

 

2025 Schedule

August

22 Hixson (A)

29 Meigs Co. (H)

September

5 Chattanooga Central (A)

12 Signal Mountain (H)

19 Lenoir City (H)

26 Rhea Co. (A)

October

3 Walker Valley (H)

10 Ooltewah (H)

24 Soddy Daisy (A)

31 McMinn Co. (A)

 

Coach’s View

Each game on our schedule poses a great challenge, and our region added Soddy Daisy and Lenoir City, so we now have six teams in our region who all reached the playoffs in 2024. The way our schedule was set up by the TSSAA, every game from week five on is a region game with playoff implications. For us to be successful, we need to be healthy and clicking in all phases by week five to compete for a region title in 2025.

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