LaFayette High School

Team Profile

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Q&A with Coach Ethan Thompson

Coach Ethan Thompson

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

A. Hungry, experienced, tight-knit, and competitive.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Playing fast and staying healthy.

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

A. Hagen English, Kevin Patton, Ziare Grissom, Dax Edwards, Jayven Williams, and Bryson Cleghorn.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. We only graduated three starters from last year. Our coaches have learned a ton over the offseason. We got bigger, faster, and stronger this offseason.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. Making sure I turn over every stone to help these kids win as much as possible.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. We built on the character growth from last year. We also brought a ton of kids in from the halls. We had over 90 for our spring game.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. Do less, better.

Q. Will we see anything different this year?

A. Brand new offense.

Stats

Coach name: Ethan Thompson (2 yrs. as a head coach, 2nd as head coach at LaFayette)

Class/Region: GA AAA – Reg. 7

2024 Overall Record: 0-10

2024 District Finish: 7th

Mascot: Ramblers

 

2025 Schedule

August

15 Chattooga (H)

22 Gordon Lee (A)

29 Dade Co. (A)

September

12 Trion (A)

19 Adairsville (H)

26 Ridgeland (A)

October

3 Northwest Whitfield (H)

10 Gilmer (A)

17 Heritage (H)

31 Calhoun (A)

 

Coach’s View

I think we are much older than we were last year.
A lot of teams lost some key pieces to their team, but they are well coached and will get reloaded. We have to stay healthy and play mistake-free football to win in this tough conference!

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