McCallie School

Team Profile

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Q&A with Coach Joel Bradford

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

A. Physical, disciplined, and relentless.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Senior leadership, execution,
and consistency.

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

A. Bear Cortes, Philippe Robert,
Carson Lawrence, Keylan Syam, Ryan Larrabee, Tramauri Watkins, and Sean Couvertiere.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. Our work ethic. We hold each
other accountable, and we love
the game.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. Turnovers and missed tackles.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. The standard that the previous senior class had set.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. Everybody has a role on the team. Total buy-in breeds success.

Q. Will we see anything different this year?

A. Many players stepping up into new roles.

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

A. Solid.

Stats

Coach name: Joel Bradford (1 yr. as a head coach, 1st as head coach at McCallie)

Division/Class/Region:
TN Div. II-AAA – East

2023 Overall Record: 12-1

2023 REgion Finish: 1st

Mascot: Blue Tornado

 

2024 Schedule

August

23 CCS (H)

30 Gadsden Co. (H)

September

7 Oak Ridge – CA (H)

13 Memphis University (H)

20 Brentwood Academy (H)

27 Montgomery Bell Academy (A)

October

4 Baylor (A)

18 Father Ryan (A)

25 Knoxville Catholic (H)

November

1 Lipscomb Academy (H)

 

Coach’s View

This year’s schedule will be tough. Each game will create different challenges for us that will help us improve each week, and we’re expecting to reach our full potential as a team in the playoffs.

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