2004
GISA Class"A" Coach of the Year
Coach
Harrison back from a great quick trip to the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
for a football clinic.
See Contact Page.
A SLEEPER FOR
AN OPENER.......
As the new coach at
Heritage, I was briefed on our schedule as being a lot easier than
some in the past but, now that I'm hear and have discovered and seen
the light. I've found that our schedule is anything but easy. In
fact, its going to be very very difficult. a couple of teams that
weren't that strong has all of a sudden risen and have complete
make-overs, for our coaches that were here last year said those kids
weren't there last year at all. One of the NEW entrees into the GISA
is Harvester which we play at the end. I've been told that they have
some of the best looking kids in the league and are already beating
up on some very strong teams in scrimmages. Our Opener is also quite a surprise, for
they have a complete new look for sure with a complete new line up
and a killer line up it is. They have 3 of the best backs in the GISA
from what I've seen and a very good line of scrimmage on both sides
of the ball and with 2 very tall and skillful wide receivers and a
college Div-1 Prospect at QB. did I mention that they are very well coached by Cris
Bell? This will be a very, very tough opener for anyone in our league so no one
will be envying the Hawks Friday night, unless maybe you open with
Flint River or Thomas Jefferson and the like. This proved to
be so, but we played horrible on defense.
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Hi folks!
My name is "Larry Harrison" and I'm a high school football
coach in the great state of Georgia. Inside these pages I
hope to have a little fun, and just throw some general
information around about football, the "double wing offense"
that I run as well as other football related things. This site
will also contain events of my football life, my football
history, and NOW with my recent football family at The
Heritage School in Newnan, Georgia, plus some just plain interesting and fun
stuff we run across pertaining to the subjects stated. This site started
as very small simple family site but with coaching, and
incorporating my football, it quickly became my football
site... I had noticed that many coaches and teams had a site
and the various football coaching sites so, hey, I figured I
had to get one too. I think the main thing that launched it
into this football site is the learning and the teaching of
the offense, and defense I run. From the beginning of my
coaching life, I've had certain very ingrained ideas about
coaching and getting the most out of kids, and these ideas
were developed from having very good youth and high school
coaches and later having my ideas pan out in very successful
campaigns. I have learned to live with the criticism of
being a bit unorthodox, but believe me, everything I do
coaching wise is for a very good reason. No, it may not look
exactly like the NFL but what I do, and what I think any
good coach should do, is to give your kids the best possible
chance to be successful. I'm not real concerned about how
pretty it is, or if I'm preparing one individual for a
career or if I look like some big-time pro football coach.
I'm concerned about the team and all the kids as well as our
representation of our parents and school. I am concerned
about bringing success to our program and having the kids
have fun playing football. If we have a standout athlete, he
will stand out. If we don't, the team will still stand out
because of our preparation. This policy has never failed me
or any other coach I've admired over the years. What I have
learned is that with the right preparation and approach to
this game and a good communication with the kids
themselves, you end up with many standout kids not just the
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2008-Coach Harrison
has been hired as the new Head Football Coach at the Heritage School
in Newnan Georgia where football is only 2 years old. Harrison had
opted out of the coaching ranks and had basically sneaked away from
coaching after 30 years of thoroughly enjoying his passion. Harrison had
decided to pursue other interest such as music, grand kids, and an
ever growing family, but left one foot out of the exit door for that
one special coaching job to come along that in Harrison's previous
statements, was quite a long shot, in that Harrison is not a teacher
in academics, but a free agent coach for lack of a better term.
Harrison has been coaching football for 30 years where his coaching
started
early on with the older youth kids in a high octane youth league in Georgia.
In the
mid 90's Georgia opened up the coaching ranks to community coaches
so Harrison was picked up by a local High School, got certified and
the rest has been a continuous string of success stories. The most
recent success story is the 3 years at Nathanael Greene Academy in
Siloam, GA, where most of that stint is documented on the NGA pages
of this site. Though Harrison recalls many great times and success
stories in his career, he said that the NGA job seems to be the
most noted for it was the most visible and covered, being what
happened and where it happened.
Now at Heritage Harrison
said, "I know of the low numbers and that the kids are inexperienced and all that goes with a very
young program but I also know what I've faced many times in the past.
I've never promised anything but my best effort when it comes to
coaching, you know, the same I expect from the kids, but then when you
get that, good and great things can happen." "I never made NGA any
promises and I was not asked for any at Heritage but I can
guarantee
Heritage, my best effort, and that what ever football the Heritage kids have in them, I will get out of them". "I'm taking the reigns from a very fine
football coach in Ron Beaucham who I have grown to really admire over
the last 3 or 4 years and am very flattered that he would recommend me
for the job. Ron did a heck of a job getting the Heritage football
program rolling, and if we can get a few more players to come out, I
think we can make him proud. Ron really knows his football and Heritage
was very fortunate to have him as their inaugural football coach".
"There are others very
instrumental in getting the Heritage football program rolling and one in
particular is the man who hired me and the juggernaut of the football
program, Otis Jones. Like so many of the great people at Heritage, Otis is
a football man, having played at the University of Georgia, a fine family man who gets involved to make things better, and works
diligently on making the Heritage football program all it can be. I
personally thank him for giving me this opportunity, and my aim is to
make him very proud of his hire!"
Please come
join us and become a fan of the Hawks by emailing or just touching base
with this site from time to time for we will try to keep up with the
latest Hawk Football events, players, and all that goes with it.
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