Dolphins’ Jamie Williams let go after two seasons

Tony Whitehead, GCM Sports
Posted 12/6/16

Gulf Shores High School is looking for a new head football coach and athletic director. Jamie Williams has been let go after two seasons in those positions.

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Dolphins’ Jamie Williams let go after two seasons

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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Gulf Shores High School is looking for a new head football coach and athletic director. Jamie Williams has been let go after two seasons in those positions.

“Coach Lucas Weatherford is the interim AD/Football coach,” said GSHS Principal Ernie Rosado who added that no timeline for a replacement has been set.

“I am forming a search committee for our next AD/Football coach.”

Williams said he will stay on as a teacher for the rest of the school year.

“Some of the best kids I have ever been around,” he said. “I will miss the players and coaches tremendously. I wish I had been given more time to finish what we started.”

In the tough Class 6A, Region 1 league in which the Dolphins compete, only two Baldwin 6A teams made the 2016 playoffs, Daphne and Spanish Fort. Blount and Saraland from the Mobile side filled the other two postseason spots.

Gulf Shores finished 0-10 this season and 1-9 in 2015, Williams’ first year. He was the offensive coordinator at Homewood before coming to GSHS. He was head coach at Montevallo High (2010-11) making the Class 3A playoffs in his second season.

The Union Springs native played quarterback and defensive back at Auburn under former Tigers coaches Terry Bowden and Pat Dye.

The Dolphins have made the playoffs a total of three times since starting varsity football in 2000. Former head coaches include Ben Blackmon, now at Spanish Fort and Mark Freeman, now at 7A Thompson.