By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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Jamie Dickey is back to double coaching duties.

Dickey last coached basketball in 2015-16 with the Stratford boys team before leaving coaching for a few years, only to return to the football field at his alma mater, Brentwood, while taking a position in administration.

The school announced on Monday that Dickey was taking over the girls basketball program.

The school did not renew the contract of Kena Selby Lindsey, who last month was named the GIAA Region 4-AA girls track coach of the year. The Georgia College grad led the basketball and track teams to multiple region and state championships.

According to Maxpreps, Lindsey went 70-15 in the last three seasons with the girls basketball team, including the state titles in 2021 and 2017, and second place in 2018. She was the 2017 and 2018 state GISA coach of the year.

She played on the Eagles’ first state title team in 2001-02.

Dickey was also offensive coordinator at Stratford, a position he took at Brentwood as well.

The Eagles won a GISA state title in 2014, their final year before moving to the GHSA, where they remained successful. Stratford returned to the GISA/GIAA in 2022-23.

Dickey went 105-52 in six seasons with Stratford’s boys basketball program, taking over before turning 25. He also coached at Prince Avenue Christian and George Walton.

After graduating from Brentwood in 2004, he got degrees from Georgia and Georgia Southern.

The 38-year-old Dickey won’t return to the football staff, instead focusing on the girls basketball program and player development for basketball.

Bleckley County plucks Dublin, Warner Robins, retirement

One of Central Georgia’s most experienced assistants and one of Central Georgia’s notable younger assistants are the latest to join Von Lassiter’s staff at Bleckley County.

In the process, a short retirement was defeated for a longtime Central Georgia coach.

Chris Reeves departs Houston County schools after more than a decade, heading south.

Reeves graduated from Thomas County Central and Troy, and started coaching at Thomas County Central during a big run, then was head coach at Macon County in 1998-99. After a stint at Perry, he moved to Northside Middle, moving up to varsity after four seasons in 2010.

He spent several seasons in different roles, including defensive coordinator, at Northside, including during the 6A state championship season in 2014.

In the spring of 2020, he was released at Northside but quickly snagged by Warner Robins, where he took over outside linebackers, and was part of two state championship teams and a state-runner up group.

April 22: Tattnall girls basketball, Twiggs County football, Veterans girls basketball
April 10: Jones County announces new head basketball coaches
March 26: From Stratford to Piedmont, from Jones County to Northside (times 2), Danny Camp and ChoRhonda and Buck Harris moving
March 2: Macon County hires a familiar face
Feb. 16: Howard has a new head football coach who has been well tested on high school and college levels
Feb. 8: GMC promotes from within
Jan. 10: Baldwin goes just down the road for its newest head football coach, who has a winning background as a player and coach
Jan. 4: Paul Carroll is on the move, but not far, leaving Howard and taking over at Stratford

His son Nicholas is a preferred walk-on offensive lineman at Georgia.

Scott Pagano is moving from Dublin’s staff, after defensive coordinator Derrick Farrow’s resigned. Pagano, who played at Clemson from 2013-16 and then at Oregon, spent two years at Aquinas before joining the Dublin staff in 2022.

He takes over as defensive coordinator.

Longtime Central Georgia football coach Ray Hardin is back in action, on the 49 percent plan as a coach and teacher at Bleckley County Middle School.

Hardin retired in February of 2023 after two years as head coach at Dodge County, his first varsity head coaching job.

That came after three seasons as head coach and athletics director at Bleckley Middle, where he’s returning to. He was a longtime assistant at Dodge County, working under head coaches John Peacock, Greg Robinson, Lee Campbell, and Rex Hodges.

He worked on the Bleckley County staff under then-head coach Tracy White in 2012, but as of now, won’t be working with the varsity this fall.

New girls basketball boss at Houston County

Houston County has a new head girls basketball coach, as of the middle of the month, and the Bears landed a coach with a hefty resume.

Dani Wright takes over for Daniell Johnson, who went 93-101 in eight seasons, topped by a 21-5 year in 22-23. The Bears had three winning seasons under Johnson.

Wright was a standout at Collins Hill, playing under legendary head coach Angie Hembree, and helping the team to state titles in 2001-02. Wright, maiden name Kubik, scored 26 points and had 10 rebounds in the 2002 championship win over Meadowcreek.

After one season at Auburn and a trip to the WNIT, she transferred to BYU. She was the Mountain West co-player of the year in 2006-07.

She served as a interim coach temporarily at Norcross when Hembree had a health issue, and went 26-4 in 2017-18. Wright took over when Hembree retired after that season.

Wright went 45-15 in two seasons at Norcross, then 59-27 in three seasons at Archer, followed by 14-36 at AAA Gilmer County.

Her husband David is a high school football coach who has been at Central Gwinnett, Norcross, Archer, and Gilmer County as well as two out-of-state schools.