Courtesy of Jeff Carter, Athletic Director at Southern Guilford High School:
Rodney Boykin is our new head football coach. He was a former OC at Western Guilford and also had stops at Eastern Guilford and Smith as an assistant….More info on Coach Boykin coming in here tomorrow, from Jeff Carter, the AD at SG/Southern Guilford HS…
Southern Guilford will also have a new men’s soccer coach – Briton Wertz (she was an assistant for the women’s team in the spring).
Also, Ethan Edwards (younger brother of Evan Edwards) will replace Adam Gunn as our head baseball coach for the upcoming season. Ethan has been Coach Gunn’s assistant for the past three years. Coach Gunn will be taking over as the head baseball coach at Southeast Alamance High school which will open in August.
More on the football job, as we(GreensboroSports) were talking to former Southern Guilford head football coach Jason Bear Bradley the other day, and he told us that some of the former Southern Guilford football staff has left SG and come with him(Coach Bradley) to Trinity HS, where he is now the head football coach…Coach Bradley is also the former coach of the Wheatmore Warriors, and Wheatmore is just down the road, from Trinity…Coach Bradley also told us that other former SG assistant football coaches have gone to Western Guilford, and that some of the Western Guilford assistant football coaches are now down at Southern Guilford…
Welcome to the Guilford County Coaching Carousel…Coach Bradley and Trinity also scrimmaged Page and Northeast Guilford this week in 7 on 7 football action, and the Thomasville Bulldogs, led by their head coach Kevin Gillespie(former head coach of the Page Pirates), came over to Trinity this week for a 7 on 7 scrimmage with the Trinity Bulldogs…
Also, Ethan Edwards, the new Southern Guilford High School baseball coach played high school baseball for the SG Storm, and his brother Evan, played for Southern Guilford HS, and for the N.C. State Wolfpack…Pretty sure Evan made it to minor league baseball, after N.C. State…We used to always call Evan Edwards, “Diehard Evan Edwards”, after “Diehard Eddie Edwards”, from Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling…
Thanks to the SG AD Jeff Carter, and to Trinity head football coach Bear Bradley for the info that they provided for us today….
Southern Guilford High School Press Release:(courtesy of Jeff Carter, Athletic Director at Southern Guilford High School)
Southern Guilford High School is pleased to announce the following coaching changes for the 2023-2024 school year:
Rodney Boykin – Head Football Coach
Ethan Edwards – Head Baseball Coach
Briton Wertz – Head Men’s Soccer Coach
Southern Guilford High School is pleased to announce that Rodney Boykin has been named as the new Head Football Coach of the Storm. Coach Boykin is a native of Durham, North Carolina and a graduate of Jordan High School. After graduation, Coach Boykin attended Edinboro University in Edinboro, Nebraska prior to transferring to Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska to continue his college playing career. Coach Boykin graduated from Wayne State College with a degree in Exercise Science and received his master’s degree in Leadership from Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Coach Boykin played four years of arena league football with various teams to include: Lincoln Lightning, Rapid City Red Dogs, Greensboro Prowlers, and the Raleigh-Durham Wolverines.
Coach Boykin brings over 20 years of high school coaching experience to this position. Most recently, Coach Boykin served as the Offensive Coordinator at Western Guilford High School. Additionally, he has held various positions at Overhills High School, Rockingham County High School, Ben L. Smith High School, and Eastern Guilford High School. Coach Boykin also coached on the college level for six years at Concordia University and Doane College in Nebraska.
“Coach Boykin is highly respected in the high school ranks and brings with him experience and a winning attitude that will serve our program well as we look to move forward and continue to progress in our program.”