Daphne, where Glen Vickery has been on the Tide payroll for quite some time before is ignominious ouster, hired a new football coach.
Former Alabama player Kenny King.
King, 34, has been an assistant coach at Hamilton High in Chandler, Ariz., for the last three years where he has worked with the defensive line. He has also been the head freshman coach.
He played on the defensive line for current AHSAA executive director (and raging Bama homer) Steve Savarese at Daphne and graduated in 1999.
No head coaching experience. No coordinator experience. Unqualified for the position given some of the other applicants that were available. Epic fail on the part of Daphne except for the fact that they keep their Bama pipeline open.
The beat goes on as evidenced by this exchange at the Baldwin BOE:
Prior to the approval vote, Board member Tony Myrick sparked a brief discussion by asking about King’s teaching qualifications. He was assured that King had a teaching certificate in Arizona, and Tyler said he met all the qualifications to be hired in the state of Alabama.
“It’s not unusual at any board meeting for that question to arise,†Tyler said. “You vet all the candidates closely. You look through all the qualifications. Alabama is like a lot of states. We have a reciprocity process, and that takes some time. Alabama seems to be a little more cumbersome than others. As long as we get word that all the paperwork lines up, we submit it to the board for approval, and that is what happened in this case.â€
Board member Cecil Christenberry brought a humorous end to the discussion, by joking with Myrick, “Kenny has a degree from Alabama. I thought that would satisfy you.â€
“Well, you are right, Mr. Christenberry. Roll Tide,†Myrick said.