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Senior Night, Goodpasture Christian School
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Battle Ground Academy
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Bye Week
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All Day
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| US Football |
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Senior Night, South Gibson HS
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| US Football |
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Christ Presbyterian Academy
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Bill Whittemore
Head Coach
Coach Whittemore grew up in Brentwood, Tennessee where he attended Brentwood High School. In high school he played football, soccer and basketball. During his senior season the football team was the first team to go undefeated in the history of the school. At Brentwood he was nominated Mr. Football which goes to the top football player in the state of Tennessee. After high school he graduated and attend UT Martin and played on the team there. He decided to red-shirt his freshman year and then started his sophomore year. After sophomore year he transferred to Fort Scott where he played his second season. He was nominated second team All-American, and Jayhawk conference player of the year. After a year he transferred to Kansas for the next two years. The first year he was nominated Big-12 newcomer of the year. His senior year the team went to a bowl game for the first time in 15 years.
Upon graduation Bill went and tried out for the Atlanta Falcons. After that he went and played for the Nashville Cats for one season and then attended camp with the New York Jets. His next move was back to Nashville where he started coaching for Brentwood High School in 2006. Getting into the college coaching world Bill was hired as a graduate assistant at University of Louisiana at Monroe as a defensive coach. After one year he went back to Kansas as a Graduate Assistant on the offensive side of the ball where he received his masters in sports management. The year he coached the team played in the Orange Bowl and finished 7th in the country. After that he moved back home to Nashville and got a coaching position at Franklin Road Academy as assistant varsity coach and head middle school coach in 2008. After 4 years he became the head football coach and also served as the interim assistant athletic director. The team at FRA has made the playoffs each year under his leadership. In 2015 the team went undefeated in the regular season. In the season of 2018 the team made the State Semi-Finals.
Bill has been married to Denise, the love of his life, since 2011 and have three kids William, Lydia, and Samuel. Lydia and William both attend FRA currently. Bill loves to spend his time with his family and enjoys the outdoors with his dog named Wallace. Bill is excited for the next season with a team filled with great senior leadership.
David Dawson
Assistant Coach
David Dawson completed his 8th year as an assistant football coach at FRA and his 12th year as a high school football coach. Primarily on the defensive side of the ball, David has coached both the defensive line and the inside linebackers.
Coach Dawson is from Franklin, TN, having graduated and been a member of the Battle Ground Academy football, wrestling, and track and field teams. After high school, he attended Carson Newman College (now University) and played defensive tackle for the Eagles for 4 years while completing his undergraduate work. Throughout his football playing career, he has won 3 high school state championships, earning all-district and all-mid-state honors, competed on 3 SAC conference championship teams while at Carson Newman.
David also assists the wrestling program at FRA working as an assistant for the past 3 seasons. Among his coaching duties, he is the director of the Heart to Heart program and the Student Activities Coordinator.
Outside of FRA, he spends every moment he can with his wife, Garrett, and his children, Lanier and Henry.
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Luke Brown
Assistant Coach
Coach Brown is entering his first season as Head Coach of the Middle School Football Team.
Coach Brown played linebacker at Montgomery Bell Academy where he was a member of one state championship team and two semi-final seasons. Coach Brown was selected 2nd team all-state and also served as a captain his senior season.
The son of a coach, Coach Brown began his coaching career at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, SC in 2011. After two years with the Cyclones, Coach Brown returned to Nashville where he began coaching defense at Montgomery Bell Academy.
From 2013-2018, Coach Brown served as Athletic Director, Head Football Coach and Head Basketball Coach at St. Paul Christian Academy and was the first ever director of the HVAC Jr. Division.
He is excited to work under the leadership of Coach Whittemore and the Varsity Football staff while leading the Middle School program.
Mark has been married to his wife Candi for 15 years with 2 wonderful boys aged 7 and 3. He originally hails from Albany, GA. He graduated and played football for Georgia Southern University. After 20 years of coaching football Mark knows so much about the game. In his experience he also has coached track.
Mark has previously coached at University of Rhode Island, Georgia Southern University, The Naval Academy Prep School, Woodward Academy, Mountain View HS, Father Ryan High School, Stewarts Creek HS, and Nolensville HS. He is very excited for this new season at FRA. He is currently teaching Geography in the 7th grade here at FRA.
Sam Barrett
Assistant Coach
Sam grew up in Andover, New Hampshire playing football, basketball, and baseball. He continued with these interests during his time as a student at Proctor Academy, graduating in 2014. Sam went on to play football, study Business Management, and attain an MBA degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Last year, he coached defensive backs and wide receivers at his high school alma mater and is extremely excited to be a part of FRA's Varsity and 5th & 6th grade teams this fall. Outside of FRA, Sam enjoys music, exercise, the outdoors, and video games.
 Bill Whittemore |
Bill Whittemore completed his second year as Head Football Coach at FRA after four years of service as Assistant Athletic Director, Head Middle School Football Coach, and Assistant Varsity Football Coach. Coach Whittemore came to FRA from the Division I-A University of Kansas, where he played quarterback for two years. Coach Whittemore was the recipient of the “Tennessee Mr. Football Award” in 1998 at Brentwood High School, and went on to earn “All- Big XII” and “Newcomer of the Year” honors in college. As Head Football Coach, Coach Whittemore helped guide FRA’s program to its first District Championship in Division II. |
David Dawson
Lebron Ferguson
Dusty Kiel
Kevon Fly
BJ Wilson
Conner Maitland
Steve Reese.
We are looking forward to returning to interscholastic athletic competitions beginning the week of September 8. Attendance at all home competitions will be limited to two immediate family members per FRA student athlete. While we are not currently allowing any visitors or students to attend competitions, we continue to evaluate options for future games.
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