GENTRY GETTING NEW FOOTBALL COACH... AGAIN
GENTRY WILL SOON HAVE A NEW LEADER OF THE RAM FOOTBALL TEAM AS MELVIN PETE IS EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE SCHOOL'S OFFER TO BECOME GENTRY'S 4TH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH IN 4 YEARS. PETE COMES TO INDIANOLA HAVING SERVED AS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT CANTON THIS PAST SEASON, BUT SPENT THE PREVIOUS 5 YEARS AS HEAD COACH AT CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA, WHERE HIS 2007 TEAM WENT UNDEFEATED AND WON AN ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. GENTRY HOPES TO HAVE THE DEAL FINALIZED WHEN PETE VISITS CAMPUS FRIDAY. GENTRY ALSO HOPING HE BRINGS SOME STABILITY TO THEIR HEAD COACHING POSITION. PETE REPLACES JERRY WALKER, LET GO AS RAMS HEAD COACH AFTER 1 SEASON. WALKER REPLACED PHILIP WASSON, WHO OF COURSE LEFT GENTRY AFTER 1 YEAR TO TAKE THE HEAD JOB AT WASHINGTON SCHOOL. WASSON TOOK THE GENTRY JOB IN 2009 FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF MALCOLM JONES.