Meet The Coach: Video Interview With New Pickens HC Grant Myers
TeamFYNSports February 8, 2021
FYN Sports was able to sit down and catch up with new Pickens Dragons Head Coach Grant Myers.
Myers has been on the Pickens staff for the previous 2 years, serving as the Defensive Coordinator and Strength Coach.
We talked to him about what he would bring to the table as a young Head Coach, his background and family and much more.
As the Director of FYN Sports, I have had the opportunity to sit down with a ton of coaches over the years and listen to their philosophy about football and also about life, but no Coach has brought the energy like Grant Myers did. By the time BKP and myself left the Dragons field house, I was ready to go to war for Coach Myers.
Here are the three things that stuck out most to me when speaking with Coach Myers:
- He’s a football guy through and through
You can tell by just looking at Coach Myers that he’s a football guy. Just a real dude. The man looks like he eats, breathes, and bleeds football. I’m sure that if you asked his wife Jena, she would sigh and tell you that that’s not too far from the truth! Just jokes, I am actually under the impression that Mrs. Myers isn’t too far behind Coach when it comes to their love of the game.
2. He is passionate
Passion is not something that can be faked. You’re either passionate about something or you’re not, and Coach Myers is passionate about winning football games and turning boys into young men. He said multiple times that he understand the importance of the football program and how it relates to the fabric of the community as a whole. He is proud to wear the Pickens Diamond P on his chest, and wants to pass that on to future generations.
3. He is young and energetic
What some people may look at as a con, I see Coach Myers being a young coach as a very good thing. Being a young guy that his players can relate to will go a long way on the football field and in the classroom. He can have a presence in the hallways and in the community as well as online that an old coach will not be able to. Like it or not, the world is almost completely online now. If Coach Myers takes to social media and has the presence online that I know he can, I think you’ll have kids coming out in groves to play for the man.
Also, FYN Sports wants to congratulate Coach and Mrs. Myers on having baby girl number 2 on the way!
UPDATE: Former Blessed Trinity Head Coach Could be Headed to North Ga
TeamFYNSports January 7, 2021
Featured Photo from: CatholicAthletesforChrist.org
As the news broke that Blessed Trinity Head football Coach Tim McFarlin resigned this week, Team FYN Sports started digging into the possibility that the Head Ball Coach could end up in North Georgia.
Sources tell FYN Sports that McFarlin is very interested in the North Georgia area and as we all know, Gilmer and Pickens are the two big job openings in the area and both teams are in the interview process.
We started checking our sources from both Gilmer and Pickens, and found out that the chances of McFarlin landing in Gilmer are slim. The Bobcats are yet to hire a Head Coach, but when FYN sports asked we were told the decision would come very soon.
Pickens County has not made a decision on who their next Head Coach will be. The interview process is still open and they still are doing interviews. There have been several applicants and no hiring decision has been made.
However, several sources in Pickens County lead us to believe that McFarlin being the next Dragons Head Coach is a strong possibility. There has been no coach hired at this time, but we are told that a hire will be completed by the end of next week. Although we cannot confirm that McFarland is heading to Pickens, it looks like the tide is turning that way. As far as FYN Sports is concerned, we strongly believe that McFarlin could end up in green.
Pickens is an interesting spot for many head coaches because of the bright future that the program has ahead of them. They have an older youth football team that has yet to lose a game in rec league, and the Varsity team itself is filled with underclassmen.
Tim McFarlin has spent 20 total seasons as a Head football Coach in Georgia. The first half of his career was spent as Head Coach for the Roswell Hornets, where he led the team to a 13-1-1 record and won the State Championship in 2007.
He took over for Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in 2011, and for the past 10 years, he has been the Titans Head Coach.
In 2017, he led the Titans to the programs first ever State Title, starting the teams run of three state championships in a row from 2017-2019.
Through the three year, back to back to back state title run, the team only lost two football games, while managing to go a perfect 15-0 in 2018.
Last year, he led his team to the State Quarterfinals.
Tim McFarlin was also named the 2018 CAC Top 25 Catholic High School Football Coach of the Year.
He boasts a 194-54-2 overall record as a Head Coach.