After Dunwoody’s third consecutive losing season, new head Football coach Michael Nash hopes to bring back the winning tradition.
Nash replaced Jim Showfety, who coached the Dunwoody football team for five seasons. Nash, who came from Shiloh High School, is getting his first opportunity as a head coach in his 15 years of coaching.
“I’m really excited,” he said. “I’m excited about being at Dunwoody for its history and its tradition, and really looking forward to trying to bring that back.”
Since his hiring, Nash said he has been building relationships with the players and parents. However, it was a struggle to get players to come out for summer workouts and practice.
“[The] numbers are way down in the football program, but we’re building it,” he said. “Hopefully by the time we’re starting the season we’ll have 60-70 kids, which would be exceptional compared to what they’ve had in the past couple of [years].”
Dunwoody’s last playoff appearance was in 2009. Nash said many things go into building a winning program.
“The winning combination is no secret and all of these great programs in DeKalb know it,” he said. “It’s hard work, it’s commitment, it’s building incredible feeder program and it’s just being consistent and I think that’s what we have to do here.
“My goal is to always win, but more than that it’s to reestablish that work ethic and reestablish that sense of community pride,” he said. “Dunwoody football is going to be a big thing for this community and we have to make sure this community wants to be a part of what we’re doing. We’re going to do that by being a part of the community.”
