Douglass hired alumnus Stanley Pritchett as its football coach Friday.
Pritchett, a former Atlanta Falcons player and most recently coach of Arabia Mountain in DeKalb County, will replace Rodney Cofield, who left to become McDonough’s coach.
Pritchett has been a head coach prior at Washington, North Atlanta and Westlake. He led Arabia Mountain to region titles in 2016 and 2017. He was a 1991 all-state tight end at Douglass but played fullback at South Carolina and then in the NFL from 1996 to 2004.
Douglass, a Class 3A school, was 0-5 last season in a season undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic but 11-2 and 10-2 the two seasons prior.
Douglass is one of three Atlanta city schools with openings this offseason. Washington hired Stockbridge defensive coordinator Justin Rivers to replace Derrick Avery, who remained as athletic director. Therrell’s Greg Sullivan also stepped down to become his school’s athletics director. His replacement has not been named.
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