ELCA football promotes defensive coordinator, alumnus Rogers to head coach
Eagle’s Landing Christian promoted defensive coordinator Tanner Rogers to head football coach Tuesday.
Rogers is an ELCA alumnus who played linebacker, defensive end and fullback for the Chargers from 2008 to 2010 under Jonathan Gess, the head coach who left earlier this month to become head coach at Hebron Christian in Gwinnett County.
Rogers played at Charleston Southern and began his coaching career there as a graduate assistant in 2015-16. He was on Habersham Central’s staff for three seasons before coming to ELCA in 2020.
Rogers was a key starter on ELCA’s 2010 team that was the school’s first to win a GHSA region title, setting the stage for a dominant decade. ELCA went on to win Class A championships in 2012 and 2015 to 2019 under Gess, whose coaching record was 160-39.
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Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily.
