Alpharetta hires former Georgia State, West Georgia assistant as head football coach
Brian Landis, a former assistant coach at Georgia State and West Georgia, was announced as Alpharetta’s football coach Tuesday.
Landis was West Georgia’s defensive coordinator last season and a defensive assistant the previous four seasons at Georgia State.
Landis was a high school head coach at Douglass of Lexington, Ky., from 2017 to 2019. He had a 35-5 record and finished 14-1 in 2018 while reaching Kentucky’s Class 5A final.
Landis has been on staffs at Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky and alma mater Georgetown of Kentucky.
Alpharetta, a Class 6A school, was 20-33 in five seasons under Jason Kervin and 1-9 in 2024.
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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.
