Cedartown announced Calhoun offensive coordinator Tommy Atha as its football coach Tuesday evening.

Atha will replace Jamie Abrams, who was forced out last month despite a 50-12 record over five seasons.

Atha is best know for his 22 seasons as head coach and 30 years overall service at Darlington, the Rome private school where he fashioned a 179-66 record with seven region titles. Atha resigned after the 2022 season and did not coach in 2023.

Atha returned in 2024 and helped Calhoun to its first state championship since 2017.

Cedartown, a Class 4A school, was 9-2 last season.

The Polk County School District announced Atha’s hire on its Facebook page.

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2025, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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