South Forsyth hires South Florida staff member as football coach

South Forsyth hired James Thomson, South Florida’s director of internal scouting, as its football coach Wednesday.

Thomson, a Florida native, was a Georgia head coach previously at Tucker in 2021 and Northview from 2017 to 2020.

Thomson left Tucker to become head coach at Winter Haven in Florida for the 2022 season. He’s also a former head coach in Florida at Gainesville (2011-12) and DeLand (2013-14).

South Forsyth is a Class 6A school. The War Eagles were 17-25 in four seasons under Troy Morris and 2-8 in 2024.

There have been 52 openings as Georgia’s 415 football-playing schools this offseason. Twenty-two jobs have been filled.

Offseason openings and hires:

Alpharetta - Jason Kervin (Hired Brian Landis)

Armuchee - Eric Belew

Banneker - Braxton Kelly

Berrien - Ken Eldridge

Brookwood - Philip Jones (Hired Chad Nighbert)

Calvary Day – Mark Stroud (Hired Jason Cameron)

Cedar Grove - Roderick Moore (Hired Rich Freeman)

Cedar Shoals - Leroy Ryals

Cedartown - Jamie Abrams

Central Gwinnett - Larry Harold (Hired Terrance Banks)

Chattahoochee County - Bruce Figgins

Commerce - Mark Hollars (Hired Lenny Gregory)

Crisp County – Lawrence Smith

Dalton - Kit Carpenter (Hired Chris Prewett)

Dawson County - Sid Maxwell (Hired Jaybo Shaw)

Elbert County - Shannon Jarvis (Hired Andy Dyer)

Emanuel County Institute - Chris Kearson

Etowah - Matt Kemper (Hired Brett Vavra)

Flowery Branch – Jason Tester (Hired Michael Perry)

Gordon Central - Lenny Gregory

Greene County - Terrance Banks

Griffin - Clifford Fedd

Grovetown - Cory Barnes

Heritage (Ringgold) - E.K. Slaughter (Hired Jeremy New)

Hughes - Daniel Williams

Josey - Lawrence Pinkney

KIPP Atlanta Collegiate - James Briscoe

Lithia Springs - Corey Jarvis (Hired Ben Arnold)

Loganville - Gene Cathcart/Stephen Smith (Hired Nic Snowden)

Luella - Craig Coleman

Marietta - Richard Morgan (Hired Cameron Duke)

Marion County - Billy Law

Meadowcreek - Todd Wofford (Hired Johnny Burdette)

Mount Paran Christian - Matt Ely

Murray County - Kurt Napier

Norcross - Keith Maloof (Hired Corey Richardson)

Northside-Warner Robins - Ben Bailey (Hired Daniel Williams)

Northview - Scott Schwarzer

Pace Academy - Nick Bach

Parkview - Joe Sturdivant

Pataula Charter - Sam Brown

Pelham - Leonard Guyton

Roswell - Chris Prewett

Savannah Country Day - Roc Batten (Hired Joey Blackmore)

Schley County - Darren Alford

South Forsyth - Troy Morris (Hired James Thomson)

Southeast Whitfield - Todd Murray