Former North Mecklenburg football coach takes Cabarrus County job
Eric Morman, who resigned from North Mecklenburg High last week, is the new head football coach at Northwest Cabarrus.
Morman told the Observer Tuesday he had been approved at the new school. At Northwest Cabarrus, he replaces Brandon Gentry, who coached the Trojans for four seasons. Gentry’s last two teams were a combined 25-3.
Gentry left to become coach at Cabarrus County newest high school school, West Cabarrus. West Cabarrus will play its first season next fall.
Morman’s first day at Northwest Cabarrus will be March 27.
“This is a great opportunity to make an immediate positive impact in the community in which I live,” Morman said. “I am excited to begin building relationships and continuing to set a culture of success. Our goal is to make certain our players understand, that as a staff, we are here to be completely invested in them.”
Morman coached at North Mecklenburg for three seasons, going 16-20. His first team, in 2017, finished 9-4. That was just the second winning season North Mecklenburg had since going 10-3 in 2006 under Glen Padgett.
North Meck was 6-6 in 2018 and 1-10 last season.
“Eric Morman personifies what we desire as a leader of our student-athletes on the field, but more importantly, in life,” said Northwest Cabarrus athletic director Jason Adams. “We have every confidence that he will grow our young men as citizens, future husbands and fathers.”
AREA COACHING CHANGES
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Ashbrook | Brian Andrews | Darius James |
| Bandys | Tom Eanes | Jason Barnes |
| Cannon School | Brad Hoover | TBD |
| Central Academy | Drew Hackett | TBD |
| Central Cabarrus | Kenneth McClamrock | Zach Bevilacqua |
| Chase | Cort Radford | TBD |
| East Burke | Mark Buffamoyer | Derrick Minor |
| East Gaston | Jason Lippard | JT Postell |
| East Rutherford | Clint Bland | Brint Russell |
| Forest Hills | Cory Smith | Jammie Deese |
| Freedom | Luke Little | Justin Hawn |
| Garinger | Jeff Caldwell | TBD |
| Hunter Huss | Jamar McKoy | TBD |
| JM Robinson | Rich Williams | Darius Robinson |
| Mallard Creek | Mike Palmieri | Kennedy Tinsley |
| North Gaston | Mike Patton | Justin Clark |
| North Mecklenburg | Eric Morman | TBD |
| North Rowan | Ben Hampton | TBD |
| Northwest Cabarrus | Brandon Gentry | Eric Morman |
| Providence Day | Adam Hastings | TBD |
| Sun Valley | Tad Baucom | Drew Hackett |
| West Cabarrus | (new school) | Brandon Gentry |
| West Mecklenburg | Nick Mata | TBD |
This story was originally published March 10, 2020 at 10:12 AM.
