David Mundee

Dothan

Sports Reporter at Dothan Progress

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Wes Whitfield hired as new Headland baseball coach

1 day ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

Wes Whitfield, Headland High’s new head baseball coach, has no illusions about expectations of the Rams’ program. “It is a place that has tradition and is wanting to take that next step. I’m wanting to take that next step myself in the playoff situation,” Whitfield said in a Dothan Eagle interview Thursday night, a day after being hired at Headland, which has made the state playoffs 10 straight seasons highlighted by a state semifinal appearance in 2022 and a state quarterfinal team in 2023.
Birdsong is new Houston County baseball coach, Love now leading basketball as Brown leaves position

2 days ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

Brett Birdsong is quickly back in as a high school baseball coach, veteran basketball coach Emmanuel Brown is looking at his options elsewhere and Damon Love is moving from coaching one sport to another. The three coaches are intertwined in changes at Houston County High School in Columbia.
Birdsong in, Brown leaves and Love shifts over in Houston County coaching changes

2 days ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

Brett Birdsong is quickly back in as a high school baseball coach, veteran basketball coach Emmanuel Brown is looking at his options elsewhere and Damon Love is moving from coaching one sport to another. The three coaches are intertwined in changes at Houston County High School in Columbia.
McCord holds off Melendez to win Future Masters 11-12 age division

3 days ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

As he lined up for a potential winning two-foot putt at the 18th green on Tuesday, Mason McCord admitted nervousness shook in parts of his body. It didn’t affect him, though. McCord drained the putt to capture at 1-stroke victory in the 11-12 age division of the Press Thornton Future Masters Tournament at the Dothan County Club. Seconds after knocking down the winning putt, the Spring, Texas, resident slung his right arm downward in excitement.
Former Eufaula star Rachel Johnson busy in first month with new Carroll team

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

A month into her job as Carroll new girls basketball coach, former Eufaula star Rachel Johnson has been busy putting the Eagles through the paces. Johnson, a 2018 Eufaula graduate with playing experience at five different colleges and in a pro league overseas in Uruguay, was hired on May 9. She will be among several fresh faces on the Carroll coaching staff as the school is in the process of hiring new head coaches in volleyball, softball, boys soccer and track and field.
Enterprise High School hires Buddy Boyle as softball coach

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

While he is not a native of Enterprise or the Wiregrass, Buddy Boyle feels like he is returning home after being hired Thursday night as Enterprise High School’s new head softball coach. Boyle played baseball and was later a coach at Enterprise State Community College as well as an assistant softball coach at Wallace College and at Northview High School in Dothan before embarking on a 14-year head coaching stint at Shelton State and four years as an assistant at the University of West Alabama.
Mordecai returning to lead Houston Academy baseball

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

Mike Mordecai is moving from one Dothan private school baseball program to another, while returning to one of his first career coaching jobs. Mordecai, the head baseball coach and athletic director at Northside Methodist Academy the last six years, has accepted the head coaching job of Houston Academy’s baseball program, one he directed for 2006-09. Houston Academy announced the hire of the former major league player on Thursday morning.
Auburn to face N.C. State; Bama to play Clemson in basketball SEC/ACC Challenge

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

Both Auburn and Alabama basketball teams will host games this December in the annual ACC/SEC Challenge. The complete schedule for both men’s and women’s games in the challenge were announced by ESPN on Thursday. Both the Tigers and Tide play their Challenge games on Dec. 3. Game times and specific TV assignments will be announced later. Auburn will host North Carolina State at Neville Arena, while Alabama will welcome in Clemson to Coleman Coliseum.
Dothan Eagle Super 12 baseball team unveiled with story, video and photos

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

The Enterprise baseball program had its most successful year in school history this past spring, earning a record for most wins in a season and reaching the state championship round for the first time. While there were many contributors to the Wildcats’ success, two, in particular, had a major impact to the record-breaking season.
Dothan Eagle Super 12 softball team unveiled with story, video and photos

2 weeks ago | dothaneagle.com | David Mundee

It was a season of fun capped by a state title for Wicksburg junior standout Ellie Cox and Kinston head coach Andy Norris this spring. Cox, a verbal commitment of Troy University, shined as both a pitcher and hitter in helping the Panthers repeat as a state champion, though this year in a much tougher Class 3A division.