JONESBORO — At the annual Clayton County Football Media Day, coaches spent time talking about their own teams but one thing they emphasized was the support they have for each other.
It’s not just the about success of each individual team but making Clayton County football and athletics better overall.
“Outside of playing each other, let’s be the best Clayton County we can be,” Forest Park head coach Corey Johnson said. “The coaching staffs around — we’re close, we talk. We’re about Clayton County; we’re about Clayton County football. Let’s make sure we keep it that way. When we play each other everybody wants to win. When it’s over — we’re family.”
Johnson is not just a coach within the system but is a Forest Park alum who has relished the opportunity to come back to this old school.
Johnson is not the only alum to coach at his former school as Cap Burnett has been the head coach of his alma mater, North Clayton, for eight seasons.
“Everybody’s been talking about brotherhood — and that’s what it is,” Burnett said. “I wish everybody luck this year and continue to grow as Clayton County. I want all of us to put out a great product so that everybody understands there’s great football here in Clayton County.”
Jonesboro’s DeTimothy Floyd, who is the longest-serving current head coach in the county 1at 15 years, said it’s also about developing and mentoring the younger coaches who are coming up.
“They say they’ve watched some of the things we did — which I don’t know if that’s good or bad but it’s a joy for them to come in and it’s a joy for me to reach out to other coaches and teach them what I can — the do’s and don’ts from my successes and my failures so they can raise the county to another level,” Floyd said.
One of those coaches is Mount Zion’s Willie Binyard, who is…
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