BLACKSHEAR — Brantley County’s Board of Education announced the hiring of 2008 BCHS alum Matt Hickox as its new head football coach during its March meeting replacing David Shores, who left after two seasons returning to Camden County.
Hickox has worked the last 10 years in the Pierce County School System working as a girls’ assistant varsity basketball coach under another Brantley County alum, Lacie Evans, served as dual varsity tennis coach winning the 2025 boys’ Class AA title, and the past seven years winning state football titles in 2020 and 2023 as a defensive assistant/coordinator under highly successful head coach Ryan Herring.
Hickox played for Sean Pender, the winningest coach in program history. He was a part of three winning seasons and 21 victories during his career.
