Galax high school

[Single A west]

Heard Travis Reed, Bland county AD new football coach

[Gridiron60]

On 4/8/2025 at 12:35 PM, Single A west said:

Heard Travis Reed, Bland county AD new football coach

Wasn’t he the football coach at one at Bland and they let him go from that position? 

[44cov3]

I believe you are correct, however, I think there was a lot of politics involved in that situation.  I think he left for a year or so and was at Auburn HS before returning to Bland and played a big part of getting Harris Hart back to Bland and was a body in the building trying to get kids out for football; basically brining back a dead or almost dead program.  Defiantly and interesting hire by Galax, but Reed seems to have helped rebuild Bland and now he might be on the same path at Galax.  It will be interesting now to see what happens at Bland once he is gone.  Will Bland continue to grow and sustain or will it drop off once he leaves, while Hart is still presumed to be the head coach at Bland I believe he has retired from teaching and is no longer in the building each day which is key at small school especially during a rebuild.  Guess we will see how it goes at each program.

[Dodgers]

On 4/10/2025 at 1:47 AM, 44cov3 said:

I believe you are correct, however, I think there was a lot of politics involved in that situation.  I think he left for a year or so and was at Auburn HS before returning to Bland and played a big part of getting Harris Hart back to Bland and was a body in the building trying to get kids out for football; basically brining back a dead or almost dead program.  Defiantly and interesting hire by Galax, but Reed seems to have helped rebuild Bland and now he might be on the same path at Galax.  It will be interesting now to see what happens at Bland once he is gone.  Will Bland continue to grow and sustain or will it drop off once he leaves, while Hart is still presumed to be the head coach at Bland I believe he has retired from teaching and is no longer in the building each day which is key at small school especially during a rebuild.  Guess we will see how it goes at each program.

I absolutely agree that having the head coach in the building is so important at small schools. If not there had better be some dang good assistants in the building recruiting kids. I know one small where the head coach is not in the building and doesn't run the offense of defense and the program struggles mightily despite playing the easiest schedule possible. People wonder what he does do other than give a speech at the end of practice. Everyone knows its a very political situation where being good friends with the superintendent and principal goes a long way.