TSSAA football: Video highlights from Ravenwood vs Franklin
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Will Hester resigned as Ravenwood High School’s football coach after four seasons to become an assistant principal at Brentwood Middle School.He amassed a 76-17 record across two stints at Ravenwood, including a 2015 state championship.Hester expressed his desire to move into school administration, viewing it as a natural progression from coaching.
Will Hester’s high school football coaching career has come to an end.
His life as a school administrator, though, is about to begin.
Hester announced his resignation as Ravenwood’s football coach on Wednesday after four seasons. He has been named an assistant principal at Brentwood Middle.
“Obviously, I don’t think there is ever a good time to make the decision,” said Hester, 48. “Becoming a school administrator is something that I’ve been working toward a couple years now and getting myself prepared to do that.
“I feel like coaching and administration are very similar things. Just as I think teaching is coaching. Being a school administrator is sort of the next step in the profession that I want to take.”
The Raptors completed a 13-1 season in 2024, losing to Class 6A runner-up Germantown Houston. The team returns 42 seniors in 2025, including quarterbacks Femi Babalola and Maverick Chance, who split time last year.
“I’ve been blessed to be the football coach at a lot of great programs and had a lot of success, especially at Ravenwood High School, where we made a bunch of memories and had a lot of phenomenal times,” Hester said. “Ravenwood football is not Will Hester like Will Hester is not Ravenwood football.
“Ravenwood football was good before Will Hester coached there, and it was good while I was…
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