By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Mitch Mitchener is no longer football coach at Eastern Alamance after one season.
Todd Davis, athletics director for Alamance-Burlington School System, confirmed to The Alamance News that Mitchener resigned last Thursday.
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When contacted Friday, Mitchener declined comment, indicating he’d speak at a later date.
Mitchener followed John Kirby, who had been coach of the Eagles for 32-plus years. This week, Kirby was back with the football program as interim coach. [See separate story in this edition.]
Mitchener, who was in his first head coaching position on the varsity level, had been the coach since his hiring for the position in March 2024.
The Eagles went 3-8 last year with a 3-3 record in Central 3-A Conference play, losing in the first round of the Class 3-A state playoffs at Pikeville Aycock. They were 0-4 against in-county opponents.
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Mitchener is a Western Alamance alum and held assistant coaching roles with the Warriors for multiple stints. He also is a former assistant coach at Eastern Guilford.
Mitchener didn’t attend last Thursday’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes 7-on-7 event at Williams, where every team from the county participated. Eastern Alamance players and assistant coaches were on hand.
The Eagles open the season August 22 at home against Eastern Guilford.
Earlier this month, Mitchener accompanied seven Eastern Alamance students for an event at the N.C. Legislature that included Rep. Steve Ross of Burlington. They were there in support of Solly’s Law, a bill designed to make it more difficult for teenagers to purchase and use vape and tobacco products.
This marks the third school in Alamance County with a change this year regarding a football head coach, including two in a three-week period. Southern Alamance had a vacancy during the winter, while Cummings fired David Grimm on May 29.
