He also served in assistant and head coach roles at Sewanee, where he played basketball. Prior to joining Ensworth, Pierson was the assistant athletic director and boys' basketball coach at Darlington School in Rome, Georgia. Pierson has been Ensworth’s director of basketball operations and a high school fitness Instructor since 2019. Bowers won five straight basketball state championships at Ensworth from 2009-14. Bowers also won three straight state championships at Montgomery Bell Academy, where he coached before starting the Ensworth programs.īowers was just as successful as a basketball coach. Roc Batten is in his third season as the football coach. He won four straight Division II-AA football championships from 2010-13. He resigned as football coach after 14 seasons. Football final watch list: Our picks for semifinalists for the awardĬOACH DREW: Drew Maddux resigns as CPA boys basketball coachīowers started the Ensworth football and basketball programs when the school opened in 2004 and had a high level of success in both sports. "The fact that he is already part of the program will enable him to transition into this role seamlessly and immediately begin building upon our strong foundation.” “This is the perfect time to change the leadership of our basketball program, as I am ready to redirect my energies toward other efforts, and Bradley is exactly the right person to lead this program into the next decade," Bowers said in a release. The first day of high school basketball practice in Tennessee is Monday. Ricky Bowers will no longer roam the high school basketball sidelines.īowers announced he was stepping down as coach on Thursday, but will remain at the school as its associated head of school and athletics director.Īssistant Bradley Pierson will replace him as boys basketball coach. Toronto fit him, though, almost perfectly.Įditor’s Note: Incorrect information relating to the pressurized oxygen has been removed from the story.View Gallery: Ricky Bowers: Ensworth football, basketball coach over the years He’s not imposing, but he’s the thickest man I’ve ever seen. “I didn’t have a life jacket even big enough for him,” Cynamon said at the time. Argos co-owner David Cynamon even took him to his cottage and taught him how to water-ski during a break in the schedule. Williams lived in midtown Toronto, free to wander the city under the rare veil of anonymity. It’s just funny, you have to be careful what you wish for because you’ll get it.” “At one point in my life, that would have been the coolest thing in the world. I’ve got a fat one, let’s go.’ And I can understand that they think it would be cool to smoke with me, but it’s not respecting where I am in life. “I was out last night with a couple of the guys, and four or five guys came up to me and said, ‘Let’s go smoke. “When someone is really nice to me and they approach me with a big smile on their face, I know that they smoke,” he said in training camp in Toronto. Marijuana was not, allegedly, the drug that sounded the alarm that time. He returned to the NFL and made his detour to Canada after losing his appeal on a fourth failed drug test. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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