Piedmont, AL – Piedmont’s buy-in to its new football coach and athletics director showed in a full media center and one special-made “Miller Time” T-shirt
The guest of honor for Piedmont’s meet & greet with new head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller on Wednesday wore a blue Under Armour pullover, but arguably the hire’s biggest fans wore a special-made T-shirt. Scott Young’s blue shirt said “Miller Time” in gold script on the front, “#BULLDOGFREAK” across the top of the back. The father of senior football player Trent Young, known for living his hashtag more than wearing it, summed up the mood in the school’s media center. “We’re very excited, and you can tell by tonight,” Scott Young said. “I was not expecting this many people.”
An estimated 200 people showed for the meet & greet, which came 16 days after Miller’s hiring to replace Steve Smith, who leaves behind five state football championships and a transformed athletics department. Piedmont’s Bear Bryant will retire from the public-school sector with 30 years in the system and go to double-dip heaven at Westbrook Christian. Miller, who won 100 out of 132 games at Saks, one of Piedmont’s top Calhoun County rivals during Smith’s tenure, knows he has to keep winning. That starts with the room.
Based on appearances, he’s up four touchdowns. Wednesday’s gathering naturally included Piedmont City Schools superintendent Mike Hayes, a former Piedmont head coach whose two sons quarterbacked four of Smith’s five state-championship teams. Piedmont principal Dr. Adam Clemons introduced his new athletics keyholder in a room that included booster club president Mike Pody, several current coaches and athletes and family members.
