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Cover photo: New Piedmont football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller (right) talks with Scott Young (center) and the school’s athletics booster club president, Mike Pody, during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)
Cover photo: New Piedmont football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller (right) talks with Scott Young (center) and the school’s athletics booster club president, Mike Pody, during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)

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.”

Piedmont fan and football parent Scott Young shows his support for new head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the school’s media center. (Photos by Joe Medley)
Piedmont fan and football parent Scott Young shows his support for new head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the school’s media center. (Photos by Joe Medley)
Piedmont fan and football parent Scott Young shows his support for new head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the school’s media center. (Photos by Joe Medley)

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.

 

New Piedmont head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller chats with players during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the school’s media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)
New Piedmont head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller chats with players during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the school’s media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)

 

A television screen, situated across the hall from a case containing state-champion and runner-up trophies, welcomes new Piedmont head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller and his family. (Photo by Joe Medley)
A television screen, situated across the hall from a case containing state-champion and runner-up trophies, welcomes new Piedmont head football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller and his family. (Photo by Joe Medley)

 

 

Cover photo: New Piedmont football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller (right) talks with Scott Young (center) and the school’s athletics booster club president, Mike Pody, during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)
Cover photo: New Piedmont football coach and athletics director Jonathan Miller (right) talks with Scott Young (center) and the school’s athletics booster club president, Mike Pody, during Wednesday’s meet & greet in the media center. (Photo by Joe Medley)

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