Heard from a couple different people that Armstrong's HC Kendrick Moody has been offered and will take the Meadowbrook job. Nothing official yet...just a rumor...
Interesting Mbk rumor...
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MOODY TAKES OVER AT MEADOWBROOK
Danny Lewis
This offseason there were three jobs open; George Wythe, Matoaca and Meadowbrook there are three still but the Meadowbrook job has been filled. The Meadowbrook position was the more attractive of the three given the fact that they have made the playoffs the last two years.
The new coach of the Monarchs is a familiar face to Richmond Region football, that coach would be Kedrick Moody of Armstrong. The move fills the Monarchs job but now opens up the Wildcats. The move is a homecoming of sorts as Coach Moody is a 1996 graduate of Meadowbrook and played for the Monarchs under then coach Troy Nicely.
"Everybody at Meadowbrook is excited that he is coming back to his alma matter to be the head coach" says former Monarch Coach Troy Taylor. They should be excited as well given his track record at Armstrong. In three years at the helm of the Wildcats, Coach Moody went 11-21 giving him a 34% win percentage. The record might not be overly impressive but his win percentage is second only to Coach Angier Lawrence for Armstrong since 1970. Furthermore, his Wildcats went to back-to-back playoffs for the first time in the history of the program and in 2014 they posted their first winning season since 1992.
Of course, as excited as the Monarch players and fans might be, the Wildcats players and fans are feeling sad at this time, losing a coach that was turning the program around. Each year under Coach Moody the team got better. In 2014 they did make it back-to-back playoff appearances, they did post their first winning season since 1992 and the 350 points scored on offense was the most in program history in a season. How too can we forget, his Wildcats upset Varina this year for the first time in program history. It's no secret that the city schools struggle against the other schools within the region but Moody was making a difference with the program and whoever fills the vacancy now left at Armstrong will have big shoes to fill, just as Moody has big shoes to fill.
While Coach Taylor was unable to win a playoff game at Meadowbrook, he did guide the Monarchs to three appearances and all came within the last three years. Taylor went 44-19 in six seasons and while there are three other coaches ahead of him as far as wins at Meadowbrook since 1970, Taylor was the winningest with a 69% win percentage. Remember too, the Monarchs three losses to open the season were by less than nine points. Coach Taylor's only losing season was this past season going 5-6.
So one teams gain is another's loss. Coach Moody comes to Meadowbrook with a lot of promise given what he has done at Armstrong in a short time. "He did a great job at Armstrong. He loves the kids and has a passion for football" so says Coach Taylor. That passion will now carry over to Meadowbrook where he will look to continue the Monarchs winning ways. As for Armstrong, you always hope to leave any place you go better than when you arrived and Coach Moody has definitely done that.
Danny Lewis
This offseason there were three jobs open; George Wythe, Matoaca and Meadowbrook there are three still but the Meadowbrook job has been filled. The Meadowbrook position was the more attractive of the three given the fact that they have made the playoffs the last two years.
The new coach of the Monarchs is a familiar face to Richmond Region football, that coach would be Kedrick Moody of Armstrong. The move fills the Monarchs job but now opens up the Wildcats. The move is a homecoming of sorts as Coach Moody is a 1996 graduate of Meadowbrook and played for the Monarchs under then coach Troy Nicely.
"Everybody at Meadowbrook is excited that he is coming back to his alma matter to be the head coach" says former Monarch Coach Troy Taylor. They should be excited as well given his track record at Armstrong. In three years at the helm of the Wildcats, Coach Moody went 11-21 giving him a 34% win percentage. The record might not be overly impressive but his win percentage is second only to Coach Angier Lawrence for Armstrong since 1970. Furthermore, his Wildcats went to back-to-back playoffs for the first time in the history of the program and in 2014 they posted their first winning season since 1992.
Of course, as excited as the Monarch players and fans might be, the Wildcats players and fans are feeling sad at this time, losing a coach that was turning the program around. Each year under Coach Moody the team got better. In 2014 they did make it back-to-back playoff appearances, they did post their first winning season since 1992 and the 350 points scored on offense was the most in program history in a season. How too can we forget, his Wildcats upset Varina this year for the first time in program history. It's no secret that the city schools struggle against the other schools within the region but Moody was making a difference with the program and whoever fills the vacancy now left at Armstrong will have big shoes to fill, just as Moody has big shoes to fill.
While Coach Taylor was unable to win a playoff game at Meadowbrook, he did guide the Monarchs to three appearances and all came within the last three years. Taylor went 44-19 in six seasons and while there are three other coaches ahead of him as far as wins at Meadowbrook since 1970, Taylor was the winningest with a 69% win percentage. Remember too, the Monarchs three losses to open the season were by less than nine points. Coach Taylor's only losing season was this past season going 5-6.
So one teams gain is another's loss. Coach Moody comes to Meadowbrook with a lot of promise given what he has done at Armstrong in a short time. "He did a great job at Armstrong. He loves the kids and has a passion for football" so says Coach Taylor. That passion will now carry over to Meadowbrook where he will look to continue the Monarchs winning ways. As for Armstrong, you always hope to leave any place you go better than when you arrived and Coach Moody has definitely done that.
