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Cheatham From Page 81 miss Coach Cheatham. He added tremendously to the football pro– gram." Prior to being named Warrior head football coach, Cheatham served as defensive coordinator for former head coach Terry Underwood during the 2007 campaign. He also served as a Warrior assistant during the 2001·03 seasons. A 31-year coaching veteran. Cheatham is a former head fu"tball coach at Ncshoba Central and

Phi delphia high ~chooJ.... H~ o ., ns a 46-20 record during hi .... six }ear.... as a high school head coac.h. He led East Central to a 4·5 record in the 2008 :.eason, capped off by a ....tunning 44-38 double-overtime win ovt·r the !>ltyoff· bound Pearl River Conmunit\ Col· legeWildcats. · Cheatham's coachir.g experience abo include-. stints as :10 a''istant at Dothan (Ala.) and ~eshoba Central high ->chools. and a~ a ,(!raduate a-.sis· tant at Clem on University. In addi· tion, Cht>atham sea \ed two eason as

director of football operations at the University of Mississippi under Rebel head coach David Cutcliffe. A 1974 graduate of Neshoba Cen– tral, Cheatham attended East Central from 1974-76 and rect>ived a bachelor's degree in health, physical education and recreation from Mississippi State University in 1978. He earned a master's degree in secondary guid– ance and counseling from Clemson l'niversity in 1995. Dr Sutphin said the search "is under way' for Cheatham's successor.

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