Simmons Resigns as Mustang Football Coach
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Greg Simmons resigned Monday as North Moore High School’s head football coach.
Simmons came to North Moore from Northwest Guilford High School in 2010 where he served as defensive coordinator for the team. He had coached at Randleman High School for eight seasons prior to that.
He replaced Mustangs’ head coach Butch Cleaveland who had served in the position for three seasons. Cleaveland has continued on the teaching staff at North Moore. Simmons directed the Mustangs to one win in his three years as the head of the program.
“I have enjoyed the time I have served as North Moore’s head football coach,” said Simmons, “and want to wish the students the best. I will be rooting for the players.”
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RD28327 6 months, 1 week ago
Resigned on his own or just fired? Also, that one win was by forfeit in 2010. Thus, Simmons actually went 0-32 during his tenure there.
As for Jimmy "Butch" Cleaveland, he left North Moore to coach basketball at Smoky Mountain High School in Sylva and is currently an assistant principal at the school.
member 6 months, 1 week ago
Heard a few murmurs that there is mutual interest with another county high school. Time will tell.
RD28327 6 months, 1 week ago
The same thing could happen at a 3A school in the county ... As the blind man once said to his deaf dog, "We shall see ..."
GroundTroops 6 months, 1 week ago
Cleveland has never left NM. Get your facts straight.
CrazyHorse 6 months, 1 week ago
Bring Jim Hicks out of retirement! GO MUSTANGS!
GroundTroops 6 months, 1 week ago
I have a stellar idea. Why not throw all of the money that was used at PC to NM and UP. Chris has been treated like a baby on Brest milk and PC stlii loses. Why not I've the other to high school coaches the same. It may surprise you. By the way what is the record or PC since Chris arrived. And what is there reord against schools there own size. It may shok you. Beating up on much smaller schools is called bullying. Six teams in their conference and they finished fourth.
RD28327 6 months, 1 week ago
Oooops, wrong Cleaveland ... Chris Metzger 37-34 at Pinecrest. Conference marks 3-11 Mid-Southeastern 4A ((2007-2008). 8-12, Southeastern 4A (2009-2012). But, Pinecrest nor Metzger is not on trial here. Look at the North Moore's record the past six years, 6-59. Last playoff trip, 2007, 3-8 and lost to Mount Airy 79-0 in the first round, and even going further downhill after that.
SecretAgent 6 months, 1 week ago
@GroundTroops - Pinecrest rakes in a lot of gate money and money in general for the County. Most of the money spent at PC comes from the community, donations, booster club, and fund raisers. UP and NM could raise more money then they do. Neither of those schools has the support of their communities. All year long the PC players are doing support work for various community events and the other programs could do the same things. Not to mention PC has 3 football teams to support as well. The rest of the county rides the coat tails of the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and Aberdeen area. Most of our county taxes go to support projects in the other parts of the county. Our schools have to rely on their PTA and Booster Clubs for funding and support in a lot of cases INCLUDING sports. If PC earns it then PC should get it period. Who cares what Pinecrests record is......... just sit back and enjoy the money you get from PC putting thousands of people in the stands to see them play.
On a side note you can have Chris Metzger. He could do wonders at either of those schools and I know plenty of people that would help him pack and move.
GroundTroops 6 months, 1 week ago
Since I live and attend the PC games I am very aware of our money and donations. My kids have attended PC and your statement was very rude about UP and NM riding anyone coat tails. Do your history of this county and you may thing differently. We do have fans and we do win a few games but we are still a losing program. You are what your record says you are. UP could raise more money for their programs but there is not a lot going on in the North end of the county.
AM910 6 months, 1 week ago
Look at the Pinecrest record for 10 years before Metzger got there, then start whining. As a Pinecrest alumnus, I'm glad PHS isn't in the basement every year and playing well against Richmond and Scotland on occasion. Pinecrest will never be a football school. There isn't a good enough base in the middle schools to provide Pinecrest with good athletes.
SecretAgent 6 months, 1 week ago
@GroundTroops I know the area history well. I too have had children pass through PC. I also know that the "High school" collects the gate money at the football games and the football program only gets a small portion of that money. Union Pines and North Moore both could do more then they are doing to raise funds. I am aware of what is going on in the Robbins area but there is money to be had. Plenty of "West End" kids are in the NM school district as are the UP kids.
@AM910 Pinecrest need not rely on the middle school programs for football players anymore. Every year PC gets a crop of trained players from the Sandhills Patriots program. If you do not know the Sandhills Patriots then I suggest you check them out. The 14U team which consisted of 20 or so of the Freshmen from the PC Freshmen team last year won a national championship inwhich through the whole tournament they didnt allow a point scored against them. It comes down to coaching. The Sandhills Patriot players are trained, conditioned, and vetted as winners. The Sandhills Pats run a pro style play book on both sides of the ball. These kids have to forget everything they gained by being a Sandhills Pat to run the elementary playbook Metzger has. Pinecrest very well could be a football school if those boys had a coach instead of a spiritual leader.
GroundTroops 6 months, 1 week ago
Secret Agent , didn't the county pay the boosters bills for them a few years back when they went thousands of dollars in the hole with the intent they would pay it back? You can say what you want but the same rules do not apply. Also I agree the program is better but we still have losing records. You along with many others are drinking the cool-aid the pilot sells every week during football season. If it is so great why has all of the county schools already put up the football equipment?
SecretAgent 6 months, 1 week ago
@GroundTroops I never once said PC Varsity is having good seasons. That comes from the top down though. Having 32 seniors on a team. Not cutting a single senior when half of them are not as good at the kids playing below them on the JV team. There were quite a few players on the JV team this season that could have helped a great deal on the Varsity team. PC runs the same plays over and over again season after season. I dont drink the Kool Aid the Pilot sells if I did I wouldnt be complaining. There is a serious problem with PC football and I think everyone knows what the problem is. If this were college football and the team had a multi-season record that was just a couple games over .500 everybody knows what would happen. It needs to happen here as well.