Vote now: Who should be SBLive's North Carolina High School Football Coach of the Week? (Sept. 14-15)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s North Carolina High School Football Coach of the Week for Sept. 8-9 as nominated SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. You may vote as many times as you like. Voting will conclude on Saturday, September 23 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in our next poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner, Ryan Habich of Watauga.
Editor’s note: Our Coach of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. Our poll in no way is meant to discredit other coaches not mentioned. We will be running these polls throughout the season.
HERE ARE THIS WEEK’S NORTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL COACH OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
Terrance Saxby, New Bern: Saxby, in his first season with the Bears, has the reigning 4-A state champs off to a 5-0 start following their 15-14 win over Havelock. New Bern has won 20 straight games dating back to the 2022 season.
Steven Davis, Dudley: Not only does Davis still have the Panthers unbeaten this season following a 63-6 win against High Point Central in the conference opener, he was also inducted in the the school's Hall of Fame at halftime during the game.
Sherman Holt, Swain County: Holt, who is in his second season with the Maroon Devils, has the team off to a 4-0 start after going 5-7 in 2022.
Craig Underwood, Hoggard: The Vikings improved to 3-1 with an impressive 52-0 shutout win over previously undefeated North Brunswick on Sept. 15.
Duran McLaurin, Seventy-First: The Falcons are off to a 4-0 start after beating previously undefeated South View 47-14.
Battle Holley, East Duplin: The reigning 2-A state champions are off to a 5-0 start and won their 19th straight game on Sept. 15, beating James Kenan 28-7.
Clayton Trivett, Salisbury: The Hornets have started the season 5-0 following their 12-0 shutout win over Thomasville. The defense has allowed just 19 points this season.
Kevin Wallace, West Forsyth: Wallace, in his first season with the Titans, improved to 3-1 after opening Central Piedmont 4-A Conference play with a 40-14 win against Mount Tabor, the No. 15 team in last week's Power 25 Poll.
