WHS hires new head football coach
By Steve Behr

The Watauga County Board of Education has hired Tim Pruitt as the new football coach at Watauga High School Thursday night.

The Watauga County Board of Education has hired Tim Pruitt as the new football coach at Watauga High School Thursday night.

Pruitt spent the last five seasons at West Wilkes, where he compiled a 26-32 record. His team went 9-3 last year and reached the 1-AA playoffs. The Blackhawks went 1-10 his first year, but improved to two straight 7-5 records afterwards.

Pruitt replaces Adrian Snow, who left to take the head coaching position at West Forsyth. Snow coached at Watauga four years, going 13-2 in 2006 and 12-3 in 2007. The Pioneers reached the semifinals of the state 4-A playoffs both seasons.

In 2007, the Pioneers grabbed a share of the Northwestern 4-A Conference championships, and have beaten NWC power A.C. Reynolds in the 2006 playoffs and the 2007 regular season.
Watauga opens the 2008 season at Davie County.

Pruitt was named the Coach of the Week by the Carolina Panthers last year after his team wrote letters and sent Blackhawks decals to the Blackhawks aircrew of Bravo Company 1-126th Aviation Regiment of Camp Anaconda stationed in Iraq, according to the Panthers’ Web site.

Bravo Company wore the Blackhawks’ decals on their helmets and sent a flag flown in in battle to the team.
Pruitt also has coached track at West Wilkes.