OUR GUEST: August 16, 2016
Posted by Wes Brooks on Aug 15, 2016
TONY VANCE, HHS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
Tony Vance is entering his fourth season as Head coach of the Hattiesburg Tigers. The Tigers finished last season 8-5, 4th in division play, and advanced to the first round of the MHSAA State Playoffs for the third straight year.
Prior to his arrival in Hattiesburg, Vance was the head coach at Charleston High School. While at Charleston he compiled an overall record of 60- 10 in five seasons as the head coach. Over the course of those five seasons his team never lost a division game and won 5 straight division titles. In 2011 Vance led his team to...
...the 3A State Championship defeating Hazlehurst 34-8.
His team averaged 39 points per game while on allowing 11. In 2012 his Charleston Tigers made a second consecutive trip to the state championship game. Offensively the Tigers averaged 42 points per game while yielding just 14, but fail short to Hazlehurst 21-20.
Coach Vance also has stops on his resume at Olive Branch High School, where he served as head 9th grade head coach and assistant offensive coordinator for two seasons. Coffeeville High School was his first assignment as a coach where he was the Pirates defensive coordinator.
Coach Vance grew up in Tippo, MS where he was the 12th of 13 children. He is a proud 1993 graduate of Charleston High School. He received his Associate’s Degree from Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, MS. He went on to receive both his BS and Masters Degree from MVSU in Itta Bena, MS.
Coach Vance is beginning his 19th year in the coaching profession and his message to his players has remained the same. “Do What’s Right, and be where you are suppose to be when you are suppose to be there.”
Tony is married to the former Vernida Harris of Charleston. They have four children, Cedric, Keasia, Ty’Keria, and Tony II (Deuce).