After seven years as a high school assistant football coach at L.C. Bird (one year) and Meadowbrook, Troy Taylor was antsy to be a head coach. Taylor left Group AAA, Division 6 Meadowbrook for Group A, Division 1 Amelia County last season. The Raiders featured one of the area’s top running backs, Tyrell Banks, and finished 5-5. Little did Taylor know it would be his only year at Amelia. His boss at Meadowbrook, Bill Bowles, retired, and Taylor, 30, is back at Meadowbrook as the head coach.

After six years as Activities Director at Varina High School, Chris Robinson is leaving to take the same position at the new Glen Allen High School in Henrico County. The school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2010, and Robinson will spend the next year preparing the athletics facilities and teams for the opening. “The opportunity to be a part of building a program from the ground up was something I couldn’t pass up,“ he said. “I felt like it was an opportunity to make a difference, and I couldn’t pass it up.“