Perry County Board of Education hired Jonathan Jenkins as the Bobcats’ new head football coach. Jenkins comes to Hatch with 27 years of football coaching experience in Alabama and Louisiana.
While in Louisiana, he was an assistant coach on John Curtis Christian School’s 1997 state championship team.
“I didn’t come to Hatch to coach,” Jenkins said in a statement. “I came to bring life full circle since my Dad had graduated from old Uniontown High. Finishing my career in the town where Dad started his education was inspiring to me. Faculty and students have welcomed me as if I had grown up in Uniontown, and that means more than people realize.”
For the 2024 season, Coach Jenkins served as an assistant coach for Bobcat football which missed the 2024 playoffs in a three-way tiebreaker. After the football season, he took on the duties of basketball scorebook keeper for both the Final Four qualifiers Lady Bobcats and the state championship Bobcats.
“Spending the basketball season with Bobcat Nation introduced me to the Hatch heartbeat for the Bobcats’ renown competitiveness and positive community support. I knew then that the football coaching job at Hatch would be an honor to do for such a great fan base,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins intends to apply what he learned during his coaching career in Alabama and Louisiana. He will be employing strategies and wisdom learned from his coaching mentors Luther Davis, J.T. Curtis, and Frank Watford. “Plus, I plan to throw in a few wrinkles I’ve learned from watching Hatch basketball over the years led by Eugene Mason, Homer Davis, and Kris Hood,” Jenkins said.
“Nothing happens by accident. Everything is about God’s timing in life. He has been so kind to me. For the last 365 days, God’s hand has been in every decision placed before me. My church family at Mt Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Gallion have been with me in prayer, and I’m appreciative of their love. I look forward to what God has in store for Bobcat football and myself,” Jenkins said.
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