Bryant Hollingsworth is hanging up his teaching headset after twenty years at Lexington.
The longtime soccer coach submitted his resignation Thursday after 21 seasons with this system, together with the previous 16 as head coach. Hollingsworth spent his first seven seasons with the Tigers as an assistant coach.
Hollingsworth, whose resignation is efficient Monday, will take over because the athletic director overseeing Henderson County for grades 6-12.
“It is actually one thing I have been serious about for some time,” he stated. “My final aim was to finally grow to be athletic director anyway, and I had the chance come out there — so I took an opportunity with that chance.”
Hollingsworth is worked up for the prospect to work with much more student-athletes and mentor all the coaches in Henderson County.
“Simply being concerned with an even bigger a part of the scholar physique,” he stated. “Simply attempting to implement some various things to attempt to promote a system for achievement.”
In his 16 years as the top coach, Hollingsworth was 122-61, one of the best successful share in Lexington faculty historical past (67%). The Tigers averaged 9 wins per season in his tenure and gained six district championships.
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Lexington made the TSSAA state semifinals twice below Hollingsworth, in 2010 and 2020.
“It’s been a protracted journey,” he stated. “I couldn’t do it with out my spouse, my women. My household’s performed a giant position, identical to my assistant coaches. They’ve been proper right here with me the entire time.”
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