Hays officially new NM coach

By Mike Bowen
Times West Virginian

FAIRMONT June 26, 2009 12:22 am

— North Marion High School has officially hired its third head football coach.
The Marion County Board of Education voted Thursday to approve the hiring of Daran Hays as the next football coach for the Huskies after longtime mentor Gerry White retired last month.
Hays, 24, a former Husky football player and a member of White’s staff, follows legendary head coach Roy Michael and White as the only men who have walked the sideline for North Marion.
“It’s kind of been a dream job since I’ve been a kid,” Hays said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do between now and the start of the season.”
Hays becomes one of the youngest head football coaches in the state of West Virginia and will be the youngest in the eight-team North Central Athletic Conference.
Early on in the process he thought that his age might work against him, but in the end it did not.
“I feel really blessed to live in a county that doesn’t discriminate because of age,” he said. “There are probably some out there where I wouldn’t get a shot because I’m only 24, but not here. I really need to thank the Marion County Board of Education, the administration at North Marion and athletic director Frank Moore who have all been very supportive during the process.

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