Scott Earley, who guided the Myrtle Beach Seahawks football team to the 2008 Class AAA state championship, resigned as the school's football coach on Thursday and the school has already named his replacement.
``Scott Earley announced that he will be resigning as of May 1 to accept a position at Chapin High School in Lexington County,'' Myrtle Beach Principal Nona Kerr said. ``He announced it to his football team [Thursday] at 2 o'clock, and during that announcement we also announced our new head football coach for the 2009 season and that is Mickey Wilson.''
Earley said he would not be available for comment until Monday.
Earley compiled a 72-29 mark as the Seahawks coach, including last season's 14-1 campaign highlighted by a 31-21 win over Chester in the Class AAA title game.
Earley interviewed for the Spartanburg head football coaching position in December of 2007. Earley eventually withdrew his name from consideration for the job, but he was never officially offered the position.
The complete story is posted to the Sports page and will be in Friday's paper.
