Longtime high school head coach and offensive coordinator Tracy Malone joins the Sewanee staff for the 2025 season. He will serve as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Tigers.
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The Athens, Tenn., native started his coaching career at Riverdale High in Murfreesboro, Tenn., from 1998-02, working under legendary head coach Gary Rankin. The Warriors won a state championship in 2001 and finished as state runners-up in 2000 and 2002, compiling a 63-6 record.
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Malone served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Mundy’s Mill High in Jonesboro, Ga., in 2003, the first year the school was open, with the Tigers compiling a 5-5 mark. He worked as the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Grayson High in Loganville, Ga., from 2004-05, earning Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2005 with the Rams.
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He became a head coach for the first time at Ardmore High in Ardmore, Ala., garnering Region Coach of the Year accolades with the Golden Eagles in 2006 after an 8-3 campaign. He worked three years at Ardmore before returning to Tennessee as the head coach at White County High in Sparta, Tenn.
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In three years at White County, the Warriors improved from 1-10 to 5-6 to 8-5 and the quarterfinals of the TSSAA playoffs. He was voted Region Coach of the Year in 2010 at WCHS.
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Malone moved to East Ridge High in Chattanooga, Tenn., as head coach from 2012-15, improving the Pioneers in much the same fashion. East Ridge was 3-7 in his first season and 5-6 in the second before a 10-0 regular season in 2015 and 12-1 overall, reaching the quarterfinals of the playoffs. He was named
Chattanooga Times-Free Press Best of Preps Coach of the Year and Region Coach of the Year.
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He then spent one year as head coach at Whitwell High in Whitwell, Tenn., posting a 6-6 mark with the Tigers.
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Malone served as offensive coordinator at Austin-East High in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2017, helping the Roadrunners to a 10-3 mark and the quarterfinals of the playoffs. In 2018-19 he worked as the offensive coordinator at Knox West High in Knoxville, with the Rebels improving from 4-7 to 12-2 and a semifinal appearance in the playoffs, garnering Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2019.
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He spent the next three seasons as offensive coordinator at Cleveland High in Cleveland, Tenn., with the Blue Raiders posting records of 5-6, 6-5 and 6-4.
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Malone worked the last two years as quarterbacks coach at Rockmart High in Rockmart, Ga. The Yellow Jackets registered a 13-2 mark in 2023 and were 11-3 in 2024, with Malone garnering Region Assistant Coach of the Year accolades in both campaigns. The 2023 team lost in the state finals, 48-45, and last year’s squad reached the state semifinals.
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Malone earned his bachelor’s in Education from Middle Tennessee State in 1997 and received his master’s in Technology Education from Walden University in 2007.
Tracy Malone's All-Time Coaching Record
Year |
School |
Position |
Record |
Postseason |
1998 |
Riverdale |
|
12-1 |
Quarterfinals State Playoffs |
1999 |
Riverdale |
|
10-1 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2000 |
Riverdale |
|
13-2 |
State Runner-Up |
2001 |
Riverdale |
|
15-0 |
State Champion |
2002 |
Riverdale |
|
13-2 |
State Runner-Up |
2003 |
Mundy's Mill (Ga.) |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
5-5 |
|
2004 |
Grayson (Ga.) |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Asst. Head Coach |
5-5 |
|
2005 |
Grayson (Ga.) |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Asst. Head Coach |
4-6 |
|
2006 |
Ardmore (Ala.) |
Head Coach |
8-3 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2007 |
Ardmore (Ala.) |
Head Coach |
1-9 |
|
2008 |
Ardmore (Ala.) |
Head Coach |
4-6 |
|
2009 |
White County |
Head Coach |
1-10 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2010 |
White County |
Head Coach |
5-6 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2011 |
White County |
Head Coach |
8-5 |
Quarterfinals State Playoffs |
2012 |
East Ridge |
Head Coach |
3-7 |
|
2013 |
East Ridge |
Head Coach |
5-6 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2014 |
East Ridge |
Head Coach |
3-7 |
|
2015 |
East Ridge |
Head Coach |
12-1 |
Quarterfinals State Playoffs |
2016 |
Whitwell |
Head Coach |
6-6 |
Second Round State Playoffs |
2017 |
Austin-East |
Offensive Coordinator |
10-3 |
Quarterfinals State Playoffs |
2018 |
Knox West |
Offensive Coordinator |
4-7 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2019 |
Knox West |
Offensive Coordinator |
12-2 |
Semifinals State Playoffs |
2020 |
Cleveland |
Offensive Coordinator |
5-6 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2021 |
Cleveland |
Offensive Coordinator |
6-5 |
First Round State Playoffs |
2022 |
Cleveland |
Offensive Coordinator |
6-4 |
|
2023 |
Rockmart (Ga.) |
Quarterbacks |
13-2 |
State Runner-Up |
2024 |
Rockmart (Ga.) |
Quarterbacks |
11-3 |
Semifinals State Playoffs |
Updated 8/20/25