Fitzgerald chosen to lead West Iredell football program

West Iredell High School has selected Sean Fitzgerald to lead its football program following a thorough search.

Fitzgerald comes to the school following a very successful six-year stint as an assistant coach at neighboring Lake Norman.

He replaces Matt Wilson who departed following the 2023 season to take the reins of the Newton-Conover football program.

The task of selecting a new head football coach was something that the school administration did not take lightly. “Being a former coach myself, I don’t take this task lightly,” states West Iredell principal Benjamin Johnson. “We put in a lot of work over the winter break to get to this point.”

Johnson adds, “He checks all the boxes of what our student-athletes need as a football coach and what we need to move our program forward.”

Fitzgerald played college football at Mars Hill College in Western North Carolina.  After graduation, he accepted a teaching and coaching job at Newton-Conover where he stayed for eight years and followed that up with six years as the offensive line coach, offensive coordinator, and strength and conditioning coach for Lake Norman.

 

 

About Chris Hughes

Nicknamed the 'Guru of High School Football' by Charlotte Observer columnist Langston Wertz, Jr., Chris Hughes is the Founder and Managing Editor of CarolinaPreps.com. A lifelong fan of the game, Chris grew up in Kannapolis and has devoted most of his life to covering the sport. Before starting CarolinaPreps, he spent time as a coach at multiple schools and is a U.S. Army veteran.

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