Larry Milligan wants to take Greene County football to the next level
GREENSBORO, Ga. — The challenge that Green County football coach Larry Milligan faces to bring the Tigers to success may seem daunting, but it’s a task he is willing to achieve. Milligan’s second run as the Tigers’ coach has not been perfect, as the team has struggled since a 10-3 record in 2018. But he is hopeful that he can bring the Tigers back to the playoffs in the future.
“Every coach has a place that they consider their home,” Milligan said in an interview with the Lake Oconee News newspaper. “Greene’s always been home to me.”
Milligan coached the Tigers for the first time from 2002 to 2008. The team was particularly successful in the 2005 season, as the club went 13-1 in their last year at the 7-AA league level. The club won three playoff games that year and reached the state semifinal in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, losing to Charlton County.
The team went 9-3 in 2006 in their first year at 8A-AA, but the team has struggled to compete for the most part since then. There were a few situations where the Tigers were competitive, including in 2016 when they went 9-4.
Milligan coached at Oglethorpe County from 2009 to 2013. He retired from teaching in Georgia a year after he ended his coaching work for the Patriots.
Milligan joined the Tigers once more in 2018. Now a member of the A Region 7B, the team went 10-3 in his first season back. But the Tigers won two games each season in 2019 and 2020. The team went 4-6 in 2021 and was unable to reach the playoffs.
The Tigers’ move to a larger competitive class has made it tough for the team to contend. But the Tigers are willing to put in the effort, and Milligan is there to help them compete.
Milligan’s hire in 2018 came as the school went through close to seventy coaching candidates. Milligan was one of those candidates and the school chose him not because of his familiarity with the school but because of his focus on discipline.
“He is very disciplined and very organized,” Greene County athletic director Russell Morgan said. “He did a great job as far as discipline and organization are concerned.”
The hope that Milligan has to succeed in his second run with Greene County is strong. Milligan especially wants to try and finish the work that he started in 2005.
“I wouldn’t be coming back if I didn’t think there was an opportunity for us to play for and to in it all,” he remarked.
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