White Hall hires Daryl Patton as head football coach

White Hall approved the hiring of Daryl Patton as its new football coach in a special school board meeting Friday. Patton, who won four state championships at Fayetteville, has been the head coach at Little Rock Southwest since 2020, when he became the Gryphons’ inaugural coach of the startup program. Southwest was 6-31 in four seasons under Patton, including a 2-8 record last fall. The Gryphon’s lone 7A-Central Conference win came against winless Little Rock Central. White Hall endured a tough season playing without its head coach Ryan Mallett, the former University Arkansas star QB and NFL backup, after he…