Meet the 2025 MiniGov Coaches

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Midget Head Coach: Ricky Young

Coaching Tenure: 1975 - 2019

Rick Young coached the Fairview Youth Football team from 1975-2013 where he dominated the league where his teams earned 15 Blount County Championships, 8 League Championships, and 4 undefeated seasons (1990, 2002, 2010, 2011). 

From 2014 - 2019 Coach Young took the head coaching position for the WB Middle School Fighting Govs. His tenure lead the Fighting Govs to 1 conference championship and 1 undefeated season (2015). Coach Rick Young also earned a 2 time Conference Coach of the Year.

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Peewee Head Coach: Justin Paul (JP)

Coach JP has coached with the William Blount Mini-Govs since the 2023 season. Coach JP's goals for the 2025 season are to continue to grow a winning program and teach the love of the sport.

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Grasshopper Head Coach: Maurice Hurd

Coaching Tenure: 2020 - 2025

Coach Hurd's love for the sport of football comes from his years playing on a peewee all to his senior year where he graduated from William Blount High School.

Coach Hurd experiece comes from 4 years as head coach of his daughters softball team, and from the 2024 season where he led the Grasshoppers to a winning season by making the Blount County Playoffs!