MONTGOMERY – A Wiregrass head coach will lead the Alabama all-stars during the annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in December.
Enterprise head football coach Ben Blackmon was announced by the AHSAA as the head coach for the Alabama team during the 37th edition of the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic set for December 16 at Hattiesburg, Miss., on the campus of Southern Miss University.
People are also reading… Blackmon just finished his first season at Enterprise this past fall, leading the Wildcats to an 8-4 record and to the second round of the Class 7A state playoffs. He has a career record of 137-56 with tenures at Greenville, Gulf Shores and Spanish Fort in addition to Enterprise.
Blackmon said the teams on both sides take immense pride in representing their states during the Classic. Blackmon’s first head coaching role was at Greenville where the Tigers were 31-14 over four seasons, highlighted by an 11-1 record in 2009. He then directed Gulf Shores for four seasons , leading the Dolphins to a 21-20 record, including a playoff team in 2013.
Alabama won last year’s All-Star Classic game 14-10 at the University of South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium to up its series record to 25-11.
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