Many members of the Lumpkin County High School football team and their families attended a meet and greet event Monday night to welcome new head coach Caleb Sorrells.

After a brief introduction from Principal Billy Kirk, which included a presentation of a new Lumpkin County Indians football jersey, Sorrells addressed the players and their families. He told parents that he not only wants to be a football coach to their sons, but also wants to teach them how to be great men in the future.

“I love what football can teach and the influence that it gives me and our coaching staff to influence them and to impact them for far beyond Friday nights and the fall,” said Sorrells.

Head Coach Caleb Sorrells addresses players and families at meet and greet event

Sorrells also laid out the three values that he plans to build the program around: family, tempo and discipline.

He added, “Eventually they’re gonna be husbands and they’re gonna be dads and they’re gonna be employees and they’re gonna be in some community…I want their experience as a football player to inform and to improve and to make better those roles that they play.”

As far as game strategy goes, Sorrells said that he is anxious to get started and see what the players can do both offensively and defensively.

“You can’t stick square pegs in round holes, you gotta take what you got and do what they can do well.”