Pope hires volleyball coach with 3 state championships

Pope High School has has hired Dr. Jeff White, who won three state championships at Northview High School in North Fulton, as its new head volleyball coach.Dr. Jeff White, Pope volleyball coach

White had been head coach at Jackson County High School in Jefferson, Ga., for the last two seasons, after leaving the high school ranks for college coaching jobs.

His Northview teams won Georgia High School Association state championships in 2005, 2007 and 2008. He also coached Chattahoochee to a Final Four and state runner-up appearance before that.

White’s wife Stephanie is a Pope High School graduate and he will also be teaching mathematics.

He succeeds Shawn Darling, who resigned after three seasons that included the 2018 state championship, the fourth in Pope history.

In 2019 the Greyhounds reached the Class 6A state semifinals.

More on White can be found by clicking here.

 

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