Fourth Annual Football Media Day July 23

MEDIA ADVISORY JULY 22, 2014

Fourth Annual Football Media Day July 23

ATLANTA – Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) 4^th Annual Football Media Day will take place at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in the auditorium at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School, 801

Glenwood Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30312.

APS head football coaches and student athletes will discuss off-season conditioning and provide an

overview of their team’s outlook for the upcoming 2014 football season. The event will also feature

former National Football League (NFL) player Ahmad Carroll, a graduate of Frederick Douglass

High School, as the keynote speaker. Carroll played football and track at Douglass and was awarded a

scholarship to play both sports at the University of Arkansas. He was later drafted by the Green Bay

Packers in 2004 and has played for other NFL teams including the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Jets.

Later this fall, the following teams will participate in the APS vs. DeKalb Showdown Extravaganza in the

Georgia Dome on Saturday, September 20:

· 6:00PM- McNair Mustangs @ Booker T. Washington Bulldogs – (Booker T. Washington

High School’s 90th Anniversary Celebration and Homecoming)

All home football games will be played at APS’ Grady or Lakewood stadiums. News and sports media

representatives are invited to cover this event.

Football coaches from the following APS schools slated to participate are:

School	Head Coach
B.E.S.T Academy High School 1890 Donald L. Hollowell Pkwy, NW Atlanta, GA 30318	Joshua Moore
The New Schools at Carver 55 McDonough Blvd., SE Atlanta, GA 30315	Darren Myles
Frederick Douglass High School 225 Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30318	Rodney Cofield
Henry W. Grady High School 929 Charles Allen Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30309	Earthwind Moreland
Maynard H. Jackson High School 801 Glenwood Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30312	Eric Williams
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate Charter School 98 Anderson Ave. NW Atlanta, GA 30314	Lester Caldwell
Benjamin E. Mays High School 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30331	Corey Jarvis
North Atlanta High School 4111 Northside Parkway Atlanta, GA 30327	Douglass Britten
South Atlanta Educational Complex 800 Hutchens Rd., SE Atlanta, GA 30354	Kevin Hill
D.M. Therrell High School 3099 Panther Trail, SW Atlanta, GA 30311	Dominic Calloway
Booker T. Washington High School 45 Whitehouse Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30314	Rodney Hackney