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“The region is the potential,” Cassity said. “We’re not going to look at any excuses. Not going to look at being in 7A as a negative. We have to get in the right mindset and look at that as a positive. The city of Chelsea is a wonderful place. There is a reason they are going to 7A, it’s because people want to live there and move there and be a part of that town and city.”

He said the potential is there, now it’s just about getting the kids to understand they belong.

“I think there is a lot of potential schoolwide,” Cassity said. “I just have to get the kids to understand that they belong in 7A view the move up as a positive and not a negative. We have to put in our mindset. We can’t be outworked and have to put in more work than anyone else. I want our kids to thrive on all the negative and let it boil in side of them to the point where they feel like they’ll outwork everyone because of the talk.”

Cassity will take over for Goodwin, who served as Chelsea’s head coach for the past four years, leading the Hornets to a combined record of 15-27 and two appearances in the playoffs.

Goodwin will transition to take on the role as inside wide receivers coach at Thompson High School, where he said he hopes to contributed to a team that has won three consecutive state championships.

Goodwin’s teams seemingly improved each year at Chelsea, including what was close to his best season this past year.

The Hornets started 0-4 against one of the most difficult schedules in the state, dropping two of those four by seven points or less and one by 13 before then winning four in a row to earn a spot in the playoffs.

Chelsea went on to lose to Mountain Brook and Calera to end the regular season before then falling 30-20 to Oxford in the first round of the playoffs.

Cassity, who finished his tenure as the thirdwinningest coach in J.B. Pennington school history, will now look to help Chelsea get back on the winning track.

The Hornets haven’t had a .500 season or better since going 8-3 in 2016 under former head coach Chris Elmore.

Cassity, however, has only had two losing seasons as a head coach in 10 years, and was one of the most successful coaches in J.B. Pennington school history.

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