Steve Adley - McEachern High School

Steve Adley
Hometown Position
Omaha, NE
Last Position
East Paulding H.S.
High School
Creighton Prep, H.S.
Linebackers
Birthdate
3/31/62
Coach Steve Adley joins the McEachern coaching staff in 2012 and brings a wealth of defensive knowledge and experience from
several coaching assignments. Coach Adley’s abilities caught the eye of Head Coach Kyle Hockman when he coached against him
at Wheeler H.S. while Coach Hockman was at Campbell H.S. Coach Adley’s most recent assignment was from a past McEachern
rival, East Paulding, where he served as linebackers coach.
Coach Adley has had the opportunity to carry great responsibility and has been able to enjoy success that spans many of his coaching
positions. In 1996, his team at Lakeside was able to reach the esteemed position of being State Runner’s Up. He has held the
position of defensive coordinator at 5 different stops and spent two seasons as the Head Football Coach at Chamblee H.S. In 2006,
at Wheeler H.S., he was able to help engineer a turnaround and bring the team to a first round playoff berth. At East Paulding,
again, Coach Adley’s contributed to helping his team to make the State Elite Eight in playoffs in two consecutive years.
As a developer of talent, Coach Adley has been able to see some of his players reach the heights of success. While at Lakeside, he
was able to develop Bruce Adrive, who was 1st Team All State and eventually went on to receive a scholarship to the University of
Georgia. Similarly at Milton, he helped Sean Bailey to also achieve 1st Team All State and also receive a scholarship to Georgia.
Additionally he was highly responsible for coaching Charles Bay, who was Honorable Mention All State and received a scholarship
to Dartmouth. At Chamblee H.S., serving as Head Football Coach, Adley was able to help Michael Killean achieve Honorable
Mention All State and see him gain a scholarship to Furman University. While at Wheeler High School, Coach Adley coached
Chris Nesbitt, who had the esteemed honor of being on the Cobb County Super 11, earned honorable mention All-State and was
awarded a scholarship to Jacksonville State. At East Paulding, he coached a pair of First Team All Staters in Taylor GAbois and
Andre Suttles. Gabois was awarded a scholarship to the University of Miami, while Suttles was a scholarship athlete at the United
States Air Force Academy.
As a player, Coach Adley, played high school football at Creighton Prep in Omaha, Nebraska. Later, he played outside linebacker
for Bob Petrino Sr. at Carroll College in the Frontier Conference. Coach Adley will be teaching history at McEachern. He is married
to Laurie and the two enjoy relaxing at home with their 4 dogs.

Coaching Positions
1993-5
1996-7
1998-9
2000-1
2002-5
2006
2007
2008-9
2010-11
2012-P
Defensive Backs—Lakeside H.S.
Defensive Coordinator—Lakeside H.S.
Head Coach—Chamblee H.S.
Defensive Coordinator—Milton H.S.
Defensive Coordinator—Northview H.S.
Defensive Coordinator—Wheeler H.S.
Linebackers—North Atlanta H.S.
Defensive Coordinator—Campbell H.S.
Linebackers—East Paulding H.S.
Linebackers—McEachern H.S.
Post-Season Experience
1996
2006
2010
2011
GHSA Playoffs—(5th Rd.)
GHSA Playoffs—(1st Rd.)
GHSA Playoffs—(3rd Rd.)
GHSA Playoffs—(3rd Rd.)