In September 2014, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas fired Escambia High School head football coach Willie Spears despite the pleas and requests of his school board and an overflow crowd of Escambia High students,…
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Spears takes Montgomery position
G.W. Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala. has hired Vernon (Fla.) High football coach and athletic director, Willie Spears, to its new head coach. The Class 6A Carver Rams have complied a…
Spears drops out of superintendent race, explains why
Today, Coach Willie Spears made the decision to withdraw from the Escambia Superintendent of Schools race. Here is why: During my first season as Head Football Coach at Escambia High School I…
Spears to announce run for School Superintendent
Last week, Willie Spears said on “Pensacola Speaks” that he was considering moving back to Escambia County to make a run for political office. It appears he will do it. Panama City…
Spears considering run for Escambia School Superintendent
Two-term Escambia Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas may have thought he had an easy path to becoming the district’s first three-term superintendent. Maybe not. Willie Spears has told Inweekly that he is…
Spears helps all his Vernon High senior players get scholarships
Vernon High head football coach, Willie Spears, had a rare achievement yesterday on National Signing Day, the first day high school seniors can sign binding football scholarship offers. All of his seniors…
PS Today: GCE, Democratic politics with Kevin Cate, and Willie Spears
On Pensacola Speaks this afternoon, we will interview Willie Spears, former co-host of The Daily Brew and new head football coach of Vernon High, at 5:35 pm. Before that, we will Kevin…
BLAB TV morning show, The Daily Brew, starts in three weeks
BlabTV’s new morning show has a name, logo and start date–Feb. 16. The Daily Brew is part of BlabTV’s new programming initiative, announced in October 2014. Part of that new initiative included…
Coach Spears fired, but that is not all the story
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas refused to listen to the pleas and requests of his school board and an overflow crowd of Escambia High students, teachers and parents, as well as ministers, civil rights…
Escambia High: Coach says students interrogated without parents’ consent
On WRNE 980 this morning, Escambia High Head Football Coach Willie Spears said that his students were interrogated by District investigators without the knowledge or consent of their parents. Spears was suspended…