Musso named new HHS head football coach

HALEYVILLE - Haleyville High School’s new head football Chris Musso and his family were welcomed to the community Friday, Jan.  18, with a reception held in the commons area at HHS. Attending the day's events with him were his wife Jessica, son, Eli, a freshman, and daughter Mia, a seventh grader.
The board of education met in special session at 1:30 p.m. earlier in the day to approve his hiring.
He has been the head football coach at Locust Fork High school, since 2013. In 2018, he was named the head coach for the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s North All-Star team for the North-South All-Star game in Montgomery. He was named assistant head coach for the North team in 2013-14.
In 2017-18, the Locust Fork football program finished 3rd in 3A Region 6 and the team made the 3A state playoffs; 2016-17 the team averaged more than 26 points per game, finished 7-3 and made the state playoffs.
Musso was named the Coach of the Year for 2014-15 season in 4A Region 7. The team had an 8-3 record and tied for the regional title. The team averaged 40 points per game.
Musso worked at 5A John Carroll High School from 2008-13 as head football coach, where he also served as boys track coach, winning a state championship in the 4x100 relay in 2009 and was state runner-up in 2010 in that event.
The new HHS coach worked at Locust Fork from 1998-2008, where he was an assistant football coach, serving as state playoffs offensive coordinator, region champions offensive coordinate, made it to the state quarterfinals in football with a 12-2 record in 1998; served as head girls softball coach and head track coach, earning section and county championships.
Musso said in the Friday board meeting, “First of all I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all the opportunities he has provided us with. I want to thank Dr. (Holly) Sutherland and the board for giving us this opportunity. We look for to serving this community. We are not going to guarantee wins and losses, but we are going to guarantee hard work. We are going to start that when we leave here today. I can’t wait to meet the guys  and I look forward to serving them.”
Musso said about his philosophy, “Our vision for this program is relentless pursuit of excellence. Our guys will be relentless in everything they are going to do. They are going to go to class and take care of classwork. They are going to be men of character and they will work hard. 

“In doing those things, they will be quality men, good husbands, fathers and that is what  we are after.
“I am looking forward to submerging ourselves in to the community. Football plays a big part in communities like Haleyville, so I can’t wait to get started.”