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Lee Campbell was born in Macon, Georgia
in 1967, the son of Billy and Judy Campbell. The Campbell family moved
to Hawkinsville prior to Lee's third grade year in school. His parents
divorced and his mother re-married Reuben Shedd. Lee gained a sister
when the Shedd's daughter Denisa was born. Lee's younger brother, Chad,
two years his junior, and he grew up playing in the Recreation
Department leagues and both became football and baseball stars for the
Hawkinsville High Red Devils. Lee was a starter in both sports during
all four years from 1981-1985. He was a back-up quarterback and starter
at wide receiver and defensive back as a freshman and was the starting
quarterback his last three years. He was both the team captain and Most
Valuable Player his senior year. He played shortstop and pitched for the
baseball team and was also team captain his senior year. Denisa would
grow up to be a Red Devil cheerleader and Diamond Devil Girl during
Lee’s tenure as an assistant coach at Hawkinsville High. His dad, Billy,
served as a team statistician during Chad’s and Lee’s high school days
and also returned in the same roll when Lee became the head coach.
Lee signed to play football with West Georgia College and later obtained
a degree in Electronics from Middle Georgia Tech in 1987. He also joined
the Georgia Army National Guard that year and was later called to active
duty during Desert Storm in 1990. He received an Honorable Discharge in
1993. Even though he had obtained the electronics degree, Lee wanted to
be a coach and returned to school. He graduated from Middle Georgia
College in 1989 and from Georgia Southwestern in 1991 with a degree in
History Education. He returned to Hawkinsville High as an assistant
coach in football from 1991-1994 and as an assistant in baseball from
1991-1993. He served as head baseball coach in 1994, a year in which the
team won the Region 1 Championship and he was named the Coach of the
Year in the region.
From 1994-1996 Lee worked as an assistant football coach for his former
Red Devil mentor, Jeff Caldwell, in Camden County. He was offensive
coordinator for the Wildcats who made the AAAA playoffs each year. In
addition, he was head coach of the wrestling team. In the spring of 1996
Lee was named Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Montgomery
County. The Eagle program was in complete disarray with limited
equipment, a non-existent weight program, an almost non-existent booster
club, and no recreation program for the younger students, among other
things. Additionally, the Athletic Department was deeply in debt. When
he left three years later, the Eagles had only managed a 1-29 record in
football while playing in tough Region 2, along with teams like Charlton
County and Clinch County. However, he left the program in good standing
financially and, with the addition of both a weight program and a
wrestling team, had all sports on the verge of returning to prominence.
He gained experience in Mt. Vernon which would prove invaluable when he
was called home in 1999 to coach his beloved Red Devils.
Prior to Lee Campbell being named to head the Red Devil program, there
had been three different head coaches at Hawkinsville High since 1989.
The Devil Nation was searching for both stability and a return to the
Gentry “Glory Years” when Lee was hired. The previous ten years had
yielded only four play off teams in football, and simply making the play
offs each year seemed to be a worthy goal. It’s doubtful that anyone had
any idea that, with the young coach at the helm, the Devils not only
would make the play offs each year, but would win four Region Titles and
back-to-back State Championships from 1999-2004. During this period,
when the Red Devils returned to state-wide prominence, Coach Campbell
was named Region 4 Coach of the year 2001-2004, Region 4 Athletic
Director of the year 2000-2001, Macon Telegraph Coach of the Year 2003,
Atlanta TD Club Class A Coach of the Year 2003, Macon TD Club Coach of
the Year 2003, AJC Class A Coach of the Year 2003-2004, AP Class A Coach
of the Year 2003-2004, Atlanta TD Club NFL/Atlanta Falcons Georgia High
School Coach of the Year 2004 and was named as a coach for the GACA High
School All-Star game in 2003.
Through these last few extremely successful years, Coach Campbell has
been assisted by an excellent staff, which includes his boyhood friend
and high school teammate, Cam Black. Coach Black is recognized around
the state as one of the best defensive coordinators in any
classification. The most important member of his staff is definitely his
wife Alicia, who also coaches the cross country team. Lee married the
former Alicia Simmons in 1988 and their daughter Kelsey was born in
1993, followed by son Witt in 1997. Both youngsters can be seen at
practice sessions and games wearing their Daddy’s familiar # 10 on their
jersey. The lovely Alicia has also served as a cheerleading coach.
Coach Campbell resigned as head coach in early 2008 to become Head Coach
at Dodge County. His overall record in Hawkinsville was 85-28-1 with two
Class A State Championships.
Year |
Coach |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Pct. |
Pts. Scored |
Pts. Allowed |
Titles |
2007 |
Campbell |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
113 |
197 |
Region
Playoffs |
2006 |
Campbell |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0.692 |
248 |
179 |
State
Quarterfinalists |
2005 |
Campbell |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0.692 |
286 |
126 |
State
Quarterfinalists - #6 Final Ranking by
AP & AJC |
2004 |
Campbell |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0.950 |
548 |
152 |
Region
4A - State Champs |
2003 |
Campbell |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
493 |
110 |
Region
4A - State Champs |
2002 |
Campbell |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0.857 |
438 |
150 |
Region
4A - State Semifinalists-#2 Final
Ranking |
2001 |
Campbell |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0.727 |
315 |
148 |
Region
4A Champs |
2000 |
Campbell |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0.667 |
226 |
218 |
2nd
Round Playoffs |
1999 |
Campbell |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0.636 |
307 |
177 |
1st
Round Playoffs |
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Coach Campbell Named Coach Of
The Year For 2004 By Atlanta TD Club!
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