High School Football

Battery Creek hires football coach with more than 35 years of coaching experience

Ed Susi will be the new football coach at Battery Creek High School.
Ed Susi will be the new football coach at Battery Creek High School. Bret McCormick Rock Hill Herald Photo

Battery Creek has hired a veteran coach to fill its football vacancy.

Buford’s Ed Susi has been named the Dolphins’ new football coach, the school announced this weekend. Susi replaces Terrance Ashe, who stepped down after four seasons to become the school’s athletic director.

This will be Susi’s third head coaching job but he has more than 35 years of coaching experience. He was at Fort Mill from 2007-17 and was the school’s second winning coach with 51 victories. His best season there was in 2014 was when FM went 9-3 and lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Susi was at Buford the last two years. Buford went 8-3 this season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Andrews. That was Buford’s first winning season since 2019.

Susi also was an assistant coach at Boiling Springs in between stops at Fort Mill and Buford and has 35 years of experience in coaching.

Susi is an Ohio native and was a standout baseball player at Capital University in Columbus. He was inducted into the school’s hall of fame in 2000.

Battery Creek was 3-8 this season and lost to Gilbert in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs. The Dolphins’ last winning season came in 2002 when it went 7-6. BC went 6-6 in 2012.

Susi’s hire gives the Lowcountry five new head coaches this season. May River promoted Richard Bonneville to head coach. Nic Shuford left Thomas Heyward Academy to take over for Mark Clifford at Beaufort Academy. Shuford led THA to four straight SCISA Class A state championships from 2018-2021.

THA named alumnus Tony McGeary to replace Shuford. John Paul II hired Concord High (NC) offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Shayne Milligan to replace Chris Myers.

SC High School Football openings

School — Former School — New Coach

  • Aiken — Olajuwon Paige — Dwayne Garrick

  • Airport — Andre Cook — Shane Fidler
  • Ashley Ridge — Shane Fidler — Jeff Tate
  • Beaufort Academy — Mark Clifford — Nic Shuford
  • Barnwell — Dwayne Garrick — Brian Smith
  • Battery Creek — Terrance Ashe —Ed Susi
  • Berea — Julius Prince — Drew Chisholm
  • Berkeley — Jerry Brown — Eric Lodge
  • Blythewood — Jason Seidel — James Martin
  • Buford — Ed Susi — TBA
  • Clover — Brian Lane — Perry Woolbright
  • Colleton County — Kris Howell — Adam Kinloch
  • Columbia — Jason Bush — Stephen Roberson
  • Conway — Carlton Terry — Josh Pierce
  • Darlington — Raymond Jennings — Jamie Johnson
  • Dillon Christian — Christian Wolfe — Donell Stanley

  • Dorman — Dustin Curtis — Jake Morris
  • Eau Claire — Shaq Hilton — Demarcus Simons
  • Edisto — Preston Deaver — TBA
  • First Baptist — Johnny Waters — Jamaal Birch

  • Georgetown — Jimmy Noonan — Bradley Adams

  • Great Falls — DeMarcus Simons — TBA
  • Green Sea Floyds — Joey Price — Patrick Martin
  • Hanahan — Art Craig — Milan Turner

  • Hannah-Pamplico — Jamie Johnson — Trey Woodberry
  • Heathwood Hall — Danny Lewis — Rick Reetz
  • Hillcrest — Anthony Frate — Bennett Swygert
  • John Paul II — Chris Myers — Shayne Milligan
  • Lamar — Josh Pierce — Stephen Burris
  • Landrum — Jason Farmer — Brent Bridges
  • Lexington — Perry Woolbright — Dustin Curtis
  • Mauldin — Sayre Nesmith — Andre Cook
  • May River — Rodney Summers — Richard Bonneville
  • Mullins — John Williams — TBA

  • Ninety-Six — Matthew Owings — Matthew Bennett
  • North Augusta - Matt Quinn - TBA
  • North Central — Ryan McDonnell (interim) — Daniel Sisk
  • North Charleston — Devon Smalls — Charlie Walker
  • Northwood Academy — Armando Allen — Johnny Waters
  • Orangeburg Prep — Andy Palmer — Don Shelley
  • Palmetto — Doug Shaw — Ryan Norton
  • Pickens — Chad Smith — James Reynolds
  • Pinewood Prep — J.W. Myers — DeVonte Holloman
  • Ridge-Spring Monetta — Brian Smith — TBA
  • Spring Valley — Robin Bacon — Nygel Pearson
  • Thomas Heyward — Nic Shuford — Tony McGeary

  • Walhalla — Padgett Johnson — Chris Stone
  • Ware Shoals — Chris Johnston — Chris Dodson
  • Westside — Scott Earley — Brian Lane
  • Williamsburg Academy — Don Shelley — Tyler Boyd
  • Woodmont — Jeff Murdock — Ty Sutherland
  • Woodruff — Bradley Adams — Brett Sloan
  • Wren — Jeff Tate — Anthony Frate

    • This story was originally published April 24, 2023 at 11:38 AM.

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