Ken Colquette
Ken Colquette has resigned as head football coach at Sequatchie County after two seasons. Colquette, 67, came out of retirement in 2013 to take over the Indians program but after going 5-6 that season the team finished a disappointing 3-7 this year, including four straight losses to end the season. The Indians, who lost two games by four points or less, also missed the playoffs.
"It was 100-percent his decision," Sequatchie County principal Tommy Layne said. "We've had injury after injury and just all sorts of problems this year. Once it started to go bad it just snowballed.
"We want to move quickly on this to find the right person to take over the program, and have them in place for spring practice."
Colquette was first a successful head coach at Bridgeport (Ala.) before taking over at Marion County in 1980 and guiding that program to unparalleled success. The Warriors won four state championships, were state runners-up twice and had just one losing season in his term. During one stretch in the mid-1990s, they went 56-1.
After resigning from Marion in 1996, Colquette coached at Vidalia (Ga.) and Grundy County, then worked as an assistant at Soddy-Daisy, Marion County and Ooltewah before retiring briefly.
Colquette's overall record stands at 257-94.