Chattanooga Christian School Football

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Football at CCS

Chattanooga Christian School’s varsity football program celebrated its 10th year with the 2018-2019 season. Our young football team has made it to the Playoffs 3 of the past 4 seasons.

CCS offers 9 quality High School coaches, 4 of whom were successful previous head coaches.

Levels offered include:

High School (varsity & junior varsity)
Middle School (varsity & junior varsity)

Mark Mariakis
Head Coach

Mariakis is entering his 4th year as the Chargers Head Football Coach and is a veteran coach with 35 years of experience coaching high school football—20 of them as a Head Coach.

Graduating in 1984 from UTC with a BS in Health and Physical Ed., he went on to get an MS in Physical Ed./Movement Learning from Florida State University in 1985, and in 1996, he received his Educational Specialist Degree from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. He also received his Leadership and Administration Degree in 2006 from JSU. In 2012, while coaching Ridgeland High School to the State Finals, Coach Mariakis was awarded Coach of the Year by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Associated Press. He has also received 11 other Coach of the Year honors and has won over 100 games both as a Head Football Coach and Head Baseball Coach.

In his coaching career, Coach Mariakis has coached over 50 players who have received college football scholarships, including 8 players to Power 5 Conference schools. Two of his former football players went on to star in the NFL, and 3 of his former baseball players played MLB.

Coach Mariakis and his wife, Debbie, have been married for 34 years and have two daughters, Christa and Kelly, and also a granddaughter named Hattie. Coach Mariakis works in the Advancement and Admissions Offices at CCS. Mark is also the Associate Pastor at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Signal Mountain, TN.

Coaches

List of 12 members.

Mark Mariakis

Head Coach
Jeff Daffron

Defensive Coordinator

Bio
Coach Daffron is starting his 4th year as an assistant football coach at CCS. This year he will serve as Defensive Coordinator. He has 36 years experience as a Head Coach, an Offensive Coordinator, and Defensive Coordinator. Several of his defensive teams have given up less than 12 points a game. He is a 1983 graduate and football letterman at the University of Louisville where he played on the offensive line. He received his Master’s Degree in Health and Physical Education from Georgia Southern University and has also coached several state championship wrestling teams and individual state champion wrestlers.

Jeff is married to Julie and they have three children and two grandsons.
Eric Edwards

Offensive Coordinator

Bio
Coach Edwards is in his 2nd year at CCS. This year he will serve as Offensive Coordinator. Eric is a veteran coach of 28 years and has been a head coach, defensive coordinator, and offensive coordinator during his coaching career. Under his leadership as an offensive coordinator he has lead teams to state top scoring titles, and averaged over 30 points per game over an eleven year span, holding many scoring and yardage records. Edwards has had the opportunity to serve on 9 Region Championship Teams and on 10 teams that have won 9 or more season games.

Edwards completed his degree in Health and Physical Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has been in education for 28 years teaching Weight Training, Health, Physical Education, and Career courses. Eric and his wife Nancy live in Rock Spring Georgia and have 5 children and 5 grandchildren.
Kyle Durand

High School Assistant
Malik Brewer

High School Assistant
Tony Garrison

HS Asst Football Coach and HS Head Mens Tennis Coach
Darrell Bridges

HS Football Asst Coach & MS Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach
Darryl Eubanks

High School Asst and Asst Strength & Conditioning Coach
Eddie Mansell

Middle School Head Coach
Coach Josh Craft

Head HS Wrestling Coach and MS Asst Football Coach
Cortez Stokes

MS JV Head Boys Basketball Coach, MS Asst Football Coach, MS Track Coach
Kevin Flavin

MS Asst Football Coach & MS Asst Wrestling Coach

Middle School Football

CCS Middle School athletic programs offer both varsity and junior varsity levels for most athletic programs. Teams are determined by tryouts that evaluate our young players on physical ability, fundamental skills, game understanding and comprehension, attitude, effort, and much more. Our JV teams are designed to develop young athletes with a commitment to growing fundamentals and skill sets, game understanding, and work ethic. The Varsity teams are designed to prepare athletes for the High School level with an advanced approach to developing fundamentals and game understanding.