Hornets hire Logan to take over as head football coach

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - C.A. Johnson will have a new head coach roaming the sidelines during the 2015 football season.

Demond Logan tells WIS he has been hired to lead the Hornets program. The hiring comes after C.A. Johnson finished the regular season at 2-8 a year ago.

Logan previously served as one of two athletics directors at Bethune-Bowman during the 2014-15 season before stepping down to take over the Hornets' football program.

Logan owns one state championship as he served as the offensive coordinator at Broome High back in 2004. He also served as the athletics director at Orangeburg-Calhoun Prep Academy for six years dating back to 2008. It is that experience along with head coaching stops at Keenan and North that he will draw to hopefully get the Hornets back on the winning track.

"I knew it was going to be a challenge that I kind of was looking for," Logan said. "When we started at O-C Tech, it was non-existent. Being able to start that program from scratch, I just feel like we can do some of the same things we did at O-C Tech to get it going. I feel like we can try to build a program at C.A. Johnson.

The Hornets finished the 2014 campaign with a 2-8 overall record. Now that Logan is taking over the program, players and coaches alike are looking forward to getting back on the field.

"Everybody seems to be really excited and Gung-Ho about the challenge ahead," Logan said. "We've had some really good participation so far. They're really good kids. They want to work. The kids that have come out are showing that, hey, we want to learn how to play. We want to be good and they're looking forward to it."

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