Florence Football Night @ Lost Pizza w/Kevin Johnson 08/20/26

[0:00] Riverbank and Florence and 93.9 The Score present Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll discuss Florence Falcons football with coaches and players. Now live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Florence Falcons, Kevin Johnson. And good evening from Lost Pizza tonight, Florence Falcons football night, getting ready to kick off the high school football season. Thank the Lord it's finally arrived. We've been waiting on this all summer long and it's here upon us and everyone all across the state excited about it, but nobody more excited about it than the fans at Florence High School. Let's hear it, Falcon fans. You're glad to be here tonight.

All right, got them together, still ordering their food. Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison. Welcome, Coach. And I tell you what, you get these Falcon fans around the food and they're ordering the food, they're not paying attention to us right now. There's a great crowd getting started. Love it. They're lined up, ready to eat. I like that too. You know, Coach, how about this? Let's talk about your, you know, we're getting your team and the season. What about so far, though, the community? This summer, this fall already, I call it fall because when it gets football season, I call it fall season. It's been quite amazing, the community, the buy-in, and it's been pretty special.

Yeah, it has. You know, our folks have been fired up across here. There's been a buzz in the community with some changes made. With our admin and stuff and Coach Meyer Miles coming in, a lot of stuff going on at the stadium. The first Friday event downtown was phenomenal. People were everywhere. A lot of excitement there, a lot of buzz. You know, you didn't have the Falcons tonight at the Falcons, I think, at the stadium, at Brawley Stadium. And just a tremendous turnout there. And just all around, it's just the community. There is a buzz in the community and an excitement about this Falcons team end of the season.

As well as it should be. You've got a great team coming back. Yeah, this is absolutely the most excitement I've seen since I've been here. I know that, you know, the first year was kind of crazy, getting started and everything. And so I really wasn't aware of the surroundings very much. But now that we've settled in, it was great to see our community just get behind these young men. Last Thursday night, you took your team to Milton Frank Stadium. We've been there a lot in the past. Thank goodness, to be honest with you, we're not going there this year as the changes have come about.

But you went for a jamboree last week and took on Huntsville. That's the first jamboree we've had in a while. How did it play out for you? It went really well for us. You know, I know we've got a lot of guys in the room right now. I hope they're hearing me when I say this. You know, we don't want to get overconfident. We did some really good things in that jamboree. A lot of things that we got to work on as well. But it gave us an opportunity to do a dress rehearsal. And we haven't done that. Usually, you know, spring training takes care of that.

We don't get a fall jamboree if you do spring. So we changed it up this year. We wanted to stay in the weight room from January all the way through the summer that got us into fall camp. Let's talk about that off-season conditioning program. It's been one of those things that you've been preaching since you got here five years ago, by the way. Congratulations on your fifth season at Florence. I'm T. Thank you. As far as Falcon fans, we're excited you're here. The continuity and the coaches, and it's great to see that here.

But one of the things is to see that start to come to fruition with these young athletes getting stronger, faster, and more balled into it. Talk about what that's all about. Yeah, we had a little up and down to start with in our strength program. You know, some of that, some decisions I made on what we were doing with the strength program and who was doing it. Coach Kevin Sledge and I got together one day and talked about our strength program. And he went home, sent me a text and said, hey, I got your guy.

And I said, you? And he said, I think so. So brought him out of retirement, and he's done a phenomenal job with these young men. They bought into what he's preaching. Our nutrition program we started thanks to Keaton Anderson helping us out with his nutrition company. With that, we've been feeding protein powder and snacks and food to them all the way through the offseason. And our guys have gained anywhere from 8 to 10 pounds throughout the offseason. Wow. We looked different walking around. That was one of the things that first Friday and meet the Falcons that people were coming up after that saying, boy, the kids look different.

Their shoulders are wide, broader. Their legs are bigger. So we looked the part. You do look the part. I know you said you've got a lot of nutrition in them. I've been watching your players. They also know where that lost pizza is. I tell you what, they have been putting that pizza away tonight, too. So they're pretty excited about that. Yeah, I'm about to go take it away from a quarterback over there and not slow him down. Yeah, got to get the quarterback not to eat so much pizza over there.

We'll go make sure of that. Big slice of pizza in his mouth right now. Too much pizza right there. That's good. You know, your team, we talked about how hard they worked all season. Let's also talk about you're going to have an opponent starting off the year at Pinson Valley, and they are working just as hard. New coach. What do you expect when you go to Pinson Valley to take on the Indians? We expect to see a lot of speed. You know, in the past, we saw side speed play extremely fast on offense.

[5:13] They play at a high pace like Tennessee. We're going to see a lot of similarities in Tennessee's offense with them. And then defensively, they're, you know, pretty solid base defense. Not going to see any. We hope we don't see any surprises, but they look real solid there. The defense coordinator came in from Pelham, which was at Thompson for four years. So, you know, we know what they did there. But so we've had a good game plan with it. What little bit we've got to work on, information to look at, our coaches have put together a great game plan.

Every team has different chemistries. We speak with Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons. Coach, every team has chemistry. Every team has a different DNA. Every season brings about just, it's a new team. It's a new season. What have you sensed in the DNA, maybe, or the chemistry of this team going into the season? Just a lot of team and family with these guys. These seniors have been with us since day one. They're in year five. They've only heard what we've been preaching.

They've been bought in. There's 28 seniors in this group, a large class. And, you know, they've bought their time. And they're really sticking together. We like what we're seeing. But the locker room's different. There's a lot of chemistry. And we've just got to keep working at that team concept. Coach, what are you looking for out of your team as you go to game one, getting the season kicked off? Everybody's, everybody right now is excited about their season. Every team in the state of Alabama is excited about it.

They should be. But what are you looking for out of your team going into game one? They're going to play extremely hard. They're not afraid of anybody. They'll hit you. We think we're going to be physical. We saw that against Huntsville. Doing on offense, defensively, Coach Wisdom doing a phenomenal job over there. And our guys are running to the ball. They did that against Huntsville and showed that they're going to tackle and be very physical. And we've got some team, overall team speed. So, I look for guys flying around and having a lot of excitement tomorrow night.

Before I let you go on this and this segment, I want to ask you another question, too. Your team did 7-on-7 this year. And 7-on-7 sometimes is like people say, well, does it really help or not? But it seemed to really be a big positive for you this year. Talk about your 7-on-7. Well, the one thing we do different than a lot of people do with 7-on-7. We don't do a 7-on-7. Just right through the middle of everybody. And we don't play a 7-on-7 defense. We do what we do.

And that was big for us to be able to see some teams that were really good. We got into the finals against Tupelo, Mississippi. I'll give an example of Tupelo and how good they've always been. One of UNA's coaches was standing next to me. And I was shaking my head looking at the athletes they had over there. And he looked at me and said, Coach, those guys are going to make a lot of money soon at the next level. So, they were very talented. But we went toe-to-toe with them.

We were a holding penalty in the end zone away from it being 12-12 and our ball in our hands to win it. So, we ended up, you know, they got the ball back after that penalty and scored. But our guys played eight games in the day and fought throughout. Guys cramping, full-body cramps out of a couple of guys. They got themselves back in and competed. They never quit throughout that day, which we were able to see and told us a lot. That says a lot about your team.

And summers have worked out well. Your nutrition has worked out well. The conditioning at the 7-on-7. Fall camp is going well. Now let's get ready for the real thing coming up. Coach, before I let you go into this segment, I want to ask this last question. As head coach at Fayetteville High School, your first place to be at Fayetteville High School. Do you remember who your first game was against that time, your first night as a head coach? Marion County. Marion County. Okay. Did you come out with a win that night?

We did. That first season, we went 10-0. So, it was a good year. The next year, we lost on the road. And we ended up winning a state championship in that second year. So, yeah. We opened up. I'll take the second year. That's a good one. Absolutely. I'll take the second year. That says a lot about it right there. We're looking forward to having Coach Kenny Marson in a minute. We're here live at Lost Pizza. He's here at Falcon fans. It's good to be ready for Falcon football tomorrow night.

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Back here at Lost Pizza, glad to be with you. Kevin Johnson, along with Coach Kenny Marson, as we have Florence Falcons night live at Lost Pizza tonight from 6 to 7. We'll do this throughout the season six or seven times, and hopefully many weeks in postseason as we go to November. We want to be here every Thursday night in November if possible. That would be great. We're looking forward to a great night to kick off the season. Great crowd on hand, and a lot of coaches, I look around and I've been saying, hey, let's hear it for the Falcons.

There's so much fellowship going on. There's so much, they're just excited to see one another. I think that's a lot about, sort of about the team that's bled over into the rest of the community. Absolutely. I mean, that's what we were talking about earlier, the chemistry in our room, locker room, this community support is phenomenal. And just a bunch of guys together having a good time tonight, and glad to see that. Coach, when you talk about this season in 2026, I know for me personally it's been a year of change, and I know for others it's been a year of change, and I've sensed like a lot of change that's happened in 2026, and that includes high school football.

As the HSAA said, you know what, we enjoyed the seven classifications, let's move this to six, let's move some of this stuff around, and a lot of moving parts, which ended up you went from the smallest 7A to the largest 5A school. But man, what a difference that's going to make, and that's a big change for high school football. It is a big change with pulling the private schools out and putting them in their own division. I know, you know, going back to that, when I came here my first year, I got a call from Dr. Shaw, and he was in a superintendent's meeting with some folks in the state, and they were asking me how they did the private schools in Tennessee, and this is very similar to what they did up there.

Saw some changes while I was in that state as well. But, yeah, pulled the private schools out and took 7A away, basically. You know, just took the number system, 7A. Largest class right now, 6A, that's the top 32, which was 7A that we were in. Buckhorn jumped us by eight students this year, finally had somebody go ahead of us. We were four and a half away two years ago, and then the year I got here we were 11 students away from being where we are now. Yes, we're the largest 5A school, which was the old 6A.

And very familiar with this league. I was in it for 22 years at Decatur. It is tough week in, week out. I've said it in many talks that I've had. We called it way back then the SEC North, and then I heard Cody Gross say it at one of the media days as well about getting the old gang back together. So, yeah, a lot of us in this region were playing against each other every Friday night, so we've got a lot of friends looking across the way.

We'll be enemies for one night, and then we'll resume our friendship after it's over. And it's really neat to see as well, as we come to this 5A classification, I believe it's Region 7 is what we're being officially in. As we're in this region, you know, for years, to be honest with you, we've had to go for region games way out of league. I mean, two hours, two and a half hours. We've had to go to Huntsville, hour and a half. It's a lot of travel. This year I started looking at it.

I think our closest region, our furthest region game may be right at one hour. I mean, it's unbelievable. So that's one level of playing field. And the other is, as you look at the schools, it's more level in the playing field across the state in each classification, it seems like. It is. And this region was always notorious for a packed house every Friday night. It was, the student bodies seemed to be more close-knit. I know that we played some Grissoms in Huntsville where you look up and they had maybe 25 or 30 students in the stands.

[15:35] There will be hundreds in the stands. Yes. And, you know, which is good for us. You know, as a head coach, Cole Harden, he's got our offensive line feeding them tonight. But every Friday night he comes up to me and he said, what does the stands look like? And I said, it looks like no money. And so he said, you're always worried about money, Coach. I said, that's because I'm a head coach. That's what you worry about. First thing I look at is what's in the stands.

And we're going to have some really good gates, a lot of local rivalries back at it, excited about that. So it's going to be a fun year. It will be a fun year. And also, you change us at the stadium as well. Brawley Stadium is solely belongs to Florence High School. It will be the Florence Falcons. And it has already changed completely as we congratulate those at the University of North Alabama on their new stadium. Likewise, though, we're excited about our new stadium in many ways as Brawley's getting a good makeover right now.

And it looks really nice. Absolutely, it does. We're extremely excited about it. Coach Myra Miles and Bill Hopkins, our superintendent, and the board have really been committed to making Brawley what she's supposed to be. Yeah. And I've seen some videos from the guys that were pressure washing that. You know, when you pressure wash a stadium or you pressure wash anything, the water moves it. But when you've got to push it with equipment and you've got to shovel it out, it's been neglected for too long. Yeah.

And that's where Brawley Stadium got to be. It was a shame, but it has got a facelift and it's bright looking. They've got the new seat covers over the stadiums that we've been wanting to cover, the top four sections to bring everybody down to make it more of a high school. And so if you folks out here in the audience hadn't driven by there, you can see it from Royal Avenue. It's a phenomenal place. And I've got a plan for our guys. Our guys, I think, it will look so new to them on Friday night against Jasper City.

I've got a plan to maybe go ahead and try to get that newness out of it. We need to go over there and we need to see it. Might need to run around and practice in it. I like it. So they're not in awe of looking around and seeing all the changes. Got the $8.5 million middle school field house, which is also going to house us on Friday nights. Not going to get in it this year, unfortunately, but we're going to, I hate it for these seniors because we had high expectations that we may be by November be in it during the playoffs, but not happening.

It's going to be a December finish, probably January 1, but it will be the nicest, it will be the best middle school field house in this state, Pew. It's a 16-rack weight room. It is all college weights. We designed it from a college weight room. Coach Sledge and I went and visited some places at Carrollton, Georgia, and Thompson, and some other places. And he has done a great job of helping design this thing in our weight room area, and it's going to be phenomenal for our kids.

We have lacked that in this town, that our middle school kids work out in the summer and don't touch a weight until the next summer. It's ridiculous. But, hey, that's going to change. We're going to be able to hire a middle school strength coach. I just put our school system on blast right there. I'm sure they're going to love that. But we've got to get that done. If we're going to talk about commitment, we've got to start with weight room, and it's got to start at the seventh grade level.

If you're going to build it, you've got to use it. Absolutely. So that'll be great. And I think one thing about that great facility will be this. The newness of Brawley Stadium, the upcoming building we'll be in in the future, all that says to this team this year is you're building something very special. And this season, you can do something you've never done before. And so we look forward to that. Coach, we're excited about the season. We wish you nothing but the best, and we appreciate all you've done for Florence High School already.

And we keep ready to go down to Pinson Valley and battle with the Indians, okay? Absolutely. Let's do it. It means something to me to be here, and I appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you help me thank Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons. You're listening to Florence Falcons football on 93.9 The Score from Lost Pizza. We're back in two minutes. Hi, I'm Jeffrey Jones at Riverbank & Trust. Our team is proud to support the Florence High School Falcons and honored to serve our hometown community.

To the players, coaches, families, and fans, best wishes for a safe and winning season. Go Falcons. Come see us at Riverbank & Trust, 401 East Tennessee Street in Florence, or www.riverbankandtrust.com. Remember, FDIC. You got a craving that won't quit? Lost Pizza Company shows just dropped something new, and it's only around for a limited time. Say hello to our jalapeno mac and cheese bites. Crispy, cheesy, packed with a little kick, and serve with our house-made ranch for dipping. Paired with the fillet, y'all, our loaded fillet cheesesteak pizza that's quickly becoming a fan favorite.

This is for a limited time only, so don't wait. Come dine in or call ahead for to-go. Lost Pizza Company shows, 201 North Seminary Street in Florence. Dine in or to-go. It's time to kick off the 2026 high school football season, and this Friday night, the Florence Falcons are on the road to take on the Pinson Valley Indians. Join me, Kevin Johnson, along with Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, and John McDaniel, as we bring you Florence at Pinson Valley. The T&T fireworks pregame will begin at 6, kickoff at 7 on your home for Florence Falcons football, 93-9 the score.

[21:06] Florence Falcons football is brought to you by Florence Utilities, Florence City Schools, the law firm of Johnson Pesher, Medley, and Birchall, the North Alabama Boney Joint Clinic, T&T Fireworks, Yogurt Mountain, Water Burger, Singing River Dentistry, Village Discount Drug, Hugo's Mexican Restaurant, Irons Electric, Cypress Creek Indoor Range, Lost Pizza, Henniker Johnson and Layton Insurance, Carbine Construction, and Birch Wholesale Tackle. Florence and Pinson Valley, this Friday night at 6, right here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score. Back here live at Lost Pizza, Florence Falcons football night. Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons, glad to be with you.

As we have met Coach Kenny Morrison, the head coach, and he's walked us through a couple of segments talking about things coming up with air. And now we're joined by two of the seniors for Florence High School. Let's hear it for Jaden Irons and Sullivan Haddock. These two young men. Now that's the type of response I'm looking for right there, guys. That's good. All right, guys, good to see you. First of all, let's start with Jaden. What number do you wear and what position do you play?

I wear number 23 and I play middle linebacker. All right, 23 and middle linebacker. We'll get that mic close to you there. That's good. All right, and Sullivan, what about you? I wear number 80 and I'm wide receiver. So he's a number 80 and a wide receiver, okay. So a linebacker, have you two hooked up during a fall camp? Has he come across the middle yet on you? I don't think so. You don't think so? I haven't. That's a smart move. Sullivan's like, no, I'm not going across the middle with Jaden Irons in the middle.

That's a smart move right there. Fall camp's been good, though. Have you guys felt like it's been productive for you, Jaden? Yes, sir. I think we've learned a lot this fall camp. That's good. I like that. What about you, Sullivan? What's the best part of fall camp for you so far, you think? I think our offense was four years old. Four years old. Do you remember your first jersey? I wore number seven at Wilson. Number seven was your jersey. So you were playing four years old.

Did you make any tackles at four years old? Probably not. Probably not. Okay. Sullivan, what about you? What was your first game and what jersey number did you wear when you were a kid? I think I wore 12 and I think I was about five. I played flat football from about five days. Oh, that's awesome. And I played tackle after that. Love it. That's awesome, guys. Love hearing those stories. You know, it seems just like yesterday, doesn't it? I mean, if you look back on it and you realize, man, the high school season, you know, it flies by pretty fast, doesn't it?

What do you want, guys, what are you looking forward to as seniors this year? Jay, what is your main goal as a senior? I want to have the best year that we can, be region champs, have a good playoff run. I like that. That's a good playoff run. What about you, Sully? Yeah, like he said, it's win the region, have a deep playoff run, just play to the best for ability. Okay, that's good. I like that as well. Now, in the linebacker room, you're not the only linebacker.

You've got a lot of linebackers in there. Let's talk about those guys and what they look like. You've got a good team right there, the linebackers? Yes, sir. Chase Winkler is the other starting linebacker. We have a lot of younger guys and they're working really hard. All right, that's good. All right, Sully, what about you on the wide receiver room? You've got a lot of wide receivers in that room? Yeah, we've got about eight that will probably play. We have J.C., Kavante, Green, Jess Mays, Justin Kirkman, me, Drew Hull, and probably Cooper I'll play some a little bit.

Now, Sully, before I let you go on this, the jamboree, you might have had your best catch of your career. I mean, you had this touchdown snag. I want to ask you, what was harder, making the snag in the end zone, or getting the toe touch down? Probably getting the toe touch down. Yeah, a little different. Once you caught it and realized you were in, you're like, wow, that was a pretty cool feeling, wasn't it? Yeah, it was pretty cool just getting six points on the board for our team.

Jane, I've got to ask you because I followed your career too. You play basketball as well. Does basketball help you in football a little bit and then vice versa? Make you a little more aggressive, you think, in basketball because you play football? I think so. I think football helps me be a little more aggressive in basketball, getting rebounds. Stuff like that. Yeah. I can handle that. I can handle that. So, Jayden, what makes this team seem different so far to you this season already in just the preseason stuff?

I feel like we're a lot more comfortable on defense. I feel like offense, they've got a lot more comfortable because, you know, last year that was our first year with our coaches. Yeah. So, I feel like this year we came along a lot farther. That's a great answer out there. Sullivan, what about you? What do you think has made a difference in this team this year that you see coming in as a senior? Like, man, I like what I see. What's really standing out to you?

I think we've all just bought in since about February. We've been working in the mornings since 5.59, practicing and then working out in the evenings. I like that, too, as we speak with Sullivan Haddock and Jayden Irons, two of the seniors here for Florence High School. Have you guys sensed some excitement at school a little bit? Talking about it, students and faculty and teachers have all been pretty excited, Jayden? Yeah, I think so. I think everybody knows we've got a pretty good team this year. So, let me ask you this.

[26:11] Do you get excited? I know it sounds great. Do you get a little excited when you hear the band practicing here? That means you realize, okay, it's getting closer. When you hear the band out there practicing a little bit, does that make you think about that a little bit? Yeah, I think that just makes you realize that it's almost here. We're about to go out and play football. I like that. That's a good answer right there, guys. So, anybody you want to give a shout-out to that might be listening?

Dave, I'll start with Sullivan. Anybody who's listening you might want to give a shout-out to? Not really. I don't know. Oh, come on. Let's take care of me now, Sullivan. There might be some people that you might live at their house. You know, they might feed you some. Who knows? My dad might be listening. That might be a good answer right there. That's a good answer. All right, what about you, Jayden? Hey, mama. All right, that's good. I like that. A couple good things. All right, last thing before I let you go, guys.

What coach can make you laugh faster than any other coach on this Falcon staff? I'll start with you, Sully. What coach, when they can crack you up in a heartbeat? I think Coach McGuire, probably. Coach McGuire can make you crack up. Okay. He already knew that. He was fired up about that. What about you, Jayden? Probably Coach Drake. Coach who? Coach Drake. Coach, all right. Coach, yeah. Coach Drake. Drake Roy will definitely make you laugh a little bit. Guys, are you fired up about tomorrow night?

Yes, sir. Hey, guys, you did a great job on the radio. Now let's go do a great job this season. We're proud of you. We thank you for your leadership. Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it. For Jayden Irons, Sullivan Haddock, two seniors here for Florence High School. When we come back, more from this wonderful night at Lost Pizza, Florence Stockton's football night, back in two minutes. Hi, I'm Jeffrey Jones at Riverbank & Trust. Are you tired of being overlooked at your bank? Open a checking account where you're seen, heard, and supported by local bankers who care.

At Riverbank, you're always more than just an account number. Visit us at 401 East Tennessee Street in Florence or on the web, www.riverbankandtrust.com. Remember, FDIC. Seminary Street in Florence. Dine in or to go. It's time to kick off the 2026 high school football season, and this Friday night, the Florence Falcons are on the road to take on the Pinson Valley Indians. Join me, Kevin Johnson, along with Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, and John McDaniel as we bring you Florence at Pinson Valley. The TNT fireworks pregame will begin at 6, kickoff at 7 on your home for Florence Falcons football, 93-9 to score.

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We're joined now by the assistant coach of the Florence Falcons, let's hear it for Coach Lonnie Robinson, our guest today. Coach Robinson, how are you doing, my friend? Doing well. Good, good, we'll turn that microphone up good, make sure you're good there. So, let's talk about, when did you get into coaching, how did this start for you a little bit? Well, it started for me at 19 years old, actually. 19 years old, wow. I was at Brooks High School, where I graduated and helped with the spring, and then it just kind of jumped on board when I started college, and just kind of took off from there when I was in school, and just got to where I am now.

That's an incredible story to start so young. You look back on that and think, because I know, I'm in the ministry, and I started in the ministry at 18, and I look back and I thought, what were they doing letting me start so young? Do you ever think back, why did they let me start working at 19 in coaching? Oh, absolutely. I look back at it and I go, yeah, Lee, how did I even, you know, survive that, being that young? Because, actually, I was just a year or two older than the guys that I was coaching.

[31:11] Oh, sure. Sure. That's a big deal, when you realize the age range is not that much. Now, in high school, you went to Brooks High School, did you play defensive line? I did. Now, what position on the defensive line were you? I was a defensive end in high school. Defensive end, okay. Do you remember your first game playing in a varsity football defense? Actually, I do. Who were you playing against that night? We were playing Lexington. Lexington. That's a big rival for y'all, too. Yeah. All right.

So, did you ever score a touchdown when you was playing, by the way? I did not. Did not. I didn't either, so don't worry. We're all in the same place, so that's good about that. As we speak with Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach for Florence High School, and speaking of defense line, that's where you have landed at Florence High School. How many years have you been at Florence now? This is my first year. First year at Florence? Have the adjustment been made pretty easy for you?

Yeah, it's different. You know, I spent 30 years in the Calvert County school system, 10 of those at Cherokee in the last 20 at Calvert Heights. So, you know, coming from smaller school football, it's some of a little of an adjustment. I mean, because those guys that I've been used to coaching, I told Coach Morrison, I caught myself last Thursday night over in Huntsville. A couple of times, I'm still, the defense has come off the field, and I'm still standing there on the sideline, and I think, oh, I've got to get to the tent, because I'm so used to coaching both sides of the ball for 30 years.

You know, so that's an adjustment. But speed of the game, the speed of the game is different overall, of course, than what I've been used to coming from the smaller school football. But at the end of the day, kids are still kids. That's right. Kids are still kids. Speaking with Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach for Florence High School and coaches the defense line. And Coach, I know just from what I know from last season, you walked into a really, really nice setup with some kids that can play on that defense line.

The room is pretty nice over there for the DL right now. Absolutely. Yeah, I just come in, and I was telling the guys the other day, I said, hey, I'm here to make sure that you, my job is to try to get you to play to your ability. I said, and some of you guys, several of you guys, the good Lord has blessed. Yeah. And so it's, I just give them some direction, hold them accountable, and kind of stay out of their way, you know, in a sense, and just let them go and make sure we're doing what we need to be doing.

That's a great point. Sometimes coaching is not to overcoach. Sometimes it's to let God's given talent just take over sometimes. Knowing when to step in and when to step out, that's a veteran coaching move, I think. Oh, absolutely. You know, and like you said, I mean, I still learn every day. Yes. 37 years of doing this, I'm still learning every day, but with some experience comes a little bit of wisdom, and you've been there and done some things, and you've seen some things, and sometimes the best medicine, so to speak, is to give them some direction, make sure we're going in the right direction, keep them up out of the ditch, as I like to say, keep them up on the road, and let them play.

Let them play. Speaking with Coach Lonnie Robinson, the defensive end of the field. Austin, the defensive line coach from Florence High School, and coach, did you have some coach in your life that really shaped you in coaching, maybe, and really had a major impact upon you as a coach? Yeah. Oh, let's pull the microphone closer to that. Yeah, actually, it was a couple of them, actually. Jack Weaver. Oh, wow. Jack Weaver was my head football coach. Oh, my goodness. And had a ton of influence on me.

Yes. And then the other one that really influenced me as a player would be Mike Willis. Sure. You know, I tell the story all the time, in my personal opinion, talking about my Brooks days as a player, and that's been a minute. I always tell people that Coach Willis, in my opinion, was a better football coach than he was a basketball coach. I understand. I've seen that many times, coaches I know that are legendary, even Hall of Fame coaches, as he probably is in many ways, and yet people don't realize on another sport, they're even better at that sport and just happen to land in another sport.

I've seen it. By the way, I've got to ask you, did Coach Willis put the towel over his shoulder in football too? He wore that towel over his shoulder. Yes. Sometimes he would have that towel over his shoulder. Oh, what a legendary coach. That's a great story as we speak with Lonnie Robinson, who's the defensive line coach here at Florence High School. Coach, what is the main thing you want to see out of your guys as defensive linemen in the first game? And I'll help a little bit, maybe, forgive me for answering a little bit, but walking to it, is that first game for defensive linemen, maybe it's tough for them.

As any other position, because of the heat and the conditioning, it's still not football weather yet. No, and the big guys, it's a grind. It's a continuous, physical battle on every play. Every play, they're going to be hands-on and getting hands put on them. And it's a grind in there, but we just preach all the time, just a simple thing. Do your job. Do what we coach you do. Trust what we've done, what you've done all fall camp, what you've worked on. And I continue to tell those guys, if you do what your job is, it's going to put you in positions to make plays.

[36:42] Yeah. And it's just consistency. I know we're going to be hot. We've already talked about a rotation. You know, we're going to end up having to plug some guys in and out. So, you know, and just, I told them, I said, while you're out there, give us effort. You control effort. Everybody gets to control their effort. Nobody loves the heat break more than a defensive nose guard. Trust me. I understand. That heat timeout when they said, I said, thank you very much. And so that's a good thing.

As we speak with Lonnie Robinson, DL coach at Florence High School. Coach, was there a favorite defensive lineman you had growing up as a player, maybe on the NFL level or college level? Oh, man. And that was my favorite defensive lineman. Oh, probably Reggie White was one of the guys. Probably him. He's just so dominant. Yeah. He's just so dominant, you know. And such a good guy. And a great guy and just good at his craft. I like that. I like that a lot. I think that's a great answer because I know for me, I think I had certain guys that I looked up to at certain places.

And it wasn't just because of their athleticism. It was because of who they were off the field. And that says a lot. Do you talk about that to your guys in your room a little bit, about off the field matters as much as on the field? Oh, it's a crucial part of it. Yeah. It's what, you know, what are you going to do when nobody's looking? What's your true character? And that's what you are. That's what you truly are. You know, at the end of the day, we have some guys that are really talented, God blessed.

But I want them to turn out to be good young men and be productive. And maybe we have just a little bit to do with them being successful as they leave and go out in their life and do whatever they end up doing. I love these answers. Coach, we're thankful that you are now wearing the blue of Florence. We're thankful that you're on this coaching staff, which is an outstanding coaching staff. And we welcome you to Florence High School. And we look forward to seeing you on the sidelines on Friday night, okay?

It's good to be here. Let's hear it, folks, for Coach Lonnie Robinson, assistant coach here at Florence High School. We come back. More from Florence Falcon football night at Lost Pizza. We're back in two minutes. Hi, I'm Jeffrey Jones at Riverbank and Trust. Our team is proud to support the Florence High School Falcons and honored to serve our hometown community. To the players, coaches, families, and fans, best wishes for a safe and winning season. Go Falcons. Come see us at Riverbank and Trust, 401 East Tennessee Street in Florence, or www.riverbankandtrust.com.

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Back here live at Lost Pizza, Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons, kicking off the 2026 season with a lot of Falcon family here. It's a lot of blue in the house, a lot of Falcon players and parents and coaches and everyone. We want to wish also our Florence Falcons flag football team the very best tonight. They're on the road playing their first ever game, and so a lot of people are there supporting them, so we wish them the very best tonight as they make history tonight, the very first flag football team in the history of Florence High School.

We're joined now, and would you help me welcome the assistant coach for Florence High School. Let's give a big warm welcome to Coach Jacob White. Coach, how are you doing tonight? I'm good, how are you? Glad to be with you there. Did your tight ends show up with you tonight? I know you're a tight end coach. You see a few of them out here? A few of them did. A few of them also went and ate tater tot casserole with those offensive linemen. They know where the offensive linemen are eating and they found out, didn't they?

[41:48] Okay, I can buy that. That's all right. You're an old offensive lineman, aren't you? Yes, sir. You play center back in the day. Man, let's talk about that for a minute, playing center. Did you have to do the shotgun snap a few times? Yes, sir, I did. What is the key for a center? I know you, Coach Todd, what do you think the key for a center is? What's the biggest thing? My thing is knowing the play beforehand and also knowing how to just keep your wrist the right way and arm in the right slot so that you can make it back there the perfect every time.

You know, my statement to the centers always was a line from the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson. Aim small, miss small. Absolutely. And just keep that thing right there and then get it there, so that's good. Well, the same sort of says about your tight ends and H-backs because this is a position that is really not only a physical position but a very mental, stressing position. A lot to think all the time. Talk about how you coach your guys up with the mental aspect of the game.

So, for my guys, a lot of times what I talk to them about is, you know, obviously know the play and know what's going on behind you as well to know what everybody else is doing. That way, when you do your job, we call them the cleanup crew. So, like, you know, if you're pulling across and a guard misses a block, you don't pass up color for another color. Like, you go hit that first opponent jersey you see and you knock them out and you take care of that first because first level comes first.

That's a good way. I love that coaching aspect about it, too, as we speak with Jake White, the tight ends coach. Your room, your tight end room, what does it look like this year? So, we got two seniors and then we got another junior and then we got some younger guys as well that we're training up in it. But overall, those senior guys, those two guys really help coach the younger guys. So, does the juniors. They do a great job of teaching everybody else and also just being good stewards of the game and learning themselves and not acting like they know everything.

They're always looking to get better. Do you have some former offensive linemen that convert into tight ends and H-backs? Yeah, two of them. The seniors are. They are two glorified guards that are now tight ends. I didn't even know for sure. Yes. I didn't know. That happens a lot in high school football. You may start out in one position and you say, you know what, we like you, but we'd like you more in this position. Did they take to the switch pretty good? Absolutely. They loved it because just the thought that they might get to even run a route just made them as happy as they could be.

What's your part, maybe your favorite part of coaching this group right now? I think just this whole group, just the way that they're committed and bought in to what we're doing and following Coach Morrison's leadership and this staff and the way it's been put together by Coach Morrison. It's incredible. It's just an awesome opportunity to even get to be a part of it. And I just love the way that they're committed to it. They come in every day ready to work. And I mean, they police themselves.

They're starting that. And, you know, they do their job. Speaking with Coach Jacob White, the tight ends coach here at Florence High School and with the HVACs as well. And Coach, the NFL and college has started to really focus more on tight ends in the past five to ten years especially. It's really, has that trickled down into high school football some as well? Absolutely. You're starting to see a lot more of those pro-style offenses show up with those tight ends, using them in the run game and the pass game especially, and having more of almost a hybrid offensive lineman, wide receiver type that can go out for a pass and block at the same time.

Now, you're a former offensive lineman, as you said, in high school play center. You're a baseball player too. I know, a really good baseball player. But now you've got to teach these guys not only how to block and do their assignment. There's that, every once in a while that football comes their way. Talk about teaching these guys, hey, when it comes your way, how to catch that ball. Do you work with them on that? What's some of the keys to that? So, like, some of the keys for them is, number one, making sure you've got soft hands.

Because, you know, their linemen are used to having heavy hands, putting hands on people. Now they've got to have soft hands to be able to catch that ball and bring it in. And also be able to jerk it down when they're in heavy coverage at the same time. Yeah. And so that's the key things we've talked about, soft hands and then watching it into your hands. You know, one of the things I used to say to tight ends too was, once you catch it, you're probably not going to score every time they're coming from behind.

Absolutely. And so I took that thing away. That's a big part of it as well. Rip it out of the sky. Yeah, rip it out of the sky and do that. What is the thing you want to see out of your tight ends this coming Friday night? This Friday night, I just want to see execution of our job. And then also, you know, the thing is, is not every play is a tight end play. You might be in 10 personnel or 20 personnel. So even when you're not in the game, you're glued in, you're ready to go to where you're never the problem, but you're the solution.

You know, be a difference maker in the game when you're on the field and off the field. I love that statement. Never the problem, you're the solution. That is a big statement for tight ends and H-backs. On Friday nights, do you still get that little bit of excitement when you get out there to be coaching them? Absolutely. That's one thing that I don't think you could ever really lose as a competitor, you know. Talked to, Cody Gross was a mentor for me a long time ago, and one of the things that we had talked about was that me and him both talked about hating losing more than we enjoy losing.

You know, so it's one of those things, we hate losing every play. We want to win every play. Oh, that name right there, we'll have to face him later, but he hates to lose. I guarantee that I know him well. How long have you been at Florence High School? So I actually started at Florence High School about three years ago, coached for two years, and then the Lord just kind of called us away. We stepped away for a little bit, pursued another opportunity for a short time, and then we knew it was for a season, and he called us right back to it, and we were absolutely ecstatic that Coach Morrison brought me back home.

[47:18] Not sure if it was the best decision he's ever made, but he brought us back home, and we have loved it ever since. I think it's a tremendous decision, because one, I think you first said, you put your faith in the Lord about this, and I commend you on that, but also realizing that, you know, there's always these seasons of change, and I mentioned earlier tonight, 2026 has been a season of change, and I got a feeling, just a sneaky feeling, this Florence Falcons team might be in the season of change this year.

It's got some examples of excitement here, that's for sure. So who was your favorite player growing up in NFL or college football? So growing up, my favorite player, it was hard to really focus on one, but I loved watching the, like, 2004 Baltimore Ravens defense. Oh, yeah. I loved that. That was what really got me eating up with football was them as a kid, so ever since then it's been full football and baseball ever since. Do you have a favorite tight end at the next level you'd like to watch, too?

I like to look at Travis Kelsey, but at the same time, I'm like, all right, how can I make somebody like that appear on our sideline? It's one of those things, I hope it's only God can do that. Only God can do that, so we've got to take what we've got. My favorite tight end, got to give a shout out, he spoke recently in the shows area, was the great Ozzie Newsom. He was from my hometown, and I saw him in high school, saw him in college, and watched him throughout the NFL, and I loved what he did on the field, but he's even a greater man on the outside, and he had a big part, those Baltimore Ravens as well.

Well, Coach, are you going to be able to sleep tonight? Are you going to, let me ask you this, is it easier to go to sleep and get up early, or are you going to have trouble going to sleep tonight before the first game? For me, personally, it's probably, it's going to be hard to even go to sleep, so I might as well just stay up all day. Just stay up and enjoy it. It's going to be a long ride, but it's going to be a fun ride back.

Let's hear it now, folks, for the assistant coach, Florence High School, Jacob White here at the Toddians Coach. Let's give him a round of applause. Thank you, Jacob, for being with us today. You're listening to the Florence Falcon Football Night here, live from Lost Pizza. When we come back, we'll wrap it up after this two-minute timeout. Hi, I'm Jeffrey Jones at Riverbank & Trust. Are you tired of being overlooked at your bank? Open a checking account where you're seen, heard, and supported by local bankers who care.

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It's Florence Falcons night here on this Thursday night. We'll be back with you in a couple of weeks. Next week we're not able to because of different things, but in two weeks we'll be back with you and be with you about six or seven weeks this season. Looking forward to that. And Kevin Johnson with you, voice of the Florence Falcons coach. This is my 22nd year to see Florence Falcons football. I've been with it since 2004 in some way or fashion, and I've seen every game but one.

That's a lot of high school games that I think I've seen over the years, and that's a good meeting. Wow, that's a lot. Let's see. We'll get you here. I think we've got a little mix up there. Try again, coach. Yeah. Got you now? Here we go. Now we've got you, coach. How about now? There we go. I had all the wrong ones turned up. All these microphones get turned up. 24, 22, 23 seasons now are coming up on, but I've seen it since 2004. And I want to tell you, coach, I may be as excited about this season as any season I've been with it because of just the potential, but also seeing how this team has already bonded and the coaching staff has bonded.

[52:35] Doesn't mean it will always come to fruition, but it means that there's some good things about cooking there for Florence High School. Absolutely. I mean, the expectations are high always. That's going to be with any of us in this coaching staff and in this profession. Expectations are extremely high from the superintendent's office, AD's office. Everybody in this community, expectations are high. There's a lot of excitement there. And, yeah, there's a buzz. It seems there's something special brewing about this bunch, and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

I'm really excited to be the head coach here at Florence High School. It's home to me. It means something to me to be the head coach here and just ready to get this thing kicked off and let's go. Coach, on a personal note, there's a lot of tables filled with families. Your family's here tonight. Yes. You've got some special people over there that have really been your supporters for many years. Yeah, I've got my wife Judy over there, my dad, Tommy Morrison, and my cousin Ben Moore.

They have been in my corner from the get-go, and I really believe it's extended my dad's life. He's turned 89 in July. That's awesome. He's more excited about this football season than anybody I know. So he's chomping at the bits to get to see some football. I tell you what, if you need a play or two, just ask old Ben Moore. He'll give you a play or two as well. There's no doubt. He knows it. No doubt. He's got those gold medals to prove it, too. Coach, let's talk about the game, going on the road, first game, and really your first three or four games.

Whew. Man, A.B. in corner comes early. Yeah, I don't know who keeps scheduling every year. I don't know what's wrong with that guy. But, no, I've said it year in, year out. We've got to play these folks to prepare for the region. And, you know, Muscle Shoals moved into week three because they're region opponents now, and that rivalry week is always the first week of region play. And so, you know, we need to see all we can see, and I'm going to tell you what, we got it.

I didn't anticipate when I scheduled Jasper City, which used to be the old Walker County, I didn't anticipate they were going to have a tailback that's been offered by Ohio State. So they're really excited about the group they've got. I know there was a quarterback that left them that's going to be lining up against us the week after that and over at Muscle Shoals. And they had to act like it's phased them a bit over there, down there in Jasper City. So, Pennsylvania, tough, right out the gate.

But, again, you've got to see those folks to prepare. You feel like you can win a state championship and play for it, you better be playing the best to get ready for it. We want to go one week at a time, and we're not getting ahead to Pennsylvania. But I will say, the home opener next week against Jasper, we need an incredible crowd to come out and support these guys. Boy, I think it's going to be electric. It's youth night. We want our youth to come out, those folks that are playing flag football and that are playing regular football, baby Falcons.

We want them to wear their jerseys, get in free, and come down there on that field and be ready to run on the field with us. We're excited about youth night kicking us off. It is going to be a packed house. Folks, you better get there early and get a seat. We're not going to get a chance to talk about it next week because we're not going to be on the radio. But with the way the stadium's set up now, you won't be able to spread out like you have.

You better get ready to enjoy the person next to you and get loud because it's going to be a high school atmosphere like none other. And forgive me if I'm misspeaking, but I think next week, a special dedication. Next week, too, is coming up soon, I know, with Brawley Stadium. It is, absolutely. It's a special dedication of renaming the field. You know, not renaming, it's still Brawley Stadium, but Charles Anderson Field. It's going to be a really exciting night to do that. The Anderson family has been an integral part of everything that's gone on in this town with our school systems and stuff.

And athletics, they're just huge supporters of everybody. And Mr. Anderson was one that has always been there for this Florence City Schools. Phenomenal family and well said. And a great, great deed by Florence High School to honor him in such a way. Coach, the game tomorrow at Pinson Valley, you know, you're going to go on the road. What time do you leave tomorrow? Sort of a game plan getting down there. We're loading the bus at 150, pulling out at 2 o'clock. We've got a pregame meal at Coleman, Cracker Barrel there.

And then we should arrive at the stadium like we normally do. 5 o'clock is the plan. And we'll start our normal routine. The jamboree really helps you in the normal routine, doesn't it? That one way, just even learn how to get off the bus and get out there and stretch and get ready for an away game. Yeah, I'm a lot like the guy that I worked for for 22 years, Jerry Adcock. I'm really particular about travel. One thing I can say is we get off the bus, we're going to be within minutes of eating.

And that's the way Jerry was. He showed me the right way to do it. It's a routine. And it hadn't changed in five years. These guys, once we got to Huntsville, they looked like they'd done it before. The older guys, young guys were just trying to follow in and follow them into place. But our guys that have been with us know the routine. You can about count the time when it's going to happen. And 5 o'clock we'll unload. We'll walk the field at 510. We'll be back in taping.

[57:48] Quarterback's out at 555 and going from there. You've got a few new coaches. I don't have to, but about two minutes, maybe less. Can't go into all of it. Not all the names I know. But just the staff is alone. They've been pretty special, haven't they? They are a special group. Coach Miles, she told me, wow, you've got a great staff. And I told her, I said, well, if I can do anything, I can hire some coaches. And I've hired a dang good staff. Love these guys.

We're all on the same page. We've all coached together coming through. And these young guys have joined us. And they are old school, even though they're young. And they're bought in. It's just fun to be in a room with a bunch of guys and everybody saying the same thing. And believing the same thing. Coach Kenny Marson, do you have anything you do on game day before you get there? Do you have a certain thing you eat for breakfast? Do you have some routine? Or is it just, hey, let's just go?

No, it's a let's go. It'll be in my head. So I'll tell you one thing. Coach Sawyer, Coach Denton, and Coach Robinson, we're going to Waffle House after regardless. I like it. Folks, let's hear it from Coach Kenny Marson, the head coach of the Florence Falcons. We're looking forward to having it right here on 93.9 The Score tomorrow night. Live from Pinson Valley, Florence Falcons on the road. They're going to come back home 1-0. We're looking forward to it. It's going to be a great night of high school football.

Let's get out and support these guys. Thank you for coming to Lost Pizza. Thank you for listening tonight. Have a great weekend. Go Falcons. You've been listening to Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza. Brought to you by Riverbank in Florence and 93.9 The Score. Join us tomorrow night for Florence Falcons football on 93.9 The Score. Pre-game at 6 and kickoff at 7. Thanks for listening and go Falcons. you