Orange Beach, Ala. – (OBA) – The Orange Beach Makos hired Coach Wade Waldrop after Jamey DuBose resigned from the position this past November. There will be a "Meet and Greet" for the new football coach  today, January 17th, at the Orange Beach High School, between 5 and 6 PM.

Coach Waldrop comes to the Makos after his prior job of coaching football at Hoover High. Waldrop has a combined record of 116-84 in 18 years as a head coach of football. His teams have qualified for the playoffs in 13 of those seasons. Before coaching at Hoover, Waldrop also coached at Chelsea, James Clemens and Florence. A Hartselle native, Waldrop played football at UAB before embarking on a coaching career.

When asked on ports Talk 99.5 FM about his new position at OBHS, Coach Waldrop provided the following comments:

What attracted you to the job in Orange Beach?

“It’s a family atmosphere. It’s a destination town. It’s a place that’s been near and dear to our family’s heart for years. We’ve always said if an opportunity ever arose to coach football and do what we do as educators in a place like that, we would be all about it. I’m blessed to have that opportunity and looking forward to it.”

How big were the new facilities Orange Beach is building in your decision to take the job?

“It’s exciting. That is like a cherry on top of the ice cream. Even beyond the facilities that are coming, being in a community that size for me and our family at this point is a big draw. The size of the community itself reminds me of Chelsea when I got there in 2003. The setup is different. The infrastructure is different. It’s on another level. You have complete support from the Board of Education and the city itself, the mayor, the vision they have for the town itself, what they want to become, what they want to be great at. The ability to be a part of that and unify something in one vision is very exciting.”

To get more Orange Beach City Schools information visit:  https://www.orangebeachboe.org/