WATSON LEADS TEAM TO STATE TITLE

Josh Watson ’09, MAT’11 coached Salem (Arkansas) High School to the state 3A football championship last fall and was named 2024 Coach of the Year by Hooten’s Arkansas Football and the Arkansas High School Coaches Association, head coach for the East Football AllStar Team, and Coach of the Year by the Arkansas Sports Network.

With the title win, Watson became the school’s winningest coach with a 43-18 record.

Following the season, he announced that he will take over as the new head coach at Ozark (Arkansas) High School.

Watson’s parents are Joe ’75 and the late Julie Clifton Watson ’76; his grandmother is Evelyn Hill Clifton ’53.

In the photo, he poses with Salem’s Skyler Payne (left), who was named Hooten’s3A Defensive Player of the Year.

Joshua Watson ’09, M’11 (right) of Salem, Arkansas, was named the Arkansas 3A Football Coach of the Year.