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DeVante’ Pettiford steps into the head coaching role at his alma mater By Evan M ar kfie ld | P h o to graphy by J ohn Mi chael Si m pson
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chapelhillmagazine.com
November 2022
Orange High School football head coach DeVante’ Pettiford, flanked by players Jabari Albright and Wynston Brown.
∞ D own the hall from a handful of practicing band members, DeVante’ Pettiford is sitting in a darkened classroom at Orange High School with game footage playing on a projector up front. It’s a setting he’s plenty familiar with, having played football at Orange before graduating in 2011 and going on to play defensive tackle at Virginia State University. He eventually returned to Orange as an assistant coach. The big difference is that now DeVante’ is in the big chair at his alma mater, serving as the Panthers’ first-year head coach and the first