Following a successful season at the helm, Pasco High football coach Alphonso Freeney announced on April 20 he would step down from his position at the end of the spring football season.
Freeney came into a struggling program that had been 9-22 in its past three seasons, including a winless 2021 season that saw the Pirates score just 18 points. However, in his first season as head coach, Freeney revived Pasco into a 9-2 playoff team, led by running back Tayshaun Balmir, who had 1,899 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.
Freeney, an Alabama native, said he is returning home to coach football due to a compensatory “package” he “could not refuse for my family.”
