The Pirates announced on June 5 the hiring of Armwood High defensive coordinator Fred Hicks as its new football coach, replacing the departing Alphonso Freeney, who accepted a head football coaching job at Saks High School in Alabama.
The Hawks’ defensive coordinator led a unit that allowed 12.2 points per game in 2022, when Armwood went 6-4.
Freeney turned around a Pasco team that went 0-10 in 2021 and led the Pirates (9-2) to a Class 3S playoff berth.
