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    2023 - 2024
    Head Coach: Barrett Trotter

    BAYSIDE ACADEMY’S CORE VALUES
    Excellence, Responsibility, Integrity, Leadership, Community, Respect
     
    BAYSIDE ACADEMY BOYS VARSITY FOOTBALL
    Our program competes in the AHSAA at the 4A classification with athletes in the 9th through 12th grade. The Bayside Academy football program just completed its 21st season, with 20 of those seasons at the varsity level. We’ve played most of those seasons in 3A Region 1.  
     
    During the past 16 seasons, varsity football has been to the playoffs 12 times, with a playoff record of 14 wins, 12 losses. Our varsity football team has finished ranked in the top 10 six times.  
     
    Our 2022 varsity football team finished the season with a 6–5 record and a playoff appearance. 
     
    TEAM HISTORY
    • 2015 AHSAA 3A State Runner-Up
     
    FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL
    • Steadman Jones ‘21: Football scholarship to Trinity University
    • Nathan Cook ‘19: Football scholarship to Birmingham-Southern College
    • Mac Douglas ‘19: Football scholarship to Trinity University
    • Killian Kahalley ‘19: Football scholarship to Birmingham-Southern College
    • Noah Waters ‘17: Football scholarship to Birmingham-Southern College
    • Colin Douglas ‘16: Football scholarship to University of West Alabama
    • Jack Heebe ‘16: Football scholarship to Jacksonville State University
    • Garris Goe ‘14: Football scholarship to Washington University in St. Louis
    • Jonathan Walton ‘13: Football scholarship to University of South Carolina
    • Dave McKeithen ‘10: Football scholarship to Sewanee: The University of the South
    HEAD COACH BARRETT TROTTER
    Barrett Trotter was named the head varsity football coach at Bayside Academy in February 2023. Coach Trotter comes to Bayside from Briarwood Christian School in Birmingham where he coached football and taught for two years. Prior to working at Briarwood, he coached at Auburn University and the University of North Carolina.  He spent the 2013–2016 seasons in the NFL coaching the Los Angeles (St. Louis) Rams.
     
    Additionally, Coach Trotter was a quarterback for Auburn University from 2008–2011 and was the starting quarterback during the 2011 season. He served as a team captain for his senior season. Academically, he was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for four consecutive years and was a National Football Foundation Hampton Scholar.
Overall Statistics
Wins Losses Ties percentage
6 2 0 75

Football - Varsity

Home
League
vs.
Elberta High School
Win 33-7
Bayside Academy - Freedom Track & Field
Home
League
vs.
Pike Liberal Arts School
Win 38-6
Bayside Academy - Freedom Track & Field
Away
League
vs.
St. Michael Catholic High School
Win 27-21
Home
League
vs.
Wilcox Central High School
Win 41-19
Playing Fields - Bayside Academy - Freedom Track & Field
Away
League
vs.
Jackson High School
Loss 0-35
Jackson High School - Legion Field at Simpkins Stadium
Home
League
vs.
T.R. Miller High School
Loss 17-31
Playing Fields - Bayside Academy - Freedom Track & Field
Away
League
vs.
Orange Beach High School
Win 35-14
Orange Beach Sportsplex
Home
League
vs.
Escambia County High School
Win 38-14
Playing Fields - Bayside Academy - Freedom Track & Field
Away
League
vs.
Satsuma High School
Satsuma High School - Copeland Field
Away
League
vs.
Alabama Christian Academy
Faulkner University - Billy D. Hilyer Stadium
Away

First Round of Playoffs

League
vs.
Jacksonville High School
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