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Football - Varsity

2022 - 2023

Head Coach: William Lazenby

BAYSIDE ACADEMY’S CORE VALUES

Excellence, Responsibility, Integrity, Leadership, Community, Respect

BAYSIDE ACADEMY BOYS VARSITY FOOTBALL

Our program competes in the AHSAA at the 3A classification with athletes in the 9th through 12th grade. The Bayside Academy football program just completed its 23rd season, with 22 of those seasons at the varsity level.

During the past 16 seasons, varsity football has been to the playoffs 14 times, with a playoff record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Our varsity football team has finished ranked in the top 10 six times.

Our 2023 varsity football team finished the season with an 8–3 record, 2nd in 4A Region 1, and a playoff appearance.

TEAM HISTORY
- 2015 AHSAA 3A State Runner-Up
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL
- Graham Uter '23: Football scholarship to SMU
- 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.