Head Coach, Gary Varner
Coach Gary Varner is a native of Syracuse, New York were he graduated from Liverpool High School in 1984. Upon graduation, Coach Varner attended Oswego State University were he obtained a bachelors degree in marketing. After graduating college, Coach Varner served 5 years in the United States Navy were he served on board the USS Truxton as a Nuclear Reactor Operator.  After his discharge from the Navy, Coach Varner earned his Masters Degree in Business Education at Oswego University as well as a Specialist in Business Education at West Georgia.  In 1996 Coach Varner relocated to Cobb County, Georgia were he accepted a position as Business Education teacher and offensive line coach at Pebblebrook High School.  During his time at Pebblebrook the Falcons achieved a perfect 10-0 season, a region championship, and a trip to the Sweet 16 in the state playoffs.  After his 5 years at Pebblebrook, Coach Varner accepted a job at Kell High School where he served as the offensive coordinator.  After his brief stint at Kell, Coach Varner accepted the offensive coordinator position at Roswell High School in the fall of 2005. During his first year at Roswell, he helped lead the Hornets to a region championship and a trip to the Sweet 16. During his tenure at Roswell the Hornets went 32-7-1 which included a 7-2-1 playoff record, a trip to the final 8 and a state championship in 2006.

Coach Byrd
Coach Byrd comes to us from Wheeler High school where he served as offensive coordinator the past two seasons. He is a graduate of Piedmont College with a BA in History/Education. He also received a Masters from Jacksonville State University in Educational Leadership. Coach Byrd and his wife Terri have a son, Cooper.

Coach David Cardoza
Coach Cardoza has fifteen years of coaching experience. He was the Head Football Coach at Branham High School in San Jose California for seven years before relocating to Georgia in 2006. He was selected as the head coach for the schools reopening. During his tenure at Branham, the football program moved from the lowest to the highest division of the three level Blossom Valley Athletic League. In 2004 and 2005 he was selected as a coach for the Charlie Wedemeyer Silicon Valley All-Star Classic. He has been residing in Georgia for the past two years. In 2006 he was the J.V. coordinator at Westlake High School and this past year he was at Chapel Hill High School where he coached linebackers. He received his Bachelors of Arts from Chico State University and his Masters in Educational Leadership from San Jose State. Coach Cardoza lives in Mableton with his wife Donna a native Georgian.

Coach Hunter
Coach Hunter is a 14 year veteran teacher/coach in Cobb County. Last year he was teaching at Garrett Middle School and the state director for FCA lacrosse chapter. Previously for 13 years Coach Hunter taught and coached at Harrison High School. While at Harrison he was the outside linebackers coach in football, head lacrosse coach, and the sponsor for FCA. Coach Hunter has also coached in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; Silver City, New Mexico; Pinedale Wyoming; and Denver, Colorado. As a head coach he has coached 3 state championship teams- 2 in track and 1 in football. Coach Hunter is married to Sally who teaches at Kennesaw Mountain and they have 3 sons, Josh, Isaiah, and Noah. Coach Hunter is Proud to be a BUC!!

Coach Troy Peterson
Coach Troy Petersen is a native of Powder Springs, Georgia.  He graduated from McEachern High School where he was a three year letterman in both football and soccer.  After high school, Coach Petersen attended  Tennessee Technological University where he played football and obtained a bachelors degree in physical education. In 1995, Coach Petersen moved back to Georgia and began teaching and coaching in Cobb County.  He accepted a position as a linebackers coach at South Cobb High School.  After a year coaching at South Cobb, Coach Petersen began teaching and coaching at Wheeler High School.  He spent six years at Wheeler where he coached football (linebackers), boy’s soccer, swimming. In 2002, Coach Petersen accepted a job to open Kell High School where he coached football and soccer.  He was also one of the head strength and conditioning coaches.  After four years at Kell High School, Coach Petersen was offered and accepted the head strength and conditioning position as well as linebackers coach at Hillgrove High School until the spring of 2008. Coach Peterson also earned a Master Degree in Educational Administration from Jacksonville State University and is currently working on his Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership at Lincoln Memorial University.  Coach Troy Petersen is excited about being the Defensive Coordinator for the Buccaneers and looks forward to building traditions and watching the football program grow. Coach Petersen has been married to Laurie Taylor Petersen for one year and appreciates all the love and support she has given him while starting his third High school program.

Kimberly Armbruster, M.Ed, ATC/LAT
Kimberly is coming to Allatoona HS from Paulding County HS where she was the athletic trainer for the past two years.  She also finished her first year teaching Elementary Physical Education at Northside/Union Elementary Schools.  Originally from Missouri, Kimberly is a 2004 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri .  From Southeast, she graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Health Management/Athletic Training.  She is also a 2006 graduate of Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia where she received her Master’s Degree in Health and Physical Education.  During graduate school, Kimberly was employed by Hughston Orthopedic Hospital and provided medical coverage for Hardaway High School which is also in Columbus, Georgia.