PA Alumnus Josh Wright takes over at Tuscaloosa Academy

Pickens Academy alumnus Josh Wright, a four-time AISA state champion at Bessemer Academy, was recently named head coach at Tuscaloosa Academy. Wright and his wife, Caroline, live in Tuscaloosa, which made the move hard to turn down. "It was a big factor that I get to wake my daughter up, take her to school, and I get to see her when I come home," Wright said. "I never get to see her in the mornings (at Bessemer) because I usually leave the house at 5:30 and there's a lot of times on a Friday night, especially if it's an away game, a junior high football game or a basketball game, that I don't see her before I go to bed and that wears on you as a parent. That played a big factor in it. Nothing with this had anything to do with Bessemer."