Football Spotlight: Norcross High Coach Keith Maloof

If there's one thing head football Coach Keith Maloof lives by, it's what his father always said.

"Do the best you can with the ability God gave you, and you'll always be a champion," said his dad, George, who coached the St. Pius X football team for 26 years.

Maloof himself has been the head coach at Norcross High for 14 years now, but has been in the field of coaching football for 28 years. Before landing in Norcross, he assisted and headed the high school football teams for Loganville, Meadowcreek, Tucker and Dacula, where he helped coach under his brother, Kevin, who retired in 2011. Maloof was the head baseball coach there, too.

And the sports in his family doesn't stop there: His son Tyler pitched for the baseball team at the University of Georgia, and his other son Tanner played baseball and football at Norcross before graduating in May. He now plays baseball for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.

It's no doubt that Maloof takes pride in the Blue Devils since he and the coaching staff have helped produced a consistently efficient team. Last year the team's record was 8-3, and in 2006 and 2007 Norcross won Region 7-AAAAA's title, which is the team's aim for 2012.

"Last year we fell short of our goal," Maloof said. "We got into the playoffs, but we got beat in the first round. This year we're looking to go further in the state playoffs and hopefully challenge for a state championship."

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