7th Grade Football

TERRY OWENS

7th grade head coach

Coach Owens enters his 29th year as a community coach.  He is the head coach of the 6th & 7th Grade Football program.  Coach Owens started his career at the University of Alabama, then transferred to Jacksonville State University, and was signed by the CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers.  He & his wife, Donna, have 5 children, Terry Lee, Alexis, Jacqueline, Elizabeth, Natalie, and currently 7 grandchildren.

RONNY CONE

7th grade assistant coach

Coach Cone has been at St. Pius X for over 20 years as a community coach. He attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in Industrial Management. Coach Cone was drafted by the New York Jets and played three years with that team as a running back. He has been a youth league coach for 35 years . He and his wife Janet have three children; Kevin, 35, Zachary 32 and Amy, 30.

MIKE FANNON

7th grade assistant coach

Coach Fannon has been a volunteer middle school coach for more than 20 years. He is a proud SPX graduate class of 1974. He was a 3 sport letterman his senior year playing basketball, track and a member of the 9-1 football team that recorded 6 shutout wins under legendary Hall of fame Coach George B. Maloof. He comes from a St. Pius X family where all 8 children graduated from St. Pius. From 1975-1976, he played football at Youngstown State University.  He was Freshman VC assistant in 1977.  He was Youngstown Hardhats player (LB) of the mid-Atlantic minor league football (all league selection) and 1983 Defensive end player with Marietta Chargers of the Georgia Football league. He is married to Paula Thomas a 1982 graduate of SPX for over 30 years. His 2 daughters naturally are also St. Pius graduates,  Danielle 2007 & Megan 2009.   Coach Fannon was named St. Pius X co- alumni of the year 2002.

GREGG SOHA

7th grade assistant coach