By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
Bridges Prep has nabbed a new athletics director from the largest public school in Beaufort County.
Brett Macy, who has been the athletics director at May River High School since its inception, announced his resignation from the school Tuesday and confirmed he will serve as athletics director and assistant principal at Bridges Prep next school year.
Macy previously was the head boys basketball coach at Bluffton High School before being selected to launch the athletics program at May River in 2016.
“I feel like we did a good job of building what we built at May River,” Macy said, “and we have an opportunity at Bridges to do something similar with a young program.”
Macy said the school recently broke ground on a basketball facility that should be completed next spring and the campus includes space for competition and practice fields for soccer — and potentially a future football program.
“I think that’s kind of down the road,” Macy said. “It would be fun to start a football program again. I certainly think that’s something to look forward to.”
His more immediate priorities are yet to be determined, but Macy said he plans to spend the summer getting to know his new coaches and evaluating the school’s athletics programs to identify areas for potential growth.
“That’s different than May River, because it was ground zero at May River and they’ve been up and moving for a little while at Bridges, but they’re still in a growing period,” Macy said. “We’ll kind of evaluate to see where we’re at, where we can grow, and where we can have success early and kind of go from there.”
Macy’s departure means May River will have a new principal, athletics director, and head football coach — and each will be the second in the school’s history. With a new era beginning for the Sharks, Macy felt the timing was right for a change of his own.
“My coaches at May River are awesome, and they’ve done a fabulous job in the first seven years of starting the program,” Macy said. “I think the groundwork has been set there, and now they’re ready to continue that. I’ll miss those guys and girls. They’re a huge part of my life. But I’m looking forward to the challenge at Bridges and what the future holds and working with those people over there.”
Justin Jarrett is the sports editor of The Island News and the founder of LowcoSports.com. He was the sports editor of the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette for 6½ years. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.
