<b>By Justin Jarrett</b>

<b>LowcoSports.com</b>

Battery Creek has parted ways with football coach Walt Wilson after three seasons, the school confirmed Thursday.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

Athletics director Sarah Hayes said offensive coordinator Cameron Bolton has been named the Dolphins’ interim head coach, and a search for Wilson’s permanent replacement will begin immediately.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

“We would like to thank Coach Wilson for his dedication to our student-athletes not only on the football field, but also for his tireless efforts to ensure our student-athletes had opportunities to play at the next level,” Hayes said.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

Wilson was named the LowcoSports Coach of the Year after leading the Dolphins to a 4-6 season and a No. 3 playoff seed in his first year at the helm in 2017, but his young team struggled to a 2-9 mark a year later and finished 3-6 this season. Battery Creek has lost in the first round of the playoffs each of the past three seasons.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

Wilson met with his team Wednesday to share the news that he would not return. Hayes said the school will consider both internal and external candidates and hopes to make a hire by the end of February.

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