By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com
IDER, Ala. — The Southern Torch Coach of the Week is Brent Tinker, Head Coach of the Ider Hornets Varsity Football team!
Coach Tinker is a 1987 graduate of Ider High School and attended the University of Tennessee (UTC) where played on the football team. He earned degrees in business management and human resources. He received his teaching degree from Jacksonville State University.
Coach Tinker is returning for his sixteenth season with the Hornets, where he has spent fifteen years as Head Coach and one year as an assistant.
Tinker has been married to his wife Shannon for seventeen years and they have two children: Carter, age 12 and Kirb, age 7.
