By Marla Jones, Sports Editor • marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala. — This week’s Spotlight on Coaches is shining on Nick Ledbetter, Head Coach for the Plainview Bears Varsity Football Team.

Ledbetter is a Rainsville native and alumnus of Plainview High School. He played for the Bears as an all-state linebacker during his senior season in 1999. He began his coaching career at Plainview as a volunteer coach in the fall of 2000. He is a graduate of Northeast Alabama Community College and the University of Alabama.

He then came to serve as coach at DAR before returning home to Plainview as a defensive coordinator to Coach Dale Pruitt for eight years. He then moved to Scottsboro as a basketball coach before landing at Sylvania as a defensive coordinator to Coach Matt Putnam.

Ledbetter will begin his tenure as Head Coach this fall at Plainview. He is married to Melissa Ledbetter and they have twin boys: Tripp and Major.