Coach Courtney is a 2009 Rocket alum. Per the article, he played TE/LB for the Rockets under Al Starnes and was on their 2008 football team that made it to the 1A semifinals. He's a Kentucky State football alum, and coached their briefly as a graduate assistant before moving to an assistant coaching position at Webster County, coaching for two years under Ben Gore and Zach Lagrange. He returned to his alma mater for the 2017 season as a linebacker coach under Al Starnes and has been their defensive coordinator since 2018.

Congratulations and good luck to Coach Courtney and the Rockets!

Courtney named Rockets' head football coach

Congrats Coach Courtney! 

Sounds like a solid hire for the Rockets, anyone?

Yes a great hire that will have the support of the fan base and players!

Continuation worked well going from Starnes to Thompson. I suspect it will be more of the same going from Thompson to Courtney. Crittenden County is a very solid program. Good hire!

Sounds like a great hire to me. Wants to be there, played there and has passion their!  Go Rockets!

This is how the successful schools do it. When a head coach moves on, hire their #1 assistant to continue continuity in the program.