The head football coach and athletic director position at Walton High School is one step closer to being filled.

The window to submit applications closed last week (Jan. 17) and Walton Principal Russell Hughes estimated there to be between 45-50 applicants.

Though former football coach/AD Bobby Bennett is employed at the school until his contract expires on Feb. 29th, Hughes is looking to move expeditiously through the process.

“I hope to begin interviews maybe next week,” Hughes said, “and then the following week I hope I can finalize around the 10th or the 13th [of February].

“That’s the timeline I’ve set for myself and it depends upon several things.”

Having been busy with a short week of work and a recent conference, Hughes hasn’t sorted through all of the applicants but came away impressed with some of the ones he’s already seen.

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