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Football Coaches

MALCOLM BUNCHE DEFENSIVE LINE

Coach Bunche is entering his second year as the Defensive line coach at East Coweta High School. A graduate of the University of Miami, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts while on a football scholarship. He later attended UCLA for graduate school, where he studied Child Education.Following his academic career, Coach Bunche played six years of professional football in both the NFL and XFL.He has been happily married

to his wife, Kiki, for nine years, and together they have three wonderful children: Walter (16), Malachi (7), and Mia (2).

AJ ELLIS HEAD 9TH GRADE COACH

Coach A.J. Ellis is entering his 7th year on the sidelines for the Indians after spending 10 seasons as an assistant coach at Sandy Creek High School in Fayette County. He will be the 9th grade head coach, and coach the quarterbacks for 9th grade. He will also be coaching basketball at East Coweta. A graduate of Northgate igh in 2008, where he played football, basketball and baseball, he began coaching while working on his Associates degree at Georgia Military College. He is married to McKenzie, and they have one daughter, Remi, who is 4 years old, and twin boys, Tré and Ty, 2 years old.

MATTHEW PEARCE TIGHT ENDS

Coach Matt Pearce is starting his 3rd year of teaching and 5th year of coaching. 2025 will mark his 3rd season at East Coweta and first as Tight Ends coach having previously served as 9th Grade Defensive Coordinator. Before coming to East Coweta, Coach Pearce served as assistant head coach at Lee Middle School and has also coached at Cedar Shoals High School and Clarke Central High School. Coach Pearce also coaches soccer at East

Coweta, serving as boys JV head coach. Pearce graduated from Northumbria University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree before completing a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia (2012) and a Master’s of Art and Teaching in Secondary History at the University of West Georgia (2022).