Veteran coach Mark Wilson has been hired to take over the Bryan County High School football program and as athletic director.

Wilson was chosen by a committee including school representatives and community members. His hiring was approved at Thursday night's Board of Education meeting. Wilson is 96-94-1 in 18 years at a number of high schoosl around Georgia.

He was most recently coach at Americus-Sumter in Region 1AAAA, one of the state's toughest Class AAAA regions. Wilson replaces Ron Lewis, who resigned recently after 12 seasons at the helm and a 28-92 record.

 More on this story in Saturday's Bryan County News.