DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | Its been nearly two months since Bobby Bennett was fired from being the head football coach and Athletic Director at DeFuniak Springs Walton, but now his replacement is getting close.
The Northwest Florida Daily News is reporting that one time Fort Walton Beach Coach, Jimmy Ray Stephens is in line to be named the next head coach and athletic director.
Walton’s principal, Russell Hughes,  made the recommendation to hire Stephens to the Walton County School Board which will be voted on at its next meeting in March.
Stephens, who has spent the last 20 years in the college coaching ranks, told the Daily News that he is ready to come back home to Florida and coach again at the high school level.
Stephens is known around the region for coaching Fort Walton Beach to the Class 4A state championship in 1991.
