PUNTA GORDA (SNN-TV) – After two seasons as Charlotte High head football coach, Wade Taylor has stepped down.
The Fightin’ Tarpons went 5-5 this past season and lost to Naples High, 37-0, in the first round of the playoffs.
In 2020, Charlotte went 7-4. It reached the region semifinal, defeating Lehigh Acres East Lee County, 51-0, in the first round before losing to Naples Palmetto Ridge, 28-6.
Previously an assistant coach, Taylor took over for long-time Charlotte coach Binky Waldrop.
Charlotte’s director of athletics Brian Nolan plans to have a new head coach in place by the middle of January.