Louisville High School Football is heading into the new season with two important moves on staff, promoting Corey McCullough to offensive coordinator and tight ends coach and bringing George Richardson back as co-defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach.
Both announcements were posted by the program this week as Louisville continued to put its coaching staff in place for 2026.
McCullough steps into a larger role after working last season as quarterbacks coach, passing game coordinator, and special teams coordinator.
He is from Louisville, Mississippi, holds a bachelor’s degree from Alcorn State and a master’s degree from Georgia Southern, and brings coaching experience from Grayson and Lowndes in Georgia.
The program also tied him to one state championship in his coaching background, giving Louisville an in-house promotion with both local roots and experience at major high school programs.
There is also a hometown angle to the move. Louisville introduced McCullough as a Louisville High graduate and listed stops that included Northeast Lauderdale in 2022 and Lowndes in 2023 before his current run with the Wildcats.
His playing background adds another layer. At Alcorn State, McCullough handled kicking duties and set the school’s single-season field goal record with 17 made field goals in 2017.
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Richardson returns as co-defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach, bringing what the program described as 26 seasons of coaching experience, including nine seasons with head coach Tyrone Shorter.
Richardson has been part of four state championship teams and holds a bachelor’s degree from Alabama A&M.
Richardson is not a new name around Louisville football. When Greenville High introduced him as head coach in 2023, the school described him as a California native who had helped lead Louisville to the 2020 Class 4A state championship as defensive coordinator.
The school also credited him with leading four Mississippi defenses to state titles, which lines up with the experience Louisville is bringing back onto its staff now.
Taken together, the two moves give Louisville a staff look that mixes continuity with experience. McCullough already knows the current roster and now moves into control of the offense, while Richardson returns with a longer résumé and championship history tied to both Louisville and Shorter.
Louisville also added Austin Telano as its new quarterbacks coach, giving the staff another fresh piece ahead of the new season. Telano is from Lafayette, Louisiana, holds a bachelor’s degree from MUW, and earned his master’s degree from Mississippi State.
He joins the Wildcats with a reputation for energy, discipline, and close attention to detail, which should fit well in a role centered on quarterback development
With spring practice already on the calendar and Shorter still leading the program, Louisville’s latest staff updates make it clear the Wildcats are leaning on familiar names as they build toward the 2026 season.
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