Kent Briggs, a former football coach at Cherokee and Western Carolina, has died at the age of 68. Briggs led Cherokee to its only state championship in 2017 after taking over a winless program. He was ...

The funeral service for former Western Carolina University football coach Kent Briggs has been announced.

CHEROKEE - Kent Briggs has seen his life change in little ways since leading Cherokee to the 1A state football title nearly a month ago. The Braves head coach often gets stopped on his weekend errands ...

CHEROKEE – Kent Briggs was more than a football coach. Briggs spent nearly all of his career in the mountains, from the time he was a quarterback at Reynolds to his days at Western Carolina – as a ...