Nagy named new Mosley athletic director

LYNN HAVEN — Mosley High School didn’t wait until Tim Jennings’ retirement to find its new athletic director.

Danny Nagy has been tapped as the successor for the Dolphins, it was announced on Thursday. Jennings will retire in June after a 25-year career at Mosley, including 12 as AD. Nagy will take over those duties in January.

Nagy, a 1988 Bay High School graduate, is an assistant football coach and teaches computer/media technology at Mosley, where he has been on staff for 10 years. The 42-year-old said he has harbored notions of joining the athletic director ranks for several years, and when it came open at Mosley he left little question he wanted the position.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity and I feel blessed and lucky to be here,” Nagy said. “I had been thinking about it for a while. When this came open it felt right.”

Nagy didn’t feel the same about an earlier opening this year at his alma mater. Bay didn’t renew Frank Sorrells’ contract this summer and advertised for a new football coach. Nagy’s name immediately became a topic of speculation and it is likely he could have become a top candidate simply by interjecting his name into the discussion.

Instead Nagy made it clear that Mosley was his home when he informed Dolphins’ head football coach Perry Brown and others that he had no interest in entering the coaching search at Bay.

“It didn’t feel right for me when it came to Bay,” Nagy said. “When I came back to Bay County, came to Mosley, it felt like there was no better place to be. I couldn’t see myself leaving.”

Jennings will be on hand during the transition to offer advice and aid in administrative duties. He said Nagy was the perfect choice as the new athletic director and the timing was in place to make the change.

“This was the best way to do it for all of us,” Jennings said. “I’ll remain in the classroom and be like a consultant.”

Nagy said Jennings provided a good model to learn from as he attempts to uphold Mosley’s success on and off the field.

“I’ve worked with all these great coaches,” Nagy said. “We’ve always done a good job of bringing in quality coaches and teachers and I want to (help) continue to do that.

“We always have a great atmosphere, too. And we don’t only excel in athletics, but academics here.”