The Water Valley Board of Trustees voted to name Clint Faust as head coach for the Water Valley Football program tonight. A graduate of Saltillo High School, Coach Faust has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics from The University of Mississippi and a specialist degree in administration from Arkansas State. He is married to Lindsey Faust, and they have three children Harper, Will, and Wade.
Coach Faust has been teaching and coaching for 19 years and is currently teaching Algebra II and Algebra III at Water Valley High School. His career includes twelve (12) years at Water Valley, one (1) year at Itawamba Agricultural High School, and three (3) years as a head coach at Bruce High School. He returned to Water Valley in 2020 and has been an assistant football coach for the past three (3) years.
“I feel like my career has come full circle, and I get to finish where I started. My family and I have always considered Water Valley home,” Faust states. “I want to thank God, my family, our administration, and school board for the opportunity to become the next head football coach. I want to use this platform to help young men become amazing citizens, future fathers, and husbands. We plan on putting a competitive team together that will honor those that came before us and leave a legacy for those that come after us.”