Former Alabama and Fayette County quarterback Lance Tucker is returning to his home state as a high school football coach.

Tucker was approved Monday night as the new head football coach at Demopolis. He replaces Brian Seymore, who was approved as the new head coach at Greenville but later announced he was not taking that position after all.

Tucker was approved unanimously, according to Demopolis City superintendent Tony Willis.

Tucker grew up playing for his dad, legendary coach Waldon Tucker, at Fayette County High.

He led the Tigers to 54 wins and still ranks among the state’s all-time leaders in completions (586), attempts (1,202), passing touchdowns (63) and career passing yards (8,173) among other categories.

Tucker eventually followed his father’s first tenure at Fayette County as head coach. (Waldon Tucker returned to coach for two seasons in 2020 and 2021). Lance Tucker coached the Tigers for eight years, winning 76 games and leading the team to three state championship games. He was also head coach at Sipsey Valley in 2010.

He left the state in 2019 to become head coach at Bartlett, Tenn. A year ago, he brought his Panthers down to play 7A power Hoover, losing 56-7 in the second week of the season.

Bartlett finished 11-3 last fall, losing 50-39 to Beech (Hendersonville) 50-39 in the playoffs.

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