With a 25-21 record in four seasons running, the St. Pius X football team, Chad Garrison and the Golden Lions look to extend their streak of making the postseason to 20 years in Garrison’s fifth season with the program. Following a 7-4 season last year where they started out the season 6-1, the Golden Lions lost in the first round of the playoffs to Perry and finished fourth in the region behind Marist, Southwest DeKalb and Tucker. The Golden Lions had 12 players selected to All-Region teams at the conclusion of last season, but will only have three returning to the roster this season after graduating the other nine. Rising junior fullback John Taylor is back for another season in the Golden Lions run-heavy offense following a first-team All-Region Region 5-4A selection in 2024.
Taylor is a bruiser of a running back as he is used not only in the short yardage situations, but is a valuable run-and-pass blocker for St. Pius when they need him. Junior punter Stevie Maloof returns to the Golden Lions, proving a reliable option in the special teams department for St. Pius. Junior running back Dexter Mosley is another name that the Golden Lions return in their backfield. Mosley recently picked up an Arkansas-Pine Bluff offer in June. For the first time in the football program’s history, the Golden Lions will kick off their season at the Corky Kell & Dave Hunter Classic in Mercedes-Benz Stadium when they will face Dunwoody.
Head Coach: Chad Garrison
Coach Record: 25-21
2024 Record: 7-4
2024 Region: 5-4A
2024 Region Record: 6-2
2025 Region: 5-4A
Stadium Name: George B. Maloof Stadium
2025 Schedule:
8/16 Dunwoody (Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Corky Kell))
8/22 @ Lakeside-DeKalb (Adams Stadium)
9/05 Northview
9/11 @ Druid Hills (Adams Stadium)
9/19 Southwest DeKalb
9/26 @ North Springs (Johns Creek HS)
10/03 Clarkston
10/10 @ Marist
10/17 @ Lithonia
10/24 Tucker
