After a 2-8 finish last season, Chamblee enters the 2025 season ready to right the ship and get back to its winning ways. Head coach Bob Swank previously coached Pope and Duluth before taking over Chamblee’s head coaching job in 2021. The 2-8 record last season was a low point in his career at Chamblee, but with experience returning and some holes to fill, the Bulldogs could put a few more victories in the win column. In 2021, the Bulldogs finished 9-1 but missed the playoffs. In 2022, Swank led the Bulldogs to an 8-3 finish and an appearance in the second round of the playoffs. The Bulldogs have been playing football since 1950 and in that time, have won just two region titles – in 1965 under head coach Gene Goff and 1982 in French Johnson’s last year at the helm, when the team finished 11-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In 2007, Chamblee made it to the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs in head coach Jim Showfety’s lone season as head coach of the Bulldogs. Before Swank’s arrival in 2021, the Bulldogs last earned a playoff berth in 2009 under head coach Michael Collins. Chamblee will open the season against Pace Academy on August 15 and will look to avenge last year’s 10-9 loss to the Knights. Despite having just two victories last season, one of those was in the final game of the year against Arabia Mountain when the Bulldogs won 28-21, giving momentum heading into the upcoming campaign.
Head Coach: Bob Swank
Coach Record: 41-71
2024 Record: 2-8
2024 Region: 4-5A
2024 Region Record: 2-5
2025 Region: 4-5A
Stadium Name: North DeKalb Stadium
2025 Schedule:
8/15 Pace Academy (ND)
8/22 @ Tucker
8/28 @ Southwest DeKalb (Hallford Stadium)
9/12 Decatur (ND)
9/19 @ Woodward Academy
9/26 Shiloh
10/03 @ Lakeside-DeKalb (Adams Stadium)
10/10 @ Tri-Cities
10/24 Dunwoody 10/31 Arabia Mountain
