Billy Elmore

Billy Elmore grew up working the farmlands of West Arkansas near Mansfield where a strong work ethic was ingrained in him from an early age. 

As a three-sport athlete Elmore took a preference towards baseball and football, the former which he played during his college career at Arkansas Tech. 

He worked as a student teacher/coach at Booneville for Ken Rippy before taking his first full-time job across the state at Barton where he worked on Frank McClellan's staff in 1995-96. 

After returning to West Arkansas in 1997, Elmore served as defensive coordinator at Greenwood and was a part of the staff that won a state title in 2000. He was also the head baseball coach during that time and led the Bulldogs to a state championship in 1999.

Elmore took his first job as a head football coach at Glen Rose in 2002 where he built the program from the ground up and led the Beavers to a state title in 2007. Following a short stint at Arkadelphia, Elmore then went to Stuttgart and won his second state championship in 2012.

His final head coaching job would be at West Memphis from 2014-19 winning 28 games in his final three seasons before accepting his current role as athletic director.