- November 23, 2024
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Travis Roland bled Mainland High School's blue and gold. Now, he'll be wearing the Columbia blue and Navy colors of Camden County, Georgia.
Mainland High School football coach Travis Roland has stepped down to take over the football program at Camden County in Kingsland, Georgia.
Roland was both a player and a head coach at Mainland, winning a state championship in both roles.
According to the Tribune & Georgian newspaper in St. Marys, Georgia, the Camden County Schools Board of Education voted 4-1 to hire Roland to succeed long-time coach Jeff Herron, who announced his retirement a month ago.
Roland led the Buccaneers to the Class 3S state championship in 2023 and was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Coach of the Year. He compiled a 30-10 record with two state championship game appearances in three seasons with his alma mater.
The Bucs went 14-1 this past season, winning the title with a 21-19 victory against St. Augustine. Roland also won a state championship as a linebacker and team captain with Mainland in 2003.
Before taking the Bucs' job in 2021, Roland was the head coach at Flagler Palm Coast High School, where he had a record of 58-22. Roland's overall coaching record is 88-32.
Herron won 176 games and three state championships with Camden County. In 32 seasons overall, he had a record of 334-69.
Roland becomes the second Volusia-Flagler football coach to take a head coaching job in Georgia in the past two seasons. Former FPC coach Robert Paxia took over the program at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder, Georgia, last year.
After his hiring was announced, Roland told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that Camden County is "one of the best jobs in all of the country."
