Ben Penny promoted to head football coach at Triton
Ben Penny has been promoted to head football coach at Triton High School.
He has been the defensive coordinator at Triton since 2009. Before coming to Triton, Penny worked as a graduate assistant coach at Campbell under former head coach Dale Steele, who is his father-in-law.
Since 2009, Penny's defense has allowed 18.2 points per game.
Penny is a 2001 Triton High graduate and received a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Campbell. He takes over for Ashley Ennis, who left Triton to coach football at North Johnston.
"It has always been a dream of mine to be a head football coach," Penny said in a statement. "I am truly blessed to be able to do it where I played high school football. I can't say enough about the job that Coach Ennis has done here at Triton. He has been a great mentor to me in the last six years."
The Hawks return a total of nine starters from last season.