Dedrick “DJ” Mayo, who accepted that job in January and had yet to coach his first game for the Lions, confirmed via Twitter on Tuesday that he is stepping down to become an offensive coordinator for Camden County of Georgia.
It makes him the latest in a long list of high school coaches who have departed Florida in favor of higher-paying positions in Georgia and Alabama.
Justin Barney, a sports editor for WJXT4 television in Jacksonville, Tweeted that the OC position at Camden, which is located in Kingsland, Ga., just above Jacksonville, pays $10,000, “plus quite a few additional days of pay tied to teaching contract”.