25 teams in 25 days: Biloxi Indians

“Its exciting, you know, the potential is here. Everything is in place we’ve just got to get it done.”

The Biloxi Indians picked up six wins last season and finished the year .500 with a 6-6 overall record that saw them bounced in the first round of the playoffs to Oak Grove high school. First-year head coach Jamey Dubose understands that things are not going to change overnight. He also understands the recipe for success and sees the necessary ingredients in this years team.

“We are looking forward right now to every day,” Dubose said. “We are taking it one day at a time, you know, our motto is 1% better every day. Our guys have really accepted that and bought in to what we are doing and what is going on. I think they are really excited as to what is coming next and that is what I am excited about also.”

Saying his team is excited might be an understatement. Seniors Wyatt Pyron and Jalen Anderson say their team is look to prove other schools wrong, while proving themselves right.

“Yessir I can’t wait. All of the guys are excited too,” Pyron said. “Everybody is just really excited and we are going to surprise some people this year. Everybody’s mindset is different this year because we are not going to be average anymore – we are going to really step it up. I’m excited and everybody else is too, I can’t wait to lead this team.”

“If we get everybody to buy in and get 1% better as a team, then the team is going to get 1% better, that is going to equal 100% eventually,” Anderson said. “It’s going to be very exciting. Especially since we are getting a new field. It’ll be very exciting to see our fans and out community coming to see us play on the new field so that is going to be very exciting.”

Dubose is no stranger to winning. Throughout his coaching career, he has eight state championship appearances with five rings to show for it. Three of those came as a head coach. Dubose, Pyron, and Anderson all have one goal in mind…to win a state championship. They all understand it is going to be built day-by-day and they will need the entire community behind them.

“It’s not just a coach coming in – no,” Dubose said. “It’s going to take a community, it’s going to take a school, it’s going to take players, it’s going to take a training staff. Everywhere I have been success has followed because of the buy-in.”

“That would be great,” Anderson said. “With this being my senior year, my main goal is getting a state championship before I graduate. So that would be amazing.”

“That is always our end goal,” Pyron said. “But we are just going to take the days one at a time, you know, and we are going to get there.”

Biloxi will open their 2024 season on Friday, August 30th at home against the Stone Tomcats.