Coach Farris Jenkins was a veteran coach who led the J. Z. George football and athletic programs most of his 30-plus year career. Coach Jenkins was born in Kilmichael, he was an All Mid State Conference quarterback and earned his degrees at Mississippi State. He began his 36-year coaching career in 1964 and spent one year as an assistant coach at Vaiden before arriving at J. Z. George High at Carrollton. He led the Wildcat football team to 207 wins out of 319 games with only 104 losses and 4 ties. His best teams were in the mid-1970’s through the early 1980’s with 8 conference crowns (4 Big Black & 4 Delta Hills Conference titles), 1 district and North State title, plus the 1982 State BB championship. Farris managed the athletics program at J. Z. George for 30 years. He was selected as an assistant coach in the 1978 Bernard Blackwell All-Star Classic and returned as a head coach for the 1983 game. He served as an assistant coach in the MS/AL All-Star game.