CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Clarksville High football is riding a 16-game regular season winning streak, thanks to effective and efficient play on each side of the ball. While Isaac Shelby’s offense gets a lot of the credit, the defense has also been dominant for years, with defensive coordinator Taylor Stanley leading the way.
Similarly to previous seasons, Clarksville High’s defense has minimized their opponent’s ability to find the endzone during the 2024-25 season. CHS has held opponents to single digits in four out of the six games they’ve played this year. Taking it one step further, the Wildcats’ defense has allowed their opponents to score a mere 15 points per game since 2018, with inner-city opponents only averaging 10.7 points per game against CHS.
Stanley is a Clarksville native who played wide receiver and defensive back for the Wildcats from 2004 to 2007. He was also a member of the 2006 Wildcat team that advanced to the TSSAA quarterfinals, the farthest Clarksville High has ever been in the postseason.
As fate would have it, Stanley’s position coach in high school is the now-Clarksville High head coach Isaac Shelby…