Calabar stalwart Messias lands coaching role at rivals KC

Veteran coach Errol Messias has departed Calabar High for rivals Kingston College (KC) and will join forces with Hamin Pagon in spearheading KC’s middle and long-distance running programme for the upcoming athletics season.

Messias made the switch after approximately 30 years at the Red Hills Road school, where he, along with head coach Michael Clarke, masterminded some memorable victories. Following Clarke’s departure from Calabar in 2022, he was appointed interim head coach.

However, he was overlooked for the head coaching role after serving as interim in 2022, when the school appointed Corey Bennett to the role, and again after Bennett’s departure last year when throwers coach Julian Robinson was hired to fill the vacancy.