It has been a unique spring for the Kennesaw Mountain football team.

The Mustangs have had to learn a new offense, get used to a new football coach and then have to wonder whether that coach will still be there when fall practice starts in August.

"That's something for you to ask Cobb County Athletic Director Steve Jones or our Athletic Director John Kelly," said new Kennesaw Mountain coach Chad McGehee, who became only the second coach in Mustangs' history after Scott Jones stepped down following a 1-9 2009 season. "Right now I'm just looking forward to working with them this summer."

Whether McGehee will still be working with them this summer is still up in the air because of the Cobb County School Board's recent budget cuts. Because of the cuts 1,000 teachers and nearly all those that had fewer than two years of service, which would include McGehee, were not offered contracts for the 2010-11 school year, but the new Mustangs head man plans to put his system in place until someone tells him otherwise.

That system includes a new spread offense designed to take advantage of the players they have coming back in the fall.

"We've been working on the basics," said the 34-year old McGehee, who came to Kennesaw Mountain after a successful stint as the defensive coordinator at Parkview. "Learning what percentage of run versus pass we need to use. We found out we can run a little bit."

McGehee said rising senior Diamond Stewart had a "really good spring" running the ball, but his success, like the rest of the team, will depend on how they approach the summer workouts heading toward fall practice.

A pair of Wills will challenge for the starting quarterback positions. Will Campbell, who started for Kennesaw Mountain last fall, will be challenged by Will Southall. Both quarterbacks have earned a lot of special attention from McGehee.

"They started working with me in March," McGehee said. "They've been working with me on the chalkboard and watching film."

Both played well during the spring and will continue their competition heading into the summer.

Defensively, McGehee did not get specific, but said he was happy with the way the unit performed under defen-sive coordinator Jason Roquemore

Overall, McGehee said the Mustangs learned a lot this spring and grew as a team, both physically and mentally. The physical part was in pure numbers as more than 90 players came out for spring practice. By the time the spring was over, nearly 90 remained. In addition, McGehee said practices were up-beat, and up-tempo.

Mentally, McGehee just wants to give his team an opportunity to have success.

"We just want to put the kids in good position to win some games," McGehee said.