Prep football: Kitchie hired at Leto

(file photo from bradenton.com)Matt Kitchie is a head football coach again.

The Southeast graduate confirmed Thursday night he has been hired to pilot the program at Tampa Leto.

Kitchie graduated from Southeast in 1996 and was hired as Saint Stephen's head coach when the school resurrected a program in 2006. He went 11-14 in three seasons with the Falcons before leaving to take the head job at Land O'Lakes, where he was 17-3 before his tenure came to a halt last fall because of an off-the-field incident concerning one of his players.

Kitchie was one of the applicants vying to replace John Sprague at Riverview. That job went to Riverview alum Todd Johnson, who was hired earlier this month.

Leto went 1-9 last season.