The DeKalb County Tigers have a new basketball coach as John Sanders from Smith County was announced as the new boys coach Friday morning. “I think we got a good quality basketball coach but even more importantly I think we’ve got a quality man to lead our student athletes,” said DCHS Principal Randy Jennings moments after Sanders was introduced to the players he will lead into the coming season. “We had about 40 applicants and Coach Sanders’ name just kept coming back to the top.