Bell, a 1994 Plainview High School alum, started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Fort Payne High School for four seasons before becoming an assistant coach at Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa. After two seasons as an assistant, Bell served as Northridge’s head coach for three seasons (2006-08). Bell was then Plainview’s head coach for five seasons (2009-14) before joining Kenny Hill’s coaching staff at Scottsboro prior to the 2013-14 season.

Bell takes over for Hill in 2020, to be head coach of the Wildcats.