Administration

I am a lifelong resident of Bradley County. I graduated from Lee University with a B.S. in History and started my educational career at Bradley Central in 2002. I graduated from Tennessee Tech with my M.A. in 2005 and Ed.S. in 2006. I taught World History or U.S. History for 21 years at BCHS. I now serve Bradley Central as the Business Academy Principal. I have been married to Claire since 2002. We have one daughter (Caitlin) and two dogs. When not at school, I enjoy being outdoors, traveling, watching sports, and spending time with my family. I’m very excited for this year! Go Bears!

I was raised in Augusta, Georgia and moved to Tennessee in 1997. I attended Red Bank High School, where I met my wife Sarah. My wife and I share three children, Garyn, Ansley, and Layne.

I went on to attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I began my teaching career at East Lake Academy before moving to my alma mater (Red Bank High School) where I taught 9^th grade and coached football and baseball for 6 years. I then moved to Soddy Daisy High School where I continued to teach and coach football for 3 ½ years before moving into administration at East Ridge Middle School. I was the assistant principal at ERMS for 2 years and then transitioned to East Ridge High School for the 2018-19 school year. I have served as Freshmen Academy Principal since the 2019-2020 school year. I enjoy the awesome opportunity of serving our faculty, staff, students, and families of Bradley Central High School and I look forward to a great school year.

It is with great pleasure that I represent the administrative team of Bradley Central High School in the Humanities Academy.  I have been honored to serve over three decades in education with Bradley County Schools.  Before entering administration, I taught students in grades seven through twelve in the area of mathematics and science.  For eight years, I taught at Trewhitt Junior High School, now known as Lake Forest Middle School.  More than two decades of my service have been at Bradley Central High School.  My educational journey includes an Educational Specialist Degree from Tennessee Technological University in the area of Instructional Leadership, a Master of Education Degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, a Bachelor of Science Degree from Lee College, and an honors diploma from Bradley Central High School.  I am married to my best friend, David, who helps with the family business at Neely Printing.  We have one precious daughter, Katie.  In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family, singing, fishing, and dancing.  As the new school year unfolds, I look forward to serving our students and seeing them shine to their best ability! 

It is my honor to serve the students and families of the STEM Academy at Bradley Central High School.  I was born into a family of educators and have lived in Cleveland most of my life.  I graduated from Lee University and began teaching in 1993.  I have taught 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades at Arnold Elementary, Hopewell Elementary, and Michigan Avenue Elementary Schools.  I shifted from the classroom to serving as the Instructional Coach at Michigan Avenue for six years and at Bradley Central High School for two years.  I received my Masters Degree from Tusculum University and my Educational Specialist and Doctorate of Education degrees from Carson-Newman University.  I have been married for more than 30 years and have two amazing boys.  Braxton is married to his best friend since middle school, Wendy.  Braeden will be a junior in college this year.  I love to read, travel, decorate, and hang out with my nieces and nephew. I am so excited about the amazing things happening in STEM at Bradley and about the wonderful opportunities that we get to provide for our students.  It’s going to be a fabulous year!