Director
My career in education began in Rayne, LA, teaching and coaching football and basketball along with serving the community as their Parks and Recreation Director. In 1980, Jodie and I were married, and we moved to Hattiesburg for her to finish her last year in nursing school at USM. I served as the offensive coordinator and taught health and physical science for the Hattiesburg Public Schools. I then spent the next ten years as a teacher, coach and administrator in several private schools before joining Rankin County in 1992, as a teacher and coach at Northwest Rankin Attendance Center. While at Northwest Rankin, I served as transportation supervisor, middle school principal, high school principal and attendance center principal. I joined Madison County Schools in 1997, as an assistant principal at Madison Central HS, and was eventually named principal. In 2000, I became Deputy Superintendent. In 2011 and 2015, I was elected as Superintendent of Madison County Schools, the fifth largest school district in the state. I retired from that position in 2018. In 2015, while still the superintendent in Madison County, I became the executive director of the MASSP.
I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, my Master’s in Educational Leadership from Mississippi College, and my Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. I have been fortunate to attend and serve on the board of Millsap’s College Principals Institute, and attended the Harvard Principals’ Institute on two occasions.
