After serving in the United States Coast Guard for four years, I became a Social Studies teacher for 15 years in St. Louis Missouri, I then became Dean, assistant principal, and also a four-time high school principal in three schools in Illinois (where I was named Principal of the Year for the state of Illinois), and at one school in Missouri, and was inducted into The One Hundred Headmasters a national organization. Simultaneously, I coached high school then college football and high school then college Girls Basketball. I served as Director of Secondary Education in the Normandy School District in Missouri and I have served as Director of Secondary Education, Director of Curriculum and instruction, and Elementary School Assistant principal in Delaware. I moved to Colorado from Philadelphia where I coached and mentored K-12 principals. Since arriving in Colorado, I have worked at Overland High School as a Dean, at the Foote Center as a teacher while coaching football at Overland High School, I have held a COSA position at Prairie Middle School, and have served as an AVID Tutor in three Cherry Creek schools; Horizon, Sky Vista, and CT high School, I am currently coaching Freshman Girls Basketball at Vista Peak HS and previously at Cherry Creek HS, while serving as the acting Assistant Principal at West Middle School. I hold a HS diploma, a BS Degree in social studies, a Master's Degree in Education Processes, a Specialist Degree in Secondary Administration, a Doctorate Degree in secondary administration and leadership, and I have completed all course work for a second Doctorate Degree in curriculum and instruction. I have written two books about education, one book about parenting, and several works that I am now structuring. I started the Girls Basketball Team at Parkway South High School, as Head Coach and coached there for 15 years in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo. We won 18 or more games in our last 12 games. We sent 2 players to D1 schools, 4 girls to D2 schools, 3 players to NAIA schools and several Players to JUCO's. I was a coach at the D1 University of Missouri Summer Team Camp for 10 years. After coaching high school ball, I became the #1 assistant women's coach at Division 2 University of Missouri @ St. Louis for 3 years. After Coaching at UMSL for 3 Years I Became the Head Women's Coach at Lindenwood University in St. Charles Mo. for 3 years.
