Education:	BA Albion College Majors: English/Phyical Education Masters MAT Marygrove College 35 additional graduate hours in Administration and English
Work Experience:	17 years English Teacher North Branch, 9 years English Teacher Lapeer East, 47 seasons of coaching basketball (boys/girls), 6 seasons of coaching baseball, 1 season of coaching football. I also work at the Lapeer Community Center.
Family:	Wife of 26 years - Cathy; 2 daughters, Melissa(Missy) and Jenny; 1 son, Matt. All attended Lapeer East.
Hobbies:	attending sporting events, collecting sports memorabilia
Favorites:	food-pizza; ice cream-peppermint; bands/groups-U2, Dave Matthews; class-English; student-Mr. Walters
About West:	I am very excited to be at West, where the expectations for excellence in the classroom and on the playing surface are extremely high.
Heroes as a kid:	I didn't really have a hero...but I respected and emulated my dad (who passed away in 2000) very much.
Advice to students:	Believe in yourself, and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.
Pet Peeves:	only one - people who lie
Favorite Quote:	"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"

return to Administration Page
return to West Home Page