Russell Ellington

- Turned a 2-8 record into a 6-4 playoff berth in the first year.

- Made the state playoffs for the first time since 2020

- Signed 9 student athletes in the 2024 class and have many more to sign in the 2025 class

- Helped lead the team to the National Championship 2022

-Led the Team to a second place national finish 2021

-Strong relationships with Kids all over the Southeast

• 1S Coach of the Year
• Final 4 Appearance
• Instilled discipline and principles of good sportsmanship in players.
• Maintained equipment, facilities and inventory to avoid accidents, mishaps and damage.
• Coordinated with parents, boosters and other resources to meet team needs involving equipment and travel arrangements.
• Got a lot athletes recruited by attending games, meeting with families, and helping get scholarship offers.

• Acted as positive role model for team participants and in community.
• Promoted good sportsmanship with competing teams on- and off-field.
• Motivated athletes to become stronger, more agile and more effective through training habits and proper nutrition.
• Promoted stretching, mobility work and proper form to help athletes safely build strength.

• Established and enforced clear school-wide disciplinary procedures to protect students and staff.
• Organized individualized behavior improvement plans for students struggling with compliance.
• Managed assemblies to recognize student achievement.
• Evaluated individual knowledge, skills and strengths and assigned team positions to maximize talent areas.
• Helped Turn around a previous 1 win team into a currently undefeated team.

-Led one of the top basketball programs in the city on the JV level

- Developed a lot of talent that went on to be the number 1 varsity team in the state and still thriving to this day.

-Motivated athletes to become stronger, more agile and more effective through training habits and proper nutrition.

• Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Helped turn around a Traditional 2 win team into back to back playoff births.
• Finished second in the region in scoring and yardage.
• Brought in a lot of student athletes

• Prepared season's offensive playbook and coordinated offensive players and staff during games.
• Reviewed and analyzed gameplay film with players to identify team's offensive tendencies, as well as opponents' defensive tendencies.
• Apart of 2 undefeated seasons
• Led the region in Scoring and Yardage gained every year.
• Brought in numerous talented players like Nolan Smith , Daquan Douse etc

Won a State Championship Title

• Trained extensively many hours per week for upcoming competitions to perform at top-level.
• Practiced with team on schedule and trained alone to enhance athletic abilities and contributions to team success.
• Worked with coaches and trainers to understand and implement improvement strategies.