This Sunday afternoon, the world will watch the 55th Super Bowl take place in Tampa Bay. While these football professionals play the last game of their season, high school coaches around the country are preparing for their next. Many of these coaches are tasked with balancing responsibilities as leaders on the field and as educators in the classroom. Among them is Chris Davidson of Ridge Community High School, about an hour outside of Tampa Bay .
Davidson has been teaching since 2003 and coaching since 1993. A walk-on at Temple University, Davidson realized he was too small and too slow to truly compete at that level. So, he pursued coaching. He started his first coaching gig shortly before his 20th birthday. Five years later, he landed his first head coaching job.
Coaching on the field led to teaching in the classroom. He has spent 14 years teaching Social Studies – primarily World History – and currently teaches Physical Education at Ridge Community High School (Ridge).
