Christian Heritage College introduced Wednesday the appointment of Mike Roby as the college's athletic director. Roby will formally be part of the CHS athletic division on March 1 and can start serving alongside Britt Adams, who at present serves because the interim athletic director through the college 12 months and in addition serves as the center college principal and educational dean.
Over the previous few years, the unbiased, unbiased Christian school prep college in northwest Georgia has made the playoffs in each athletic season together with two state championships final spring.
“Lora, Lucas and I are so excited to be part of the Christian Heritage College neighborhood,” mentioned Roby. “The Lord introduced us right here six months in the past to teach baseball and softball and he has moved in methods we by no means imagined. We fell in love with the Dalton neighborhood and the fantastic individuals at CHS.”
Roby is acknowledged as an influential chief all through the state, most just lately serving because the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Coaches Director in Atlanta, in addition to the Director of South Metro Atlanta for over a decade.
Coming to Dalton from a 10-year teaching stint at Eagles Touchdown Christian Academy, Roby has been instrumental in rising and bettering the college's total program. Throughout his time at ELCA, Roby helped lead this system to 190 wins, 10 playoff appearances, three regional championships, two Candy 16 appearances, 4 Elite Eight runs and one Last 4 look. Exterior of his time with the ELCA, Roby made stops at Creekside Christian Academy and Sturdy Rock Christian College, together with teaching with the nationwide group USA Prime out of Dallas, Texas and training two MLB draftees.
Roby joined the CHS neighborhood final fall by serving because the varsity fastpitch softball coach and continues his Lions teaching journey this spring, main the varsity baseball group alongside Mike Brady and celebrating his twenty-fourth season teaching baseball.
CHS's affect continues to unfold all through Northwest Georgia, with unprecedented development in enrollment, in partnership with a constant imaginative and prescient of advancing the college's mission of Educating Youngsters to Serve Christ. With athletic services bettering and the variety of packages, coaches and student-athletes rising, Athletics that Construct, one of many college's 4 key foundational pillars, is consistently looking for first-class management additions to allow college students of all ages to maximise their full potential. .
Head of College Kent Harrison is worked up to see how the addition of Roba to the management group will strengthen the college's efforts and the general student-athlete expertise.
“Mike could have a direct affect on our athletic division,” Harrison mentioned. “As we proceed to construct on our success, Mike's expertise and affect with coaches throughout the state can be invaluable. It’s all the time our objective to supply excellent experiences for our college students, and Mike's capacity to mentor coaches, keep excessive expectations and share a imaginative and prescient for athletics makes him the proper candidate for this place.”
As for Roby, he expects to start his CHS story this spring, working each on the college and within the Better Dalton neighborhood.
“My ardour shouldn’t be solely to affect and affect student-athletes, however to encourage and empower coaches to be the best influencers on campus and in the neighborhood,” mentioned Roby. “I imagine CHS has among the most wonderful coaches of any athletic program I’ve been part of over the previous decade. My prayer and objective is to see CHS as a spot the place individuals exterior of our neighborhood need to be part of what the Lord is doing right here. Influencing the nation begins proper right here at CHS – all the time one participant, one dad or mum and one coach. The journey begins!”
