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ADMINISTRATION Stephen Allen is beginning his seventh year as Principal at East Coweta High School; how- ever, he is not new to the Indian Reservation. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Allen taught special education here at East Coweta before moving to Smokey Road Middle School as an assistant principal from 2005 to 2007. He then spent the next seven years as an assistant principal and Athletic Director at Newnan High School from 2007 to 2014. He returned to ECHS during the 2014-2015 school year as an assistant principal. Mr. Allen has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, and he obtained his Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision and his Certification in Special Education from the University of West Georgia. He completed his Ed.S. in Administration and Super- vision at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. Mr. Allen is pictured with his wife Kelli, who is a special education teacher at Willis Road Elementary, their daughter Kison who graduated from ECHS in 2017, and their son Taber, a 2010 ECHS graduate. Hap Hines is beginning his 5th year as Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at East Coweta High School, and his 18th year in public education. In 2018, Coach Hines was named Athlet- ic Director Of The Year for Region 2-7A. Prior to joining the administration at ECHS, Coach Hines taught Special Education for 4 years and Health and Physical Education for 9 years, while coaching football and tennis. Coach Hines earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Georgia in Education, where he also played and lettered 4 years in football for the Bulldogs as the team’s starting placekicker. He earned his masters in Health and Physical Ed- ucation from Jacksonville State University, as well as his specialist’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Lincoln Memorial University. Coach Hines enjoys playing golf and tennis in his spare time, and is also a huge college football fan. He and his wife, Kelly, have an 11 year old daughter (Edie), and an 8 year old son (Harris). Kelly is the Executive Director at The Coweta Samaritan Clinic. Their children are proud students in the Coweta County School System.

STEPHEN ALLEN PRINCIPAL

HAP HINES ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL/ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR