{"id":504,"date":"2020-06-10T19:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sm-tnsports.com\/2020\/06\/10\/zion-christian-tabs-boyd-to-succeed-fox-as-new-ad\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:25:41","slug":"zion-christian-tabs-boyd-to-succeed-fox-as-new-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sm-tnsports.com\/2020\/06\/10\/zion-christian-tabs-boyd-to-succeed-fox-as-new-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion Christian tabs Boyd to succeed Fox as new AD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Maurice Patton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It may not be overstatement to call Derek Boyd a godsend for Rick Jarvis and Zion Christian Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Tommy Fox\u2019s resignation last month as athletics director, boys basketball coach and softball coach to accept the AD position at Wayne Christian School in Goldsboro, N.C., the search for his successor resulted in Boyd\u2019s hiring this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just finished my first year at Zion, my first year in the community,\u201d Jarvis said. \u201cI recognize the value of having someone that\u2019s been in the community a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(Fox) is a big loss, big shoes to fill. \u2026 Having Derek express interest answered a lot of prayers for us and for me particularly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyd, a Mt. Pleasant native who spent 20 seasons as boys basketball coach at his alma mater before retiring at the end of the 2016-17 campaign, has had two children attend Zion \u2013 Sam, who graduated this spring after completing his basketball career, and Claire, who will be a freshman this fall and plays volleyball and softball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Tommy announced he was leaving \u2013 I\u2019d been contacted several years ago about that job, and I didn\u2019t think I was ready,\u201d the 51-year-old said. \u201cI had a conversation (this time) with Mr. Jarvis and the committee, they expressed some interest, and I also had some interest in what they had to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought it was a good fit for me, good timing for me. It\u2019s a new challenge, an administrative role. I felt it might could be a good fit for both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyd, who has continued coaching at both Mt. Pleasant Middle School (boys basketball) and at the high school (cross country, track and field), will possibly have some coaching duties at Zion as they still have boys basketball, girls basketball and softball openings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPhilosophically, I\u2019d prefer to not have the AD do any coaching,\u201d Jarvis said. \u201cBut the first year, the first couple of years, he will most likely end up doing something in the boys basketball program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focusing on his new role will be Boyd\u2019s primary point of concentration, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a challenge to build on what Tommy had left and hopefully take our program to a higher level, even though we know we\u2019re competing in a very difficult division with many great schools already,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like this was a great opportunity. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve prayed about and thought about a long time. The parents, the kids, the administration at Mt. Pleasant have been very supportive of me, but going to Zion is almost like a calling. I feel like I\u2019m being guided that way \u2013 like if I didn\u2019t take the opportunity, I may regret it later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maurice Patton is the editor for Southern Middle Tennessee Sports. He can be reached by e-mail at mopattonsports@gmail.com<\/a> or on Twitter at @mopatton_sports.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Maurice Patton It may not be overstatement to call Derek Boyd a godsend for Rick Jarvis and Zion Christian Academy. Following Tommy Fox\u2019s resignation last month as athletics director, boys basketball coach and softball coach to accept the AD position at Wayne Christian School in Goldsboro, N.C., the search for his successor resulted in … Continue reading Zion Christian tabs Boyd to succeed Fox as new AD<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184945300,"featured_media":141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[33354],"tags":[35890,33354,257673124,330352,168681562],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sm-tnsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/zion.png?fit=480%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbWF0s-88","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":527,"url":"https:\/\/sm-tnsports.com\/2020\/06\/14\/sunday-review-this-weeks-stories-from-sm-tn-sports\/","url_meta":{"origin":504,"position":0},"title":"Sunday Review: This week's stories from SM-Tn Sports","date":"June 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This was a big week for SM-Tn Sports, as we posted seven stories, a photo gallery and two podcasts, resulting in the highest week of web traffic in site history. 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