For Charles Morton, Akins high schools first coach alma mater, coming back to Akins for the first time since he graduated, had felt like coming back home.

Coach Morton used to be a student and a football player here at Akins and graduated in 2005, and graduated from Huston-Tillotson University in 2012, which was only 2 years ago.

“I wanted to give back to the school that played for and taught me, and now I teach physics and IPC and I coach the freshman team,” Morton said

According to Morton he believes that being a student is harder, because he had to study, take tests, and have to worry about grades in order to continue playing for the football team. However, Morton thinks that it is more fun to be a teacher and a coach then it is to be a student because he has new toys to experiment with and he decides what the students get to learn and what they get to do.

“The best part about being a teacher is seeing people get and understand what you’re teaching, but the worst part is having to work long hours. But the main difference between being a student and being a teacher is responsibility, being grown up, but the best part about being a coach is seeing the kids do their best on the field,” Morton said.    

Steven Riojas is working with coach Morton; both are coaching football, but Riojas coach’s varsity and Morton coach’s freshman. Riojas is glad that Morton came back to Akins after he graduated, that he is teaching students and coaching them.

“I think he is still young and he has a long way to go to become both a better coach, but as far as first timers go he’s not bad,” Riojas said.

Akins high school loves its new teachers, and everyone is always glad to see its old students to come back to be apart of the school and Morton is giving more by coaching the freshman to make the Akins football team even better.