Coach Peavy says goodbye to Akins
May 26, 2015
After eight dedicated years to Akins, Coach David Peavy has decided that this year will be his departing year.
His fellow coaches and students expected that he would be leaving last year when he decided to step down as the head basketball coach. Instead, he became a full-time athletic coordinator for the campus.
“We all thought that he would be leaving last year,” said Omar Bailey, fourth- year football defensive end. “A lot of people would’ve been upset if he wasn’t coaching again.”
Peavy had a major impact on the athletes he coached and, Hayes said.
“Peavy had a way with the kids,” head basketball coach Jesse Hayes said. “He’s taught me how to talk to young men.”
Peavy decided it was time to move on from Akins when he was offered a basketball coaching job in the Houston area.
Coach Peavy was known to have close bonds to many who knew him and got along with his students well. He developed these bonds since the early years of his career at Akins.
“I’ve known Peavy since I was 10 because I had older siblings who were coached by him,” Bailey said. “Around 7th grade I used to come up here to workout with them.”
Not only was he inspirational to his athletes as a coach, he also got along well with other coaches as the athletic coordinator. He was responsible for coordinating all the athletic programs at Akins.
“I used to know Peavy from back in high school when he taught me basketball,”Hayessaid.“He’s definitely someone I’m close to and come to for advice.”
A new athletic coordina- tor was appointed almost immediately after the announcement of his impend- ing departure. Starting with the 2015-2016 school year, Coach Humberto Garza will be the new Athletic Coordinator.
Students and staff both loved Peavy’s company. They wished him the best of luck at his new coaching job at Dekaney High School. With eight years of coaching, he was the first basketball coach to become athletic coordinator at Akins. The job normally goes to the head football coach.
“I loved Akins and will miss it,” Peavy said. “But I believe it’s time to open a new chapter in my life.” ■
