Clarke Central High School head wrestling coach and Physical Education teacher Timothy Stoudenmire stands in the Gladiator Gallery in the New Gym on April 11, 2017. Stoudenmire has been a member of the CCHS community for the past 13 years and resigned from his current positions as CCHS head wrestling coach and Physical Education teacher on March 19. “I will assume the role of head wrestling coach and associate athletic director at Oglethorpe County in the fall of 2018,” Stoudemire said in a written statement earlier today. Photo from the ODYSSEY Media Group archives.
Clarke Central High School head wrestling coach and Physical Education teacher Timothy Stoudenmire resigns from CCHS after 13 years.
On March 19, Clarke Central High School head wrestling coach and physical education department teacher Timothy Stoudenmire announced his resignation from CCHS and will take on the roles of head wrestling coach and associate athletic director at Oglethorpe County High School for the 2018-19 school year.
“I have been the recipient of tremendous support that has led to more success than I could have ever imagined,” Stoudemire said in a written statement earlier today. “I am thankful and grateful to everyone that has supported this program during my tenure.”
From 2013-18, he coached the Gladiators to 252 dual meet wins, seven region championships, seven region runner-up finishes, four “Top 5” finishes at the state level, four individual state champions, six individual state runner-ups,
40 other individual state place winners and 49 individual area champions.
“It was nothing before (Stoudenmire),” CCHS varsity wrestler Thomas Isakovich, a junior, said. “He pushed me to do things that I didn’t think I was capable of. I’m forever grateful to him for what he’s done for my teammates and me.”
The news was tough to hear for some of the CCHS community.
“I thought he was joking like he was pranking us, but he was serious. After the meeting I went outside of his classroom and started crying,” Isakovich said. “(Stoudenmire) said that in a perfect world he would resign after my senior year, so 2019.”
For Stoudenmire, the new position is a return to his roots.
“I am excited to go home,” Stoudemire said in a written statement earlier today. “I wrestled for Oglethorpe County in the ‘80s, I live in Oglethorpe County now and I will see, teach and coach my own children on a daily basis.”
As he looks back over his career at CCHS, Stoudenmire remains grateful to the community that he will always be a part of.
“I am truly proud of what we have accomplished in the 13 years that I have served in this capacity, but also ever mindful and appreciative of the fact that this was only possible because of the efforts of so many people that helped me along the way,” Stoudemire said in a written statement earlier today.
