Athletics
The Dalton Academy, home of the Pumas, is proud to offer several athletic programs for students. As an up-and-coming institution with a strong sportsmanship spirit, Puma Nation provides exciting opportunities for students to participate and excel in various sports.
The Dalton Academy Currently Offers:
All athletic forms (with the exception of the physical form) are to be submitted online through Rank One Sport. Please click here to access the Rank One Sport website. Physical forms will need to be submitted in person.
Athletic Director: Michael Bolen
Athletic Trainer: Jennifer Howard
I've worked with many players and coaches during my long career. I grew up in Nashville, TN, and played high school tennis and volleyball at Stratford High School, then I went to Austin Peay State University. As a sophomore, APSU started a softball team and everybody was a walk-on including me. My friend, Jan Sadler Pippin, a UT Knoxville heptathlete (now the head track coach at Montgomery Bell Academy), told me about the field of athletic training. The next year I transferred to UT Knoxville and joined the Lady Vols athletic training staff. There I traveled with the UT volleyball team, worked spring football with the UT Vols, and during my last year in 88-89, I worked exclusively with the UT Lady Vols basketball team, earning a national title! After graduating from UTK, I worked for a physical therapy company as an athletic trainer at Central High School in Knoxville. I married my husband Brian, and we moved to the North Georgia area. I took a job teaching and athletic training at Dalton High School, the first athletic trainer at Dalton High School, and in this area! After two years, I kept teaching but took a part-time job with The Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics and still currently work with multiple high school teams and Chattanooga State Technical College. After 7 years and 2 children, I went to Northwest Whitfield High School and taught and counseled for 20 years, then I taught at Westside Middle School for 2 years. During that time I joined Hamilton Sports Medicine also working with various high school teams. I retired from education after 29 years and still do part-time athletic training and have a college counseling business.
Some of the many players that I have worked with include Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea-UT volleyball and pro indoor and beach volleyball, Keith Delong-UT football and San Francisco 49ers, Antone Davis-UT football and Philadelphia Eagles/Atlanta Falcons,UT trainers Tim Kerin, Jane Steinberg, and Jenny Moshak, UT Coaches Pat Summitt, Mickey DeMoss, and Holly Warlick, Bridgette Gordon-UT basketball/Olympic gold medalist and Florida A&M coach, Daedra Charles-UT basketball and LA Sparks, Sheila Frost-UT basketball top scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker, Dena Head-UT basketball and Utah Starzz, Todd Helton-Central High School and UT baseball and football/Colorado Rockies, Dalton High School coaches Bill Chappell and Ronnie McClurg, Kit Carpenter-DHS and NC State football/DHS coach, Matt Evans-DHS football/US Naval Academy and DHS coach, Josh Robinson-Southeast High School football and Northwest Whitfield High School football coach, Ladd McConkey-North Murray High School and UGA football/LA Chargers, and Isaiah Mack-NWHS, and UTC football/TN Titans to name a few!
