Athletics

List of 4 members.

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  Mr. Douglas Hix 

  Director of Development & Athletics, FM Football

  Bio

  Doug Hix joined CDA in 2013 as the Athletic Director, Head Football and Track coach. Doug came to CDA from SMU where he spent two years as the performance director for the Men’s Basketball team. Prior to that, he was the founder of San Diego-based Play Fast Athletics where he worked with athletes that have gone on to become the NFL rookie of the year, an NBA 1st round pick, Major League Baseball stars and an Olympian.

  
  Doug is a native of Warsaw, Missouri. He earned his bachelor's degree in Recreation Management from Pittsburg State in 1998 while also competing collegiately in track and football. Hix was a three-time All-American as a sprinter in track and an all-conference and school record-holding wide receiver in football. During his final two years at Pittsburg State, he started training players for the NFL. Hix was the owner and director of training for Play Fast Athletics from 2001-2012. He was also the editor-in-chief for Youth Fitness Magazine, which he founded in 2009.

  
  Even greater than his passion for athletics, Hix has a true desire to help shape the lives of young people. Hix sees athletic competition as model for the spiritual struggle choosing between right and wrong that we, as Christians, go through every day.

  
  Doug and his wife, Tricia, have three young children. The two oldest attend Coram Deo Academy. His family worships and serves at Gateway Church in Frisco, TX.
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  Mr. Joshua Nokes 

  CC Athletic Director, Football, Baseball, Logic History - CC

  Bio

  Josh Nokes joined Coram Deo in 2018 by way of Savannah, GA, where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Savannah Christian Preparatory School.  Additionally, he coached football and wrestling while teaching Advanced Placement United States History, and oversaw the consolidation and integration of the middle school athletic program within the SCPS Athletic Department.  During his time there, the school had the highest ranking athletic department in Savannah.

   

  Josh is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in Secondary Education and a Masters in Business Administration.  After college, Josh spent several years in discipleship ministry with K-Life Ministries in Fort Worth before beginning his teaching career in Carrollton.  At Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, he developed an Advanced Placement American History program that saw a pass rate increase from 5% to 82% while also working as an assistant football coach with the team who made two state championship appearances and as head coach to the softball team who appeared in the semifinals.  At The Covenant School of Dallas, he was the Athletic and Facilities Coordinator and was charged with preparing the football program to move from 6-man to 11-man football.  In 2013, he had the privilege of being a part of the staff that won the TAPPS state championship in 6-man football.  In addition, he served as the head baseball coach at Covenant, taking the team to the playoffs in his final year at the school.  

   

  Outside of a love of sports and developing young men and women for Christ, Josh is passionate about spending time with his wife of 13 years, Jessica, and their young team of boys: Beckett, Tate, Archer and Wilder.  Other interests include cycling, reading, fly fishing, the great outdoors and working in newly/nearly married ministries through Watermark Community Church.

   
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  Mr. Drew Lott 

  Dallas Athletic Director & Facilities Manager, Baseball - FM

  Bio

  Drew Lott joined CDA in 2019 as Head Baseball Coach and is now the Dallas Campus Director of Athletics, Facilities Manager, and the Flower Mound Head Baseball Coach. 
   
  Drew was born in Portland, OR and raised in Tacoma, WA and Lynden, WA where he graduated from Lynden High School.  Drew then went on to attend Trinity Western University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Human Kinetics and History. He earned his Texas Educators Certificate from Region 10. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Drew Lott has coached successful club baseball since 2000. He has coached high school baseball at Lynden High School, Nooksack High School, and The Covenant School Dallas. He has coached at the collegiate level with Athletes in Action (NYCBL) and Mid America Nazarene University (NAIA). 

   

  Drew sees coaching as a platform for discipleship in the gospel by incorporating prayer and devotional times with each team he coaches. He enjoys teaching athletes how to commit to a team and become a great teammate, how to embrace the hard work required for skill development, and ways to master the mental side of sports.  

   
  Drew and his wife, Laura, have two young children. The oldest will attend Coram Deo Academy in the fall of 2019. His family worships and serves at Mosaic Church in Richardson, TX.
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  Coach Cody Bartlow 

  FM Athletic Director, Soccer & Track - FM

  Bio

  Cody Bartlow joined CDA in 2015 as Head Soccer coach.  Over his time here at CDA Coach Bartlow has started CDA’s first ever Girls Soccer Team and is now the Flower Mound’s Athletics Director, Head Track Coach and Assistant Football Coach. 

   

  Cody was born and raised in Bedford, TX where he graduated from L.D. Bell High School.  Cody then went on to attend Dallas Baptist University where he earned his Bachelor of Sciences in Interdisciplinary Studies, Master of Education in Kinesiology and Master of Arts in Sport Management degrees.  During that time Cody also earned an Advanced Certificate in Management.  Coach Bartlow has coached successful club soccer since 2001 and coached at the collegiate level with Dallas Baptist University (NCAA D2) and Northwood University (NAIA).  He holds his USSF C License, USATF Level 1 Certification and NSCAA Advanced Regional License. Cody has also taught in the Kinesiology Departments at the collegiate level.

   

  Cody has two children and attends The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX.