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Coach Young

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Name: Keith Young

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

College: University of West Florida

Major: Health, Leisure, & Sports (PE Teacher Certification) 2004; Masters of Education (Educational Leadership) 2014. Masters of Science (Physical Education) 2016. Educational Specialist Degree (Curriculum and Instruction) 2018.

Teacher Certifications: Physical Education K-12, Exceptional Student Education K-12, Health Education K-12, Visual Impairment K-12, & Educational Leadership K-12.

FSDB Committees: Positive Behavior Support Coach for the Physical Education Department.

FSDB Sports Coach: Boys Goalball (2018 & 2019 USABA Youth Goalball National Champions).

World Sport Committees: World Taekwondo Federation Para Education Committee (2016-2018).

State-Wide Physical Education Committees: SHAPE Florida (Society of Health and Physical Educators) Adapted Physical Education Committee Chair.

Coaching Experiences: USA Men's National Goalball Team Head Coach (since 2019), USA Deaflympics Taekwondo Coach (2013), USA National Deaf-Taekwondo Coach (2013-Current), and USA National Para-Taekwondo Coach (2016-2017).

Sports Certifications: USA Taekwondo National Coach Level 1, AAU Taekwondo Coach Level 1, Positive Coaching Alliance Level 1, Safe Sport, and USABA Goalball Official.

Professional Presentations: SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators), USA Taekwondo National Coach Level 1 United States Tennis Association-Florida Chapter, SHAPE Florida, and Florida Instructional Materials Center for Visual Impairments (FIMC-VI).

Awards: 2018 SHAPE America Southern District Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year. 2018 SHAPE Florida Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year. 2019 FSDB District Teacher of the Year. 2019 FSDB Physical Education Teacher of the Year. 2018 First Coast News Teacher of the Week. 2016 University of West Florida Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year for the Exercise Science and Community Health Department.

Hobbies: Taekwondo, Reading, Music, Watching Movies, and Dancing.

A little more about me....

I'm an Air Force brat that ended up in Hawaii for 5 years while attending Radford High School (Go Rams!!!). I'm still very close with many of my friends from Hawaii. While I was there, I started learning and competing in Olympic Style Taekwondo. I'm a 5th Degree Black Belt. I joined the US Air Force at 18 because I couldn't afford attending Hawaii Pacific University even with a scholarship. While in the miliary, I got to compete across the USA and overseas as a member of the US Air Force Taekwondo Team. I also deployed to numerous countries with Air Force Special Operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. I became a Physical Education Teacher because I remembered my days at Florosa Elementary School. Coach Sue McDonald taught me a lot about life, learning, and love. It's my goal that all of my FSDB student has a positive, healthy experience that they can draw from later on when they become adults.