A new girls basketball coach has been named at DCHS.

Nathaniel Kennard, a U.S History and World History at the high school, will replace former Coach Joe Pat Cope and DCHS Computer Science and Math teacher Andrew Dixon will serve as Kennard’s assistant. Kennard, a Rickman resident who has just finished his first year at DCHS, was Tiger basketball coach Lynus Martin’s assistant last season.

A resident of Rickman, Kennard received a B.S. degree in Secondary Education-History from Tennessee Tech University in May 2015. His teaching license endorsement is in History and Geography 7-12.

Kennard began coaching 13 years ago as the Boys Basketball Coach at Hilham Middle School in Overton County, where he worked from 2003-2010. The Hilham program took two county championships and five final four state tournament finishes during Kennard’s tenure.

Kennard acted as an assistant boys basketball coach in a non-faculty position at Livingston Academy from 2010 to 2015. The Blue Devils During recorded one final four finish, three state tournament appearances, five sectional appearances, three regional championships, and three district championships during his time there.

The new coach is married to Erin Kennard, and the couple have two sons, Benjamin, 16, and seven-year-old Cooper.