As the new athletic director of South Verde High School, Luke Hicks is jumping into the job with both feet — not to mention wearing at least three hats.
Hicks, son of Camp Verde High School assistant girls basketball coach Steve Hicks, is also head cross-country and volleyball coach for the Bulldogs heading into the beginning of their fall sports season Wednesday, Aug. 26, holding 3:30 p.m. practices that will meet at the Camp Verde Town Gym.
“The volleyball coach from last year isn’t able to do it this year,” explained Hicks, 27, a paraprofessional at SVHS last year and former men’s volleyball player in South America, where both of his parents were missionaries before coming to Camp Verde in 2003. “I figured [coaching] would make the most sense, so I never actively went searching for a replacement.
“In the other sports, hopefully we can get a candidate to fill the positions. We have some pretty good basketball coaches; the softball coach has been doing it for a while, and the kids really like him.”
Hicks chose to be hands-on with both fall sports for the Bulldogs after he was recommended to succeed Laurie Kaaekuahiwi as SVHS athletic director by outgoing principal Steve King in July.
For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Aug. 19, issue of the Camp Verde Journal.
