n1. Mr. Currin

I was able to have the honor of interviewing modified girls basketball coach, Mr. Currin. He is also a varsity football coach as well as a high school English teacher. As everybody knows Mr. Currin grew up in a little town named Angola. No one really knows much about this town except for when they hear the name they think about air conditioning and Christian Laettner. Mr. Currin’s favorite thing about coaching girls modified basketball is the positive energy the girls have and the overall coaching ability of them. He also really likes it because it is a lot of fun. Without hesitation he knew his team’s record from this past season. He won a total of 8 games and lost a total of 2. One time I was able to see Mr. Currin coaching in the beginning of this year’s season. I have never seen such fear on the faces of 7^th and 8^th grade girls. There’s only one reason I can imagine that he had such a good record, and that is he scared the girls into winning games. As an “advisement sister” of Mr. Currin he talks about his team quite a bit and admitted to making one of the members of his team cry. I just had to ask Mr. Currin why he even bothers coaching football if he coaches girls modified basketball, since it doesn’t get much better than that. He stated that ever since 1993 he has had something to do with football. He started playing football at age 13 and ever since then has played, scouted, or been a part of a coaching staff. He loves football and believes that it is a metaphor for life. He also likes the competition associated with football. Mr. Currin is a big fan of a lot of good music. One band he really enjoys is Sugarland. In fact, he likes them so much that he once attended one of their concerts. His top three favorite songs by the group are All I Want to Do, Stuck like Glue, and Stay. Another question I asked him was to tell me about his favorite 18 year old male singer. Right away he said Joe White but then quickly changed his answer to Justin Bieber. He said that he likes his new song that he bought off of ITunes as soon as it came out. He also added the Justin Bieber movie, Never Say Never, to his instant queue.  I guess this just goes to show everybody is a fan of Justin Bieber at least a little bit. If you have any questions about Mr. Currin after reading this please feel free to contact him at RCurrin@aldenschools.org.