Hakim Felts, Head Coach - 400m, 800m, 1600m, 3200m 
Coach Felts joined CCHS in 2014 as Audio/Video Technology and Film teacher and served as an Assistant Coach for Track & Field and Cross Country. He became Head Coach for both teams at the start of the 2015/16 school year and continued as Head Coach for Cross Country for 2018/19. Prior to CHS, Coach Felts spent 8 years teaching in the Clayton County, Georgia, school district where he also coached the North Clayton High School Cross Country team and the North Clayton Middle School Track & Field team. A graduate of Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama, Coach Felts is a former 400m and 800m runner and cross country athlete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angelo Holmes, Assistant Coach - hurdles and vertical jumps
Coach Holmes is a graduate of S.H. Archer High School in Atlanta and The University of Miami. Running track and playing football while at Archer, he ran the 100m dash, 200m dash and 4x100 relay as anchor leg and played split end and free safety. He continued in both sports at Miami, running the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay, this time as second leg, and played corner back. His Personal Records are 10:48 for the 100m dash and 21:10 for the 200m dash. Over the past 30 years, he has taught swimming and tennis and coached women’s and men’s softball, youth baseball, basketball, football and track and field. He founded the North DeKalb Blaze Track & Field Club in 2013 to ensure that student athletes in the CHS area have an opportunity to improve their performance and participate in summer track. Under Coach Holmes’ leadership, numerous Blaze athletes have earned state, regional and national medals in a variety of events.

Coach Lakeyda Zackary - sprint coach (100m, 200m)

 

Coach Marc Silverman - long jump/triple jump coach

Coach Momon - shot put/discus