Head Coach, Varsity Esports - Super Smash Brothers Transformational Purpose Statement: I coach to instill a desire to improve, to show the value of effort and the rewards of respect, to find happiness in knowing you gave your best effort.
Years at CIA: 16
Coaching Experience: A native of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, James Hayden has coached basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball and football for the Mustangs. He is the founding coach and head coach for the Esports teams at CIA. Coach Hayden is a faculty member in the Middle School. He received the Mustang Athletics' Excellence in Coaching Award in 2015. Mr. Hayden earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Anthropology from Juniata College. He earned a Master of Arts in History from Duquesne University.
Currey Ingram Academy is an exemplary JK-12th grade day and boarding school that empowers students with learning differences to achieve their fullest potential. Since 2002, the school has been located on an 83-acre campus in Brentwood, Tennessee, just miles from Nashville and Franklin. Families from 39 states and 11 countries cite the school as their primary reason for moving to Middle Tennessee.
Currey Ingram Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and AdvancEd/Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI).