Nick Houstoulakis

HEAD BOYS & GIRLS TRACK COACH

nhoustoulakis@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

Nick Houstoulakis is entering his 13th season as the Head Boys Track & Field Coach and 8th season as the Head Girls Track Coach at Marietta High School. After taking over a very successful program, the boys team continued its winning tradition by bringing home their 9th consecutive regional championship to go along with the five consecutive Cobb County Championships. Coach H and the staff also guided our girls to the to four consecutive region championships (16,17,18,19 &21) and 7th in 8 years as well as the 2018 class 7-AAAAAAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Coach Houstoulakis is USATF Level II certified (Sprints, Hurdles & Relays), (Endurance) & (Jumps)  and he is the sprints & relays coach for our high school & middle school programs.

Coach Houstoulakis is a Physical Education/ Health Teacher at Marietta High School. He coached 11 season of football at MHS as a varsity defensive backs coach. Coach H returned to the boys basketball program as the head 9th grade coach for the 19-20 season. He coached 2 seasons of Basketball at MHS with his last season as the Varsity Assistant Boys Basketball Coach in 2009 when our Blue Devils made a run into the Sweet 16. This past fall/winter, Coach H had the honor of starting the girls flag football program for their inaugeral season in 2020. The girls varsity flag football team finished 7-2-1 overall and qualified all the way to the third round of the playoffs. 

Nick Houstoulakis earned his Bachelors degree at Eastern Michigan University in Physical Education & Health and his Masters degree in Health Education from the American College of Education. Before moving to Georgia, Coach Houstoulakis coached football, basketball and track at his alma mater Livonia Franklin High School in Livonia Michigan. Coach H coached 9 years of track there with the last 4 season being the Head Boys Track coach. He coached 8 years of football with the last 5 seasons working as the Varsity Special Teams Coordinator and Running Backs Coach. He coached 4 season of Basketball with the last 3 as the Head Boys JV Basketball Coach & Varsity Assistant.

He currently resides in Woodstock, GA with his wife Lynsly who is also a Marietta City Schools employee at Marietta High School and their two daughters, Nikolette (10 years old) and Ellyanna (7 years old).

Jack Coleman

DISTANCE COACH

HEAD CROSS COUNTRY COACH

JCOLEMAN@MARIETTA-CITY.K12.GA.US

 

Coach Coleman has been at MHS for the past 20 years as Cross Country coach and the last 7 years as assistant Track and Field coach in charge of distance running.  Previously he coached Cross Country and Track & Field at East Paulding High School in Dallas, GA from 1995-2000.  In the past decade, the Boys & Girls Cross Country teams have enjoyed success at the county, region, and state competition levels with the boy’s team winning State Championships in 2014 & 2015 and the Girl’s team in 2017 & 2018.   The 2015 boys’ team finished 1st @ Nike Southeast and 15th at NXN National Championship meet.  This was the best finish ever by a Georgia team.  Coach Coleman earned the 2014, 2015, & 2018 Georgia Cross Country Coach of the Year award.  Coach Coleman believes consistent training is the key to success in distance running. 

XC Website: https://mariettaxc.weebly.com/ 

Derrick Tinsley

LONG JUMP & TRIPLE JUMP COACH

DTINSLEY@MARIETTA-CITY.K12.GA.US

 

Derrick Tinsley is a Paraprofessional and Coach entering his 5th season as the long and triple jump coach. Born in Marietta, GA, Coach Tinsley is a graduate of Marietta High in 2001.  He played football for James “Friday” Richards from 1997-2000. A four year starter at running back, Coach Tinsley became an all-county and all state football player. Also a track star for MHS, Coach Tinsley was an all-state contributor on a successful track team that won region championships 1998-2001 and back-to-back state championships for 2000-2001 also the high point champion at the GHSA state meet in 2001 and state long jump champion in 2001. Coach Tinsley received a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee, where he was a running back, wide receiver, and special team player from 2001-2004, and later an undrafted free agent in 2005 with the Atlanta Falcons. Coach Tinsley is proud to be back home with his family and supportive community, including his wife Ashlee Tinsley and his twins Izabelle and Isaiah Tinsley