A 2012 Demopolis Excessive College graduate, Polk was a protracted snapper for the Troy College soccer staff. He earned bachelor’s and grasp’s levels at Troy.
The 31-year-old taught particular schooling at Ariton for seven years and was an assistant for the back-to-back defending baseball champions.
“His positive impact as a coach and mentor for our high school student-athletes and coaches alike will continue to have a long-lasting effect,” mentioned AHSAA Govt Director Heath Harmon. “So many have been touched by his leadership, perseverance, courage and faith.”
Polk was additionally an assistant baseball and soccer coach at Charles Henderson Excessive in Troy in 2017-18, the place he was additionally the interim head baseball coach.
“(When) I hired Coach Polk, one thing that stood out to me about him was his willingness to do anything for anyone no matter what it was, whether in his professional career in special education or in his coaching career,” Ariton principal Josh Herring instructed the Troy Messenger.
“He had that unique ability to put himself second and always put others first. In this life we have so many adults that struggle with putting others first. Coach Polk had no struggle with that. He was willing to do anything for everybody and his abilities as a person bled over into his profession as a teacher and a coach. His willingness to be a servant and to help made him good at everything he did.”
Funeral preparations are being managed Fuqua Bankston Funeral Residence of Ozark.
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