Varsity & JV Coaching Staff 2023
Dean Burrell | Coach Burrell is entering his 6th season at the helm of the East Paulding softball team. In his first five seasons, he has helped lead the Raiders to three straight postseason appearances including Sweet Sixteen following the 2018 and 2019 seasons. His 2019 team finished runner-up in region 7-5A. Prior to coming to East Paulding, Coach Burrell was the head coach at Lewisburg High School in Olive Branch, MS where his teams won or shared 5 district titles and made the postseason in all but one season. He was born into a softball family, as his father played men's fastpitch for several years. Coach Burrell then followed in his father's footsteps and began playing fastpitch softball towards the end of his high school years. He has 21 years in education and coaching in both Mississippi and Georgia with 15 of those years being either an assistant or head softball coach. Coach Burrell teaches US History at East Paulding, and he also serves as assistant coach for our Girls' Basketball program. He is married to Melissa and has two children, Whit (17) and Sara Wynn (12), who live in Mississippi, and one stepdaughter, Mattie Kate (12) who is a member of our Gold feeder team at East. |
Joe Tenoschok | Coach Tenoschok is returning to the Raiders softball program where he was an assistant for the 2015 season and will be entering his 14th season coaching either baseball or softball. Coach T began his coaching career at his Alma Mater, North Cobb HS, coaching the fall baseball teams. He then coached travel baseball at East Cobb before returning to high school where he spent 4 years at Sprayberry. While at Sprayberry, he was an assistant baseball and softball coach and helped lead the 2014 baseball team to a Region 7-AAAAA Championship. In 2015, Coach T came to East Paulding and has been an assistant baseball coach. Between Sprayberry and East Paulding, he has had numerous baseball and softball players go on to play college and a few baseball players get drafted. Coach T teaches Math at East Paulding. He is married to Molly and they have a son, Gatlin (1), and are expecting their second child in December. |
Abbie Warren | Available Soon. |
Mack Walden | Available Soon. |
Feeder Teams Coaching Staff 2022
Perry Shiver |
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Brian Fraga |
2022 Team Sportscastering Staff:
Shane Curtis