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Chris Cushenbery

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Head Soccer Coach, AP Economics Teacher
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Chris "Cush" Cushenbery serves as the varsity head soccer coach and teaches AP Macro/Microeconomics. A Denver native, Cush holds a double major from Covenant College in Business and Psychology and a MS from Ohio University in Sports Science. His soccer teams won state titles in 2017, 2019, and 2024, and finished the 2024 season ranked #1 in the country. His players have earned numerous awards including Gatorade Player of the Year twice, 13 All-American awards, 4 Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards, and dozens of All-State and All-Region awards on the way to playing for great colleges including Northwestern, Xavier, Boston University, Lipscomb, UCSD, ETSU, Bryant, UVA, and the Bahamian Men’s National Team. A winner of the Coaching for Character Award and the Scrappy Moore Coach of the Year Award, Cush also runs the Lookout Mountain Rec Soccer League, served as Chairman of the Board for Chattanooga Sports Ministries and Operation Get Active, and spent three seasons as an assistant coach for Chattanooga FC’s men’s team. A father of two, Cush loves living on campus as well as climbing, hiking, and his jeep.