Tony Martin:  

Life Updated 28 Apr 10: Upon graduating from Petal, I attended PRC for two years and then on to USM graduating in 1979. In 1980 I married Sandy Chapman and we settled into the real world. I coached and taught in Mississippi at Lumberton, North Forrest, and Vancleave until 1988. I then coached at MSU from 88 to 90. It was at MSU where I received my MS degree in 91. During this time, as a member of the MS Army National Guard I was activated for Operation Desert Storm. After Desert Storm we moved to Texas where I coached at Pittsburg ISD and Dawson ISD. I then moved into school administration where I have served as Assistant Principal and Principal for several districts in East Texas. In October of 2003 I was again mobilized for active duty service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. For the next 15 months life was interesting to say the least. My unit, the 114th Army Liaison Team was assigned to the Anbar Province region of Iraq. That's a whole story in it's self. We returned home in March of 2005. I then returned back to Texas and my job as an elementary and middle school principal at Winfield ISD, remaining in this position until this school year. The 2009 - 2010 school year has been extremely interesting to say the least, after serving as principal at Winfield ISD for several years I was appointed as interim superintendent during the first week of school. It was my intention to remain there until recently when I had the opportunity to move to a larger district as high school principal where I will begin my duties in July of 2010. This August S...Expand for more