Mr.+Dease's+Bio

Coach Dease


 * This is in my 29th year teaching and I have been at Orange High School for my entire career. I love OHS.
 * I grew up in northwest Gaston County near Cherryville, NC. I graduated from Bessemer City High School in 1980. I went on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Education in 1984. GO TARHEELS!
 * I am currently teaching Honors World History and World History. In the past I have taught US History, Civics, Government, World Geography, Sociology, and a course on the American West. I have coached baseball here at Orange for 28 years. For 25 years I have served as the head coach. I also coached football from 1984-1994 and served as the assistant athletic director 12 years.
 * In 1990 I married Jan Monroe from Mint Hill, NC and we have two wonderful daughters, M'Lynn and Abby. We have a yellow lab named Cally and two goats, Missy and Billy.
 * My interests include: doing things with family and friends, baseball, golf, running, going to the beach, working on the baseball field and working in the yard.