By Julie Holt, Managing Editor, Leading Edge Communications

When you enter the office of Dr. Dan Hollandsworth, Assistant Principal at Heritage Middle School, you’ll find the trappings of most public school administrators – leadership books, disciplinary forms, a student Chromebook awaiting repair, stacks of stuffed-full file folders, holding many years’ worth of planning and management for a school with over 800 adolescents. What you’d find here that is uncommon in many such offices is a five-gallon bucket of field paint. In the 2023–2024 school year, Hollandsworth took on the daunting task of improving and maintaining the school’s football and practice fields.

Sports field management is not included in school admin coursework, training, or job descriptions, but this assistant principal, like many coaches, parents and teachers, has stepped up to the plate to fill a need for both his students and the community.

Read the full story in the August / September 2025 issue of Tennessee Turfgrass – https://theturfzone.com/tta/?ascat=7&sub=issue&issue_id=9419&rti=true&rel=3