The position at Central Middle School was coming open and he applied for the job. “I had never thought about being an athletic director,” he admitted. Then he received a life-altering phone call from a former baseball coach asking him about a new career path. I found coaching so much more enjoyable and fun than playing.”Īfter two years in Trafalgar, Engelbert returned home for a teaching position at Columbus North High School where he also served as the JV baseball coach.
There is nothing like after school every single day having your own team … kids waiting for you to tell them what to do. “I always wanted to be a (baseball) coach. Indian Creek provided his first teaching position and funneled him into coaching baseball at the junior varsity and varsity levels. He was a member of the Franklin College baseball team while pursuing his Education degree with an emphasis on Social Studies.
“I started seeking out more leadership positions and was lucky to get this one.”Įngelbert is replacing Ken Howell, who stepped aside at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.Įngelbert graduated from Columbus East High School in 2010 where he played baseball, tennis and football. “I was young but I ended up really liking it and went the administrative route with a master’s program,” explained Engelbert from his new office that he has yet to arrange to his liking. At the age of 25, Alex Engelbert received a phone call to gauge interest in a job he never really considered.įour years later, that job as athletic director at Central Middle School in Columbus (Ind.) led to his new role, athletic director and assistant principal at Waldron Junior-Senior High School.
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