Several Wake County athletic directors were recognized by their colleagues at the North Carolina Athletic Directors State Conference in Asheville over the weekend.
Among the honorees was Deran Coe, the Director of Athletics for the Wake County Public School System, who was inducted into the NCADA Hall of Fame.
Coe has served as the athletic director for WCPSS since 2013. In that time, he’s overseen several initiatives for the school district, including the launch of new sports like stunt and flag football, adding Unified Sports programs, and creating new safety initiatives for Wake County athletes.
Coe has served in multiple leadership positions with the NCADA and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Prior to becoming the district athletic director, Coe was the athletic director at then-Wake Forest-Rolesville High School.
In December, Coe received the Bruce D. Whitehead Distinguished Service Award from the NIAAA.
Green Hope High School athletic director Robbie St. John received an NCADA Citation, which is presented to individuals with less than five years of experience as an athletic director who have made significant impacts on their school, conference, or region in the past year.
St. John took over the Green Hope athletic department in 2023. He had previously been the boys basketball coach at Athens Drive High School.
Rob Weidenburner, athletic director at Apex High School, received the NCADA Athletic Directors of Excellence award. The award is presented to nationally certified athletic administrators with at least five years of experience who have demonstrated excellence and made significant contributions in athletics within their conference, region, or across the country.
Weidenburner has served as the athletic director at Apex since __. Beyond his work at Apex, Weidenburner has taken a leadership role in growing flag football in the area and creating a state playoff tournament that involves teams from several districts across North Carolina.
