Bradley Mattox

Bradley Mattox has been a Special Education instructional assistant at Hidden Valley High school for two years and has loved every bit of it. He said “Growing up, I always worked with kids at Honey Tree Early Learning Center, and that’s where I realized that I loved working with kids.”  He took this and went to Tusculum University in Greenville, Tennessee to study sports management. While he was studying sports management at Tusculum he also played baseball for two and half years. When he was done playing baseball at Tusculum he transferred to Roanoke College and played for another two and a half years. Then he went to Greensboro, North Carolina and worked there as a sales rep. He said “After working as a sales rep, I realized that this is not what I want to do, so I came back to coach and help kids.”

 Coach Mattox said that he loves being around the kids he helps and that they make a bad day good. Coach Mattox said, “They can always put a smile on my face, no matter how bad my day has been, seeing them makes it better.” He likes to do this because he loves working with kids, He continues this love outside of school when he coaches the baseball and basketball teams after school. “I’ve always played sports and been an athletic person,” he said. He said after this year that he wants to move up and become a better coach, so he is going to talk to the head coach at Roanoke College and see if he can become an assistant coach there.

Coach Mattox is an inspirational person. He loves helping kids, and he is an amazing coach. He is also very dedicated to what he does and he will do anything for the kids he helps, no matter how big the cost. Every day he works with them so they can become closer and closer to mastering the life skills they will need. Coach Mattox deserves this award for putting all his hard work and dedication into helping special needs children. His work is what makes him a Hidden Hero.