CONGRATULATIONS COACH LOWE!
written by: Karyle Green, Ed.D., Principal, Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. HS
Cocoa Beach High School recognized Coach and Teacher Dave Lowe on his incredibly successful years as an educator, coach and mentor to students in Brevard county over the past few decades. Football has always been a part of his life. Coach Lowe, following his graduation from Merritt Island High School in the 70s, went on to play football at both East Carolina and Troy State. After his graduation, he began his coaching career at Melbourne High School. From there, he spent time at Palm Bay, Cocoa Beach and back to his alma mater, Merritt Island High School. His second stint at Cocoa Beach came in the 90s when he served as an assistant and a head coach (interrupted by one year at MCC). The 2000s, Coach Lowe coached at Holy Trinity and returned to Cocoa Beach for his 3rd and final stint in 2008. If you add all those years up as a coach, Coach Lowe has impacted well more than 1000 student athletes on the field. One of those athletes impacted by Coach Lowe is Jackson Lalani. Jackson says football means so much to him. He said, “I respect Coach Lowe a lot! He spends hours and hours of his own time to make our team better. I will miss him a lot!” During the retirement activities for Coach Lowe, Cocoa Beach also recognized Senior Ryan Tsarnas who is leaving with Coach. Ryan has played football since 8th grade. He says that Coach Lowe “always found a way to make things funny. That’s how kids learned. Kids would get in trouble and the lessons came with laughter.” Ryan also had advice for younger kids. He says, “Get in8
volved. It’s definitely worth it to try new things. You make lots of memories that you’ll carry with you.” Ryan’s plans are to head off to UF and remain active in athletics through club sports.
Coach Lowe will be missed tremendously in the classroom. As a math teacher with 40 years’ experience, the impact he had on getting those kids across the bridge is indescribable. He has a way of connecting math to real world, and getting the kids to do the work! Coach Lowe is one of the reasons Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School has been an “A” all these years. When he’s retired from here, if you’re looking for a math tutor, you’ll have to look him up! That is, IF you’ll be able to find him at home. We know Coach Lowe is looking for ways to stay involved. He and his wife have been a huge part of Cocoa Beach all these years and we definitely will find ways to keep him supporting our students and our athletes. Congratulations, Coach Dave Lowe!
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