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Shawn Coury, director of athletics at Pinecrest Academy, shares a smile in the weightroom. He coached the Paladins football team to championships in 2020 and 2024. This year he was recognized as the staff member of the year. Coach Coury wants the student-athletes to be “defined by the dignity that Christ gave.”

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Pinecrest Academy’s Coach Coury focuses on life lessons over the scoreboard 

Pinecrest Coach Shawn Coury watches to ensure young athletes he sees competing never define their worth based on their ability to “hit a ball or jump high or run fast.” Coury was named the Cumming school’s honoree for Catholic Schools Week.

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