Executive Director of Transportation
Newport News Public Schools
Newport News, VA, United States
Shay Coates, is from Baltimore Maryland and currently resides in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s College in and 1993 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army. Shay spent 20 years in the US Army as a Transportation/Logistics Officer, retiring in 2013 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During his military career Shay served in many parts of the US, as well as South Korea, Germany, Iraq and Kuwait. While in the military, he earned his Master’s Degree in Management from Webster University. Shay began his career in pupil transportation at Newport News Public Schools in Virginia, September 2013. He started out a Supervisor II for the transportation department and quickly rose to Director of Transportation in September of 2014 and has since been promoted to Executive Director fof Transportation. NNPS school district is made up of 42 schools and the transportation department has 319 buses (169 propane) and transports over 24K students. In his spare time, Shay enjoys watching his beloved Manchester City Football Club and Baltimore Ravens.
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