![]() ![]() The Rams fell to 3-7 in 2008 in the first season as part of the AHSAA ranks, and James resigned in 2009. In 2003, Caldwell alongside head coach Robby James "helped transform the program from an AISA doormat into a state title contender," compiling 72-22 record in eight seasons under James. Faith football proved very successful in the AISA but has struggled since moving to the AHSAA. With a 2.2 million dollar baseball/softball facility, Faith has the top baseball facility in southeast Alabama.įootball is led by Lance Lawley, who took the reins after Gary Caldwell and Rusty Mason both stepped down. Skoda, who retired in 2013 after celebrating his 900th win, won 11 AISA state tiles at Faith and was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 2003. The school's baseball team was coached by Lloyd Skoda for 29 non-consecutive years, who continues to teach other classes at the school. In 2015, the team won USA Today 's Best Boys Basketball Program contest with over 568,000 votes. The Boys Basketball team has won five consecutive regionals, won three consecutive regional titles and three consecutive state semifinals. During the 1990-1991 school year, the school was accredited by the Alabama Independent School Association. The enrollment remained at approximately 500 students in grades kindergarten through twelve. Faith Academy remained in Eight Mile for nineteen years, but moved to the present site on Tanner Williams Road in Mobile, Alabama, in the summer of 1988. Kindergarten was added in the 1975-1976 school year. The school grew rapidly by the school year 1972-1973, enrollment increased to 547 students in grades one through twelve. The name was changed to Faith Academy during the 1971-1972 school year. The school had 170 students in grades one through six and eight teachers. The school was begun in a single, two-story building located behind the church in 1969. Desiring to provide quality Christian education for white only children at a time when school desegregation was occurring in Alabama, they opened Lott Road Christian Grade School. The school changed its name during the 1971-1972 school year to reflect its emphasis on faith.įaith Academy was first envisioned in early 1967 at a men's prayer meeting of Lott Road Baptist Church in Eight Mile, Alabama. The school was founded as Lott Road Christian Grade School in 1969, and was located in Eight Mile, Alabama for nineteen years until moving to its current location in 1988. ![]()
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