Logan County native John Logan Dockins continues to receive high honors from his alma mater, Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala.
The latest is being named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
Faulkner alumnus John Logan Dockins has worked at Alabama Christian Academy (ACA) for nearly a decade as a teacher and a coach, and his stellar abilities have earned him both Teacher of the Month and Coach of the Year recognitions and a promotion. He was recently named as one of the Upper School Assistant Principals starting this 2024 school year.
He was named WSFA Teacher of the Month in 2019 and named ACA Coach of the Year in 2023 and was also recognized as the Accomplished Alumnus for Faulkner’s Kinesiology and Exercise Science department for this year’s Marketplace Faith Friday Forums.
Dockins attended Faulkner from 2011-2015 where he played baseball all four years and was a member of the Kappa Sigma Phi social club. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and then came back and graduated with his Masters in Business Administration in 2022.
“Faulkner was the best experience I could ask for. The value of a Christian Education is priceless and now that I work in the same type environment, I feel blessed beyond measure,” Dockins said. “The way that I was treated with love, grace, and accountability by my professors and coaches at Faulkner is what I strive to be like with my students and athletes.”
Dockins is currently a teacher and staff member at Alabama Christian Academy and has been since 2015. He taught Bible classes for six years and then took over the Physical Education Department in 2021 as the Director of Eagle FITT. While at ACA, J.L also helped coach the football team as the Offensive Coordinator for seven years. In 2017 and again in 2020, they set the most wins in a single season in school history, most consecutive years in the playoffs (2016-present) and have assisted players in school records for single season, single game, and career stats. He is also the Head Middle School Baseball coach.
“I love teaching and coaching at ACA because it is an opportunity to work with and influence teenagers to become the men and women that God created them to be,” he says.
Dockins, who lives in Wetumpka, Ala, is an active member at the University Church of Christ. He is married to Faulkner alumna and ACE Director Savannah Dockins for six years and they have a 15-month-old daughter, Emma Jo.
John Logan Dockins experienced notable athletic success at both Logan County High School and Faulkner University,
As a Cougar, he made the varsity basketball team as am eighth grader but gave up that sport to concentrate on football and baseball. He was named All-SKY quarterback as a senior and was the school’s all-time leading passer in touchdowns and yardage when his career was over. He was the first baseman in baseball.
He was a member of three Faulkner baseball teams which reached the NAIA World Series, winning a national championship as a sophomore.
He comes from a family of high achievers. His mother, Sharon McLarty Dockins, is a retired teacher at LCHS who was Miss National Teenager. His dad, Harris Dockins, is a farmer and preacher who served multiple terms on Logan Fiscal Court and is chairman of the board of East Logan Water District.
His older brother, Frank Harris Dockins, received the Game Guy Award from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for coming back to play football for the Cougars after recovering from a kidney transplant.
His sister, Lee Dockins, is the most honored Special Olympics athlete in KentuckyhHistory, has been featured in an exhibit at the prestigious Smithsonian Institute, has signs honoring her in major entry points to Logan County, is a multi-time Best All Around Gymnast is the Special Olympic World Games, and was a charter member of the Logan County Cougar Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame.