TFS Varsity Track & Field

COACHES

Scott Neal – Head Coach
scott.neal@tallulahfalls.org

Coach Neal begins his 41st year of coaching in 2024-25, 38th year in full-time education as a teacher or administrator, and 26th year at TFS. Coach Neal leads the TFS athletic program and is the head coach of the high school cross country and track & field teams. Scott is a founding member and representative of the Georgia Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, member of the GACA, GADA, NIAAA, USATF, GATFXCCA, USTFCCCA, and NSCA, and has been a USATF Level I instructor. Coach Neal is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has the USATF Level II certificate in four different categories. In spare time and on breaks, Coach Neal likes traveling to national parks, experience the outdoors through various adventures, biking, hiking, reading about performance training, and spending time with his wife Dianna and two dogs, Regal and Tink.

Ty Cox – Assistant Coach
ty.cox@tallulahfalls.org

Ty Cox starts his 7th year of teaching and his second at TFS as a physical education teacher at the Upper School.  Coach Cox is the head middle school cross country and track & field coach, as well as an assistant high school track & field coach. He enjoys spending time with friends and family, adventuring, fishing, and traveling.

Reid Kafsky – Assistant Coach
reid.kafsky@tallulahfalls.org

Coach Reid Kafsky is a '20 TFS alum (6th-12th) who recently graduated from Georgia Southern University with her Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. While at TFS she participated in Swimming and Track & Field. In her free time Coach Kafsky has enjoyed white water rafting (as a guide), sailing, and hiking with her dog Odie. 

CJ Stockel – Assistant Coach
cj.stockel@tallulahfalls.org

C.J. Stockel is in his 35th year of teaching and coaching in education. For thirty of those years, he has been a strength & conditioning coach at the high school and middle school level. In July he was hired at the Tallulah Falls School to teach weightlifting classes for the male student athletes and to coach Cross Country and Track & Field. Along the way he has coached Football for 34 years, Head Varsity Track for 7 years, Basketball for 6 years, Baseball for 4 years and Golf for 1 year. Coach Stockel is a USAW Senior International Coach and served on the USAW Board of Directors from 2015-2019. He was Chairman of the Board for USAW in 2015-16. In 1999 and 2004, he was selected as the Developmental Coach of the Year in USA Weightlifting. In 1999 he was a finalist for Developmental Coach of the Year for the United States Olympic Committee. In 2004 he received the Samson High School Coach of the Year award by American Football Monthly. In 2022 he was inducted into the National High School Strength Coaches Association Hall of Fame.