Coach Cagle begins his 38th year (36 in High School and 2 in College) of coaching Football and his first year here at Northside. Coach Cagle began his coaching career at his collegiate alma mater, in 1987 coaching the Furman University Defensive Ends and would be a part of the Paladin staff/team that won the Division I-AA National Championship in 1988. After that year, he took his first High School job at Cass High School in Cartersville, Georgia in 1989 as their Defensive Coordinator. In addition to serving in that capacity, Coach Cagle accepted the opportunity to expand his ministry with students by serving as a Bi-vocational Youth Minister at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cartersville.

Coach Cagle felt led to come back to South Carolina in 1996 and serve as a teacher and Defensive Coordinator at Lexington High School. After serving in that capacity for 4 years, Coach Cagle became the Head Football Coach/Assistant A.D. at White Knoll High School. It was at White Knoll where Coach Cagle and Northside's Head Coach, Dean Howell, began working together as Coach Howell served as the Offensive Line Coach. After 9 years at White Knoll, Coach Cagle accepted an opportunity to serve again with Coach Howell and took an Assistant coaching position on Coach Howell's staff at A.C. Flora. After serving at A.C. Flora for 7 years, Coach Cagle accepted an opportunity to serve the Gilbert community and became a teacher and coach at Gilbert High School. Coach Cagle served as the Defensive Coordinator for 8 years at Gilbert until he accepted his present position at Northside.

Coach Cagle has an unbelievably awesome wife in Kelly Sommer Cagle. Kelly has been serving students as a teacher at Carolina Springs Middle School for 18 years. Mark and Kelly have 3 Great Kids (Stephen - Teacher/Offensive Coordinator at Lexington High School, Sommer - Working as Doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh, and Savannah - Serves in Marketing in Ft. Worth) that are married and the Lord has blessed the Cagles with 8 Grandchildren (Luke, Brady, Peyton, Deacon, Lion, Indigo, Nileaha, and Dewayne). Mark and Kelly have truly been blessed by the Lord and they are very excited about what the Lord is going to do this year at Northside.

I am Justin Taylor, Head of Strength and Conditioning. Here at Northside Christian, I pride myself in expanding my biblical worldview and developing our athletes to reach any athletic goal that they may have. I am a full time member of the Physical Education department of the school, where we like to consider ourselves the fun teachers. I am a Columbia, S.C native. I would like to think that I was a multi-sport athlete, but in reality, football was the sport where I became my greatest in competition. I’ve played football since I was knee high to a duck, just before I was tall enough to ride a small dog. After three years of college football at Furman University, I decided that it was time to give the game to the younger people of the world. With my growth in football and other athletics, I acquired the joy that I hold in developing the athletic potential of young bodies. As a piece of the Northside Athletics puzzle, I also have the pleasure of working with our young men on the football team as an assistant coach. It is an honor to be a part of this staff, this school, this family. Thank you!

Mr. Joshua Christmas is in his 2nd year as the Middle School Head Coach at Northside Christian Academy, where he combines his love for sports with a passion for teaching and mentoring. In addition to coaching, he serves as the High School Bible and PE teacher at NCA.

Joshua is a graduate of Charleston Southern University with a Bachelor's degree in Youth Ministry, where he was actively involved in leadership and discipleship roles. He furthered his education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, earning a Master of Divinity. Before joining NCA, Joshua spent 3.5 years pastoring and teaching at a local church in Eastern NC.

Joshua's background in athletics includes playing high school football, where he developed a strong foundation in teamwork, discipline, and leadership—qualities he now instills in his students and athletes.

Outside of his professional life, Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife, Kadie, and their two children, Camp and Sullivan Grace. His hobbies include reading, cooking, kayak fishing, and cheering on his kids at the ballfields.

We are thrilled to have Coach Christmas as part of the NCA family, where his commitment to faith, education, and athletics continues to make a lasting impact on our students.

Robert (Robbie) Kinard 
Married to Suzanne Kinard- will celebrate 25th Anniversary on October 26, 2021. 
Son J.R. (13)

Currently serving as a Deacon and Men’s Basketball Coordinator at Riverland Hills Baptist Church- member since 2006. Accepted Christ in 1992 while attending Shandon Baptist. 

B.S. Business Administration 1990 USC-Aiken 
MBA 2006 Webster University 

Lettered in Football (3) Basketball (2) and Track (3) at Pelion 
Rec Head Coaching experience in Flag Football, Basketball and Soccer. Rec Assistant Coaching experience in Soccer and Lacrosse.  

Northside Coaching Experience- Head Middle School Football Coach 2019 and Assistant in 2020. Assistant Varsity Coach 2019 and 2020. 
Spring 2021 Assistant Track Coach (Sprinters) 

15 years of Officiating Experience with SCISA, Upward and Recreational Leagues in Football and Basketball. 

Football and Basketball Broadcasting experience with WDOG, High School Game Day, Big South Network and NFHS Network. 
 

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Todd McClinton (Coach Tiny) is a graduate of C.A. Johnson, where he was an All-American football player. Todd attended Clemson University and played both offensive and defensive line for the Tigers. He was the only player of his time there to letter in both positions. Todd returned home to Columbia to work with Jubilee Academy as the Assistant Headmaster and the Upper School PE Teacher. He started his official football coaching career at A.C.Flora High School as a tight-ends and d-line Coach. He coached there for ten years, winning many region Championships and one State Championship. In March 2021, Coach McClinton decided to join coach Dean Howell at Northside Christian Academy. He is in his current role as the Middle School PE Teacher and the Defensive Line Coach for football going into his second season. He is looking forward to helping cultivate leadership and substance in the lives of all of our kids here at NCA.

2022 begins the Walke family’s 11th year at NCA. Andy and Caroline have been married for 21 years and have 3 children. Andrew, a 2020 NCA graduate is a junior at The Citadel, Natalie, 11th grade, runs cross country and plays basketball for NCA and Cooper is in the 7th grade and playing on the NCA middle school football team as well as the shooting sports team.

Andy has been in real estate for 20+ years and Caroline is a nurse in her 26th year with Lexington Medical Center. They both have a passion for Christian education and enjoy being a part of NCA.

Andy is the shooting sports head coach and the middle school football head coach. He has been an assistant football coach at NCA for the past 9 years, and this will be his 6th season as head coach for the shooting sports team. Caroline has been an assistant on the women’s basketball team for the past several years. Andy is currently the President of the Booster Club board and has previously served as Vice President and Treasurer.

Coach Larry Bost is a native of Statesville, North Carolina and he is a graduate of South Iredell High School and Appalachian State University.  Coach Bost spent the first five years of his coaching and teaching career in Charleston County and arrived in Lexington School District 1 in 1978. He began at Lexington High School and transferred to White Knoll Middle School when it opened in 1992.  He transferred to Carolina Springs Middle School for its opening in 2007.  Coach Bost was athletic director of both middle schools and held several coaching positions there.  He was a head track coach at Lexington and White Knoll High Schools for 30 years, having over 325 wins.  He retired from teaching in 2014.  He formerly was the President of the Palmetto Athletic Conference, home to 15 of the 16 middle schools in Lexington County.  From 2000 until 2021, he was the director of football operations including equipment management and the director of C team track programs at White Knoll High School.
Coach Bost is married to the former Mary Ann Isenhour.  They have one son, Jonathan, daughter-in-law Abby , two grandsons and one granddaughter. He and his family are long time members at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church.

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