Coach Howard is an alumnus of Ridge View High School and has been coaching for approximately 20 years, including 7 years as a varsity coach. He has been with Ridge View as Head Football Coach since 2021. Coach Howard graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and was a four-year letterman. Although he was recruited as a quarterback, he was a three-year starting running back at Morehouse. Both Coach Howard and his wife work at Ridge View, where they were crowned Homecoming King and Queen in 1998.