Teams, Scores, & Schedules

Chris Harris
Head Coach

Coach Chris Harris grew up in Nashville. He attended David Lipscomb High school and later graduated from Oklahoma Panhandle State University with a bachelor of science in Health and Physical Education. He then spent the next 20+ years coaching college basketball across the country. After stops at New Mexico State University, Presbyterian College (SC), Southeast Missouri State University and a few small colleges, Coach Harris returned home to Nashville. He now works in the Fitness Department at Hillwood Country Club.

Hasan Clayton
Assistant Coach

Hasan is from Evanston, Illinois, where he attended Loyola Academy in a northern suburb of Chicago. He moved to Nashville in 2011 to attend Vanderbilt University. At Vandy, He double-majored in Psychology and Sociology while competing on the football team as an undergrad. He later completed my master's in education for Child Studies, where I focused on program evaluations for academic growth in non-profit organizations.

Hasan started teaching in 2015, where he worked at a local charter school in Nashville. He has taught grades 5-8 reading and writing throughout his career as a teacher. He later helped to create the inaugural middle school basketball team at Nashville Classical Charter School.

At FRA, Hasan looks forward to helping students reach their full potential athletically, academically, and socially by helping them thrive in various sports, providing rigorous English instruction to 7^th graders, and encouraging them to be the most selfless people they can be. Hasan, his wife, and their son all hope to be a part of the FRAmily for many years to come.

Jamaal Haywood
Assistant Coach

This will be Jamaal Haywood’s first year teaching and coaching at Franklin Road Academy. He is a dedicated basketball coach with 10 years of experience at various levels. He is well-versed in basketball analytics and player conditioning with a passion for growing confident student-athletes.

Haywood graduated from the University of Tennessee and had the opportunity to work for Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt as a men’s practice player.

Haywood will also be teaching MS 5th Grade Math while at FRA and looking forward to the opportunity to guide and mentor our 5th and 6th-grade boys as an assistant this year.