Mason Padgett is currently entering his first season as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews, South Carolina. He spent the previous season at Holly Hill Academy where he was the Head Boys’ Varsity Coach.

Prior to Holly Hill, Mason was an assistant at Hickory Ridge High School in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Athletic Director at Union Christian Day School in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Padgett was the Head Coach at Lake Norman Christian from 2019-2021, winning a North Carolina state championship in his first year. He also had stints as an assistant at the Cannon School and Hickory High School. Mason started his coaching career as a student assistant at Catawba College.

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