HOMETOWN SPOTLIGHT | AUGUST 2024
School: Conroe Independent School District
Athletic Director: Chris Feris
HomeTown is excited to announce August’s spotlight, Chris Feris and Conroe Independent School District.
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris Feris has spent his entire 30+ year career in the education and athletics field. Over his tenure, Chris had the privilege to play baseball at Rice University and continue to be on the coaching staff. Chris was given the opportunity to take on the responsibilities of an associate director for Plano ISD and then nine years as an athletic director at Birdville ISD. He’s now in his third year as an athletic director at Conroe ISD and continues to deliver for his students and staff.
What is his inspiration
Chris, like many other ADs, is extremely passionate about his role as an athletic director. His father was also an athletic director and that helped surround and inspire him to pursue the same field and give back to the community that has given him so much. Chris enjoys the day to day operations that athletic directors oversee and really enjoys giving back to the students. As Chris says, “Being able to support coaches and students and enabling them to have the best possible experiences and to give back all the memorable experiences and life lessons I was a part of within athletics”.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT HOMETOWN?
Chris has been an early user of HomeTown since 2017 and has appreciated how HomeTown has grown and adapted to his needs! He loves how easy and simple it is to get set up and running with HomeTown.
“It’s not like the old days where we had to get roll tickets…HomeTown takes care of the ticketing and the admin and staff have their own access to quickly make changes. We can have a playoff game and get things ready in just a couple of minutes for people to be able to buy their tickets.”
Additionally the support that he received has been a crucial part of his success,
“The support and willingness to continue to work with us to see how we need things or how things could work better for us. Recently the end of the year meeting y’all came and saw us to talk about ins and outs of the year. Moving forward from there a pre-season meeting before preseason tickets went on sale. The follow up and support is key”.
Chris’s take on being successful
When asked about his career and what made him successful Chris emphasized working with the right people. He stated that they’ve always shared the same ideals.
"The people I’ve worked with are what have made me successful. They need to have fun and enjoy what they do and make the best out of any situation they’re given. Looking back at the people who were mentors or worked with or student athletes and the joys of making memories is what is important."
