Woods Charter School will have a new athletic director after the end of this school year.
Jordan Gatcomb, the athletic director at Voyager Academy in Durham, will take over for Dena Floyd in June, the school told the Chatham News & Record. She will officially begin on July 1.
Gatcomb has served as Voyager Academy’s athletic director since 2021. Prior to Voyager Academy, she led the creation of the women’s varsity rugby team and club cheerleading at Guilford College. She’s also worked in athletics at The North Carolina School of Science and Math (athletic coordinator and physical activity office manager), Wellesley College and Wheelock College (athletics department intern).
Before working in athletics, Gatcomb played softball at the University of Southern Maine, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies. She earned a Master of Education degree in the administration of higher education from Suffolk University.
After 11 years, Floyd’s last day at Woods Charter will be June 11. She will start as the sports information director at Ravenscroft School on July 1.
Floyd started as Woods Charter’s athletic director in 2014. She has overseen many athletic successes in her tenure, including multiple state championship appearances in girls’ soccer, the first playoff appearance for boys’ basketball and the creation of the school’s swim team spearheaded by state champion Daisy Collins.
In 2018, Floyd earned the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association Athletic Director/Administrator of the Year Award.
Gatcomb will lead Woods Charter into a new athletic conference this fall. With the North Carolina High School Athletic Association going to eight classifications next season, Woods Charter will join familiar opponents in Ascend Leadership, Chatham Charter, Clover Garden School, River Mill Academy, Southern Wake Academy and Central Carolina Academy in the new Central Tar Heel 1A conference.