Dalenie Jones has been teaching for 35 years. She has taught all 35 years at Central Elementary. This is her 8th year as the head tennis coach at Central High School. She was the assistant coach for three years before taking over as the head coach. Dalenie has also been the head coach for the Central Middle School for the past 10 years. Dalenie started a Tennis Club at the elementary school in 2017 to introduce the younger generation to the game of tennis and learn the skills.
The boys’ tennis team won the Region Championship in 2021 and made it to the second round of the state playoffs in 2022. The 2026 boy’s tennis team was runners up in the region. The girls’ team has won the Region Championship in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The girls team made the Elite Eight in 2021 and 2022.
Dalenie received her Bachelor and Masters degrees in Special Education at the University of West Georgia and her Specialist degree from Lincoln Memorial University. She is married to Robert, and they have 2 daughters. Elle is in the graduate program at Auburn University working on her masters in Finance. Emily is a junior at Georgia where she is a pre-med student majoring in Chemistry. Both daughters were student athletes in high school and the college level.
When she is not teaching or coaching, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, playing tennis and traveling. She volunteers for her church with their church camp during the summer. You can either find her in the classroom, on the tennis courts, or at any Central Community Event. Go Lions!!
