Name: Don Ladd
Coaching: Voyager softball
Day job: Chief Deputy Sheriff of Durham.
Coaching resume: Assistant coach, N.C. Spinners travel club, 1998-2002. N.C. Dominators assistant coach, 2003. Cape Fear Storm assistant coach, 2004-present. Durham Riverside High assistant coach, 2004-14. Voyager Academy coach, 2014-present.
Five Questions
How do you go from the sheriff’s office to softball: “When my daughter (Jennifer) joined the N.C. Spinners, I had no idea what we were getting into. … Sitting and watching games from the stands all summer got pretty boring. So when the opportunity to coach came up, I took it. … In 2004, I thought there was absolutely no way I could devote the necessary time to coaching a high school team. (Then-Durham Sheriff Worth Hill) had coached me when I played football at Southern High, and he reminded me that coaching was another way for people in law enforcement to give back to the community.”
