North Rowan volleyball coach Kami Alford. Jacqui Smith Watson photo. By Mike London mike.
[email protected] SPENCER — Kami Alford would get votes as the busiest person in Rowan County, and her busiest day of the year was scheduled for Monday. A wife and a mother of four, which is challenging enough, Alford also is the hard-working, upbeat head coach of North Rowan’s volleyball team.
Her squad played earlier than usual, at 4:30 on Monday afternoon, so she and her team could make it to the North Rowan-Thomasville football game that was moved to Monday night at Eagle Stadium by last week’s hurricane. Alford is a super-fan, as her two older sons, senior Jeremiah, a quarterback and linebacker, and sophomore Mike, a receiver and linebacker, are two of the top players for the football Cavaliers. Jeremiah has shattered a host of school and county records for passing and total offense.
He’s handled a lot of attention gracefully, which says good things about the upbringing he’s had from Kami and her husband, Brian Alford, who was a two-way star football player for the Cavaliers in his day. Brian is a few years older than Kami, who graduated from North in 2004. Brian was graduating, as she was arriving.
“You raise your children and support them and you always are hopeful they will grow up to do great things,” Kami said. “Brian and I were both athletes, but you never expect your children to be breaking records. There’s no way you can anticipate something like that.
