Who is Mr. Stabnick?
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Mr. Stabnick, Deerfield Elementary's PE teacher in Avondale Schools. As a child, I was involved in all sorts of sports (ice hockey, soccer, baseball, football, golf, basketball, bowling, and track & field). I think that's what made me love to be athletic. Hockey was my favorite sport. I grew up with 2 brothers and in one hockey season I scored 77 goals, my middle brother scored 80, and my little brother scored 70. We were scoring machines! It's a wonder why none of us went pro? When I got to high school, I wanted to play as many sports as I could so I put hockey on the back burner and I got varsity letters in football, golf, and track & field. I graduated from Warren High School in 1986 and then went on to graduate with a business degree from Oakland University in 1993. From there I worked for Comerica Bank for 9 years until 2002, when I decided that a business career was not the career for me and I went back to school with the support of my family and received my Master of Arts in Teaching from Wayne State University in May of 2006. I have taught PE and Health at Bradford Academy (Southfield, MI) for 3 years, PE and Health at Hanley International Academy (Hamtramck, MI) for 9 years. From 2010-2017 I was also the Athletic Director and coach at Hanley and led many of our school's teams to league championships! For the 2018-2019 school year I taught at Seminole Academy (Mount Clemens Community Schools). Now I am very happy and excited to be here at Deerfield teaching PE. I have coached ice hockey, soccer, baseball, volleyball, flag football, and cross-country for many years. I have 2 wonderful children (son-Austin & daughter-Madison) from my first marriage who are now adults. In the summer of 2019 I got engaged and during the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to go ahead with our wedding as planned on April 4, 2020 and got married at home in our condo! See below for the link of the story that WXYZ TV did for us! It was an unusual wedding, but we had our children present and our immediate family present on ZOOM and I'm really thrilled about that and couldn't be happier! My wife's name is Amy. She has changed my life for the positive and I'm extremely happy! I am excited to be here to help continue an excellent PE program for your children here at Deerfield. My hobbies are working out, golf, bike riding, swimming, home decorating/landscaping, game nights (Euchre, Poker, Sequence, King's Corner, and Banana Gram), spending time with my wife, family & close friends, and Netflix and Amazon Prime Video binge-watching my favorite shows. During my summers I sometimes work part-time for my best friend who owns a carpentry/construction company and I help refurbish homes in the Metro Detroit area. I also love vacationing with family, playing golf at my country club, and playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Mr. and Mrs. Stabnick's Quarantine Wedding
https://www.wxyz.com/news/quarantine-wedding-metro-detroit-couple-ties-the-knot-from-home-in-masks
https://www.wxyz.com/news/quarantine-wedding-metro-detroit-couple-ties-the-knot-from-home-in-masks