Andy Craig

Andy Craig is the superintendent of Hoover City Schools. He became the system's interim superintendent in 2006 and accepted the job on a permanent basis in February 2007.

Craig was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He went to the University of Alabama in Huntsville for an accounting degree. While there, he met his wife and the two moved to Decatur. He worked as a bartender to pay his way through college. Craig's first accounting job was auditing for Arthur Andersen. He next worked for an accounting firm in Decatur for six years, eventually making partner. He then became director of finance for Decatur City Schools, a position he held for four years.

In 2001, Craig became assistant superintendent for finance and business in Hoover. The move was done in part for the quality education his two children would receive. Upon the firing of Connie Williams as superintendent in 2006, he was named interim superintendent, a position he filled while continuing his duties as superintendent for finance. Craig decided to apply for the superintendent position permanently and, on February 5, 2007, was announced as one of the three finalists being considered for the position. The school board subsequently narrowed it down to two, Craig and another candidate, but the other took a job elsewhere. Craig was named as superintendent by unanimous vote of the board on February 22, 2007.

Craig and his wife have two children, a son and a daughter. In 2006, the son became a freshman in high school while the daughter entered seventh grade.

References

• Stock, Erin. (August 9, 2006.) "Interim superintendent keeping ears, mind open." The Birmingham News.
• Stock, Erin and Liz Ellaby. (February 6, 2007). "Who will lead Hoover schools?" The Birmingham News.
• Stock, Erin. (February 23, 2007). "Interim schools chief lands permanent post." The Birmingham News.

Preceded by: Connie Williams

Hoover Superintendent 2006 - present

Succeeded by: (current)