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Biography for Richard Kitzmiller

Dr. Richard Kitzmiller has served as the Superintendent of Kingsport City Schools since September 2002. He is a native of Sullivan County. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He was a teacher in Ohio and Knox County TN Schools prior to returning to Kingsport in 1978. He served as a math teacher and coach at Ross N. Robinson Middle School and served as an assistant coach under Buck Van Huss with the Dobyns-Bennett High School's freshmen basketball program.

In 1988, Dr. Kitzmiller was named Kingsport City School's staff development coordinator, where he helped develop and initiate the system's first staff development program. Prior to serving as superintendent, Dr. Kitzmiller worked in a variety of system-wide and central office positions, most recently serving as Director of Accountability and Student Services. In May of 2001, he received his Doctorate of Education degree from East Tennessee State University.

Dr. Kitzmiller currently serves on the Tennessee BEP Review Committee and the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS) Board of Directors. He and his wife Rosey reside in Kingsport, and his three sons attended and graduated from Kingsport City Schools.