Former Caldwell County basketball star Matt Fraliex is coming home to teach and coach at his alma mater this year.
He will be teaching 4th grade and serving as the JV and assistant boys basketball coach at the high school. He returns home after spending 6 years teaching in Tennessee, a year in Russellville and the past two years at Todd County.
Fraliex graduated from Caldwell County in 2007 breaking various school records including all-time leading scorer with 2,941 points, highest single season average with 32 per game, most consecutive games scoring 20 plus points in 40 games and held the single-game high points scored until this past year.
After graduation, he played college basketball at Murray State for 2 seasons and then on to Mid Continent for 2 years until graduation.
Fraliex decided on his future career as an elementary school teacher while he was a student in Caldwell County and attributed that decision to the teachers at his local school.
click to download audioFraliex is the son of Helen and Earl Fraliex of Fredonia and plans to relocate his family back to Fredonia in the future. He has had a vision of coming back to Caldwell County, but the timing was right this year.
click to download audioHe is married to Tamara who is the daughter of Debra and Tom Hughes who served as Pastor at Princeton First Baptist. Tamara is a lead nurse at Centennial Hospital in Nashville and is looking for employment locally. They have 2 children Aiden age 8 and Rylee age 6. The move back to Caldwell was a mutual decision.
click to download audioFraliex is looking forward to coaching at the place where he grew up. He said watching the clock and scoreboard helped him to learn his numbers as a child and remembers counting backward the numbers on the clock as he watched family members play on the court. He also proposed to Tamera in the gym as it was the first place he saw her when he was a player and she was a cheerleader. Fraliex said walking back to the gym brings back many emotions.
click to download audioFraliex said he’s excited about coming home and being a “TIGER” again and would be happy to spend the rest of his career at Caldwell County.
