About

David Porter is in his fourth season as the head football coach with the Bethel High School football.

Porter spent the previous four years at the Newport News Apprentice School.

In his first season with the Builders, Porter served as the running backs coach.  Under his tutelage first-year running back Fred Hendrieth led the USCAA with 12 rushing touchdowns and ran for a league leading 969 yards while averaging 6.9 yards per carry.

The following season, Porter took over as wide receivers coach and guided multiple all conference selections during his three seasons in that role.  Under Porter’s tutelage, Jacobi Sapp developed into one of the best small college freshman wide receivers in the nation with more than 700 yards.  His 33.6 yards per catch was the best in the nation at all levels.

Prior to joining the college ranks, Porter was a long time high school coach in the Tidewater, VA area of Virginia.  In 2014 and 2015, he was the wide receivers/defensive backs coach at Heritage High School in Newport News, VA and he spent six years as an assistant coach at Bethel High School in Hampton, VA where he was QB/WR/DB coach/defensive coordinator. 

In addition, Porter spent three seasons as the QB/WR/DB coach at Denbigh High School.

Porter is a 2001 graduate of Fayetteville State University with a degree in history.  He was a three-year starter at wide receiver (’98-’00) 

Porter is the proud parent of two children – Tayshaun, a recent graduate of Howard University and Virginia State University and Mya, a freshman cheerleader at Morgan State University.