Emily Stevenson

Assistant Coach

CoEd Varsity Cross Country

Emily Stevenson, or "Coach Chef" as she is more commonly known, is an original faculty member and coach at Patriot High School. She was hired to create and teach the culinary arts specialty program in 2011, as well as coach field hockey.

Throughout her years at Patriot, she has coached field hockey, softball, cross country, and was on the coaching staff of the Pioneer men's state champion swim team in 2017. Her culinary teams are repeatedly successful in international competition, and her focus on success for all has proven effective in her teaching and coaching endeavors.

Coach Chef was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. She graduated from Reading High School and attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she studied Elementary Education with a concentration in Health and Physical Education. She was also a 4 year member of the Crimson Hawk field hockey team and earned Academic All-American honors as a goalkeeper her senior year.

Culinary school, secondary education certification and gifted education certification came next, and she is very proud to get to use everything she's learned during her tenure at Patriot.

Love of running came later in life for Coach Chef, and boy does she love it! She completed her first full marathon in January, 2020, which has been her hardest yet most favorite race to date.