Name: Mark D. Ebberman
Mark insists on being referred to as Coach Ebberman by students and staff alike. He seems to like it when certain students refer to him as Coach Eb but most of them are calling him Coach Deb behind his back. His middle name is Douchae, which he hates. His mother thought it "sounded fancy" and never considered the less than creative nicknames teenage boys might conjure.
Gender: Male
This could be called a point of pride for Coach Ebberman. He firmly adheres to traditional ideals of masculinity and even dismisses actions such as bullying under the banner of "boys will be boys". As far as he's concerned, a man should only be interested in making things, fixing things, breaking things, sports, and women. What some people might call demeaning the weak, Coach Ebberman would call tough love.
Age: 39
Although he would never admit it, Mark has been experiencing a great deal of anxiety and even minor panic attacks at the thought of turning forty. He's afraid that it won't be long before he is no longer in his physical prime when in reality he left that prime behind him a decade ago.
Appearance:
Coach Ebberman is 5'11" but he is exactly the sort of man who would insist that he's six feet tall and he does. At 245 pounds, Cordova's P.E. Instructor is not in the best shape of his life but it is still clear to see that at one time, he had an envious physique. He still has the broad shoulders with legs as sturdy as tree stumps and he's definitely still solid but his chest and arms are flabby from lack of exercise and he has a protruding beer gut that would require much more than some crunches to get rid of. He still has a full head of shaggy brown hair, another point of pride, and he keeps his face shaved. He also has striking green eyes and it's quite clear that he was a rather good looking guy back in the day.
Occupation: Cordova High School P.E. Instructor
Mark's official job title is that of P.E. Instructor and although Cordova has an extensive sports program with a few different coaches, Mark merely oversees the general physical education class for the school as a whole. Despite this, the faculty refers to him as coach and the students don't have much choice (or just don't care) but a few of Cordova's real coaches either roll their eyes at "Coach" Ebberman or openly dislike him. Mark doesn't seem to have any ambitions in becoming a coach for any of Cordova's sports teams or anything beyond his current position.
Additional Information: I'm going to put a little bit of OOC information here just for character context.
If I haven't made it clear enough, Coach Ebberman is very much a wannabe alpha male with a superiority complex and a host of insecurities. He left college, where he was majoring in sports science, to join the military in 2001 when he was 21 years old and refers to his service as being responsible for "shaping him into a real man". He is vague concerning the details of his service and where he was stationed, saying that it's too difficult to talk about but claims that he does not have PTSD.
The truth is that Mark was kicked out of college and he never even attempted to join the military. In truth, Mark has a loud attitude and is actually quite the coward when it comes to violence but he can play the bluff card with the best of them because he at least looks like he could bench press a horse. It's easy to look at Mark as nothing more than a cowardly, insecure bully because, well, he is but that's not to say that he's a heartless monster.
He loves animals and regularly volunteers at various shelters just to spend time with them. When he was a boy, he wanted to be a zookeeper or a veterinarian but his father berated him and pushed him towards more "manly activities". He loves singing in his car and is actually pretty good but he's too embarrassed to do karaoke even though he really wants to. Openly, he listens to hard rock and country songs about what it's like to "be a man" but privately listens to sad country and pop songs when he's feeling down which has been a lot lately.
Mark has had a drinking problem for most of his life, since his college days but it only got worse as he got older. He even had to go into rehab or risk losing his job due to an embarrassing event when some students found him half-naked and drunk in the middle of the football field. He got his drinking under control but once he felt secure back in his job, he ditched his sponsors and started once again drowning his sorrows in booze. However, the past year has been especially hard on him and he has started abusing painkillers (even buying them from certain students) and legally prescribed anti-depressants.