Osborne High School Teacher, Coach Killed In Motorcycle Crash

MARIETTA, GA — Cobb County School District lost a third educator in the last week. Teco Browning, a 29-year-old teacher and assistant football coach at Osborne High School, was killed in a motorcycle crash Jan. 20.

"It is with a very heavy heart we deliver this tragic news. Coach and beloved teacher, Teco Browning, passed away yesterday in an automobile accident," Osborne High School posted on Twitter Jan. 21. "His love of football and passion for teaching was evident every day to staff and students at Osborne High School. The world is a better place because of Teco."

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— Osborne High School (@rlosbornehs) January 21, 2021

According to the Marietta Daily Journal, the Georgia State Patrol said Browning was traveling north on his motorcycle on Ga. 92 last Wednesday afternoon. A truck pulling a trailer, which was traveling south, turned left in front of Browning and the two collided. Browning was pronounced dead on the scene.

The driver of the truck that hit him — 59-year-old Steven R. Faulker of Douglasville — faces several charges, including second-degree homicide by vehicle, failure to yield while turning left, failure to exercise due care and driving with an expired tag, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The wreck remains under investigation.

A GoFundMe page was created for Browning's family on Thursday. Browning left behind his wife, Alexis; their newborn daughter, Nami; and their son, Teco Jr. As of Monday afternoon, almost $11,500 had been raised.

CCSD also lost two teachers from COVID-19 complications the day after Browning's death: Dana Johnson, a first-grade teacher at Kemp Elementary School, and Cynthia Lindsey, a paraprofessional at Sedalia Park Elementary School.