Former varsity girls soccer coach and current Physical Education teacher Michael Flynn is retiring at the end of the 2025-26 school year. Flynn has worked 32 years in education, 21 of which were at Aragon. Flynn first started at Aragon as a soccer coach in 1996 and became a PE teacher two years later.
Flynn credits his retirement to future plans with his wife, and plans on moving to Spain in the coming year.
“Normally, the magic number [of retirement] is about 62 and a half,” Flynn said. “But with everything going on in the world and politically, what’s happening in this country, we felt it was best to finish now so that we can travel. My wife and I are planning to move abroad … We want to be able to enjoy traveling while we’re young enough.”
Many students appreciate Flynn’s unique approach to teaching PE class.
“My favorite aspect of Mr. Flynn is his optimism and positivity,” said freshman Joel Levitt. “In many ways, a lot of students tend to [not] be excited for PE class, but Mr. Flynn does an incredible job of trying to make the environment fun [and] engaging … Every day we line up in our typical roll call spots, [and] as soon as we start our warm ups, Mr. Flynn comes to me and my friend and shares with us [a] fact of the day, and we’ve made it a ritual.”
Flynn recalls one of his favorite memories teaching.
“One of my former students presented me with her banner to San Jose State,” Flynn said. “She said, ‘You believed in me. You kept on pushing me, even though I wasn’t a very good runner. Your words were inspiring, and it motivated me to continue to work out.’ And you don’t hear a lot of that as a PE teacher.”
