Before returning to Hume-Fogg as its new principal, Paul Fleming served as principal at Meigs Magnet Middle School and assistant principal at Martin Luther King Magnet School. From 1994 to 2003, he taught 9th grade Government, 10th grade World Studies, and a 12th grade Humanities courses at Hume-Fogg. He also chaired its Social Studies Department. In addition to his years at Nashville’s other two academic magnet schools, he has served on the faculty of the Governor’s School of International Studies, a one-month program for gifted high school students at the University of Memphis.

Kelly Harned has been on the Hume-Fogg staff for fifteen years and currently teaches P.E and coaches the boys’ basketball team. Coach Harned sent Hume-Fogg basketball teams to the district championship in 1998 and 2002 and also sent teams to the district final in 1994 and 2003. He was voted Coach of the Year in 1994, 1998, and 2002.