Ken Coble was recently promoted to Director of Campus Safety at Southern College of Optometry. Appointed Manager of Campus Security in 2010, Coble leads the group responsible for campus safety and security at SCO, which ranks among the statistically safest college campuses in Memphis.
Coble's duties will also include primary responsibility for OSHA/EPA compliance and risk management on campus. Prior to joining SCO, he served as a corporate security specialist at FedEx. His experience also includes serving as chief of police for an Illinois town and in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and the Illinois State Police Academy.