Name of Business:

Alabama Watersports



Location:

8390 U.S. 72, Athens, Ala., 35611



Date established:

November 2003



Owner:

Coogan and Heidi Preston



Telephone: (256) 729-1970



Web site: www.alabamawatersports.com



Hours of operation:

M-F 8 to 5

Saturday 8-12



Describe what your business offers:

Alabama Watersports is a full-service marine dealership offering Supra Luxury Ski and Wakeboard Boats, Moomba Tournament Wakeboard Boats, Nautiques by Correct Craft, SunChaser Pontoon Boats, Blazer High Performance Bass Boats, and XPRESS Aluminum Boats. The business offers an onsite service department and full service marine machine shop with certified mechanics and technicians.





Brief history of business:

“We have grown. We started with one boat line,” Preston said. “We now have 5 lines of boat, 4 engine lines and a marine machine shop.”



Owner’s background and qualifications:

Coogan grew up in Athens and graduated from Athens High School. He graduated from Athens State University with a math degree.

Heidi is from Harvest and graduated from Sparkman High School in Huntsville. She received an industrial and systems engineering degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

The couple has lived in Athens for seven years.