Gershon Caston biography: 13 things about Duncanville, Texas native

Gershon “Shon” I. Caston is an American teacher from Dallas, Texas, United States. He was born in Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas and he attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

Aside from Dallas and Duncanville, Caston has lived in other parts of Texas including Garland. He previously lived in Los Angeles, California, USA, in Irondale, Alabama, USA and in Montevallo, Alabama.

From 2005 to 2006, Caston played for the men’s basketball team of New Mexico State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He played in 18 games and finished the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds as a reserve guard.

From 2014 to 2023, Caston taught at multiple middle and high schools in different parts of Texas including Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville, Garland, Irving and Lancaster. Aside from teaching, he also worked as a youth basketball coach.

Caston is 6’5″ tall and his registered weight is 200 pounds. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On February 2, 2005, he signed a letter of intent to the New Mexico State Aggies.
2. On June 30, 2005, he enrolled in New Mexico State University. On September 1, 2005, he committed to the New Mexico State Aggies.
3. On June 9, 2006, it was announced that New Mexico State University’s basketball program has granted him a release from the team.
4. On June 25, 2009, he was undrafted during the 2009 National Basketball Association draft at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, USA.
5. In 2015, he was hired as a special education teacher by the DeSoto Independent School District.
6. In 2016, he resigned from the DeSoto ISD with no written reprimands or complaints.
7. From August 2020 to May 2022, he was employed by the Irving Independent School District as a special education teacher.
8. In 2021, he obtained his educator certificate in Texas as a general classroom teacher and for special education.
9. For the 2022-2023 school year, he was a special education teacher and an assistant girls basketball coach at Duncanville High School. In January 2023, he was placed on paid leave after several female student basketball players accused him of using profanity and derogatory language when speaking with them. On March 31, 2023, he resigned.
10. In May 2023, the Red Oak Independent School District hired him as a teacher and a coach for Red Oak Middle School in Red Oak, Texas.
11. He, Lamorris Hudspeth, then 47, Adarius Staples, then 33, and Amber Gords, then 30, are accused of being involved in the abuse of Tanya Jackson of Waxahachie, Texas, who was 11 when she went missing on June 17, 2023. Jackson was found safe on July 15, 2023.
12. On July 20, 2023, he, Hudspeth, Staples and Gords were arrested. He was booked into the Dallas County Jail in Dallas and placed on leave by the Red Oak ISD. He was charged with aggravated sex assault of a child, trafficking of a child and compelling prostitution by a minor. His total bond was set at $450,000. He denied all the accusations when WFAA interviewed him in November 2023.
13. In January 2024, he turned 39.