This story appears in SLAM KICKS 28. Available now.
Every day, Andrew Dutton shows up to school with the coldest kicks in his classroom. They’re probably the cleanest across the school district. Actually, scratch that. He might be the most fitted teacher in all of Utah.
Hoodies, jeans, graphic tees, cargos and fitted caps, all color-coordinated to complement what he’s got on-foot. Fragment Design x Air Jordan IIIs. Jae Tips x Saucony collabs. “De La Soul” Nike SB Dunks. “Cyber Metallic” adidas Harden Vol. 9s. “Black Ferrari” Air Jordan XIVs. The desk inside Dutton’s classroom has seen more heat than the average NBA star’s closet. Nothing’s off limits, from the Js he grew up idolizing as a kid in Pocatello, ID, to the wave of new runners that have been picking up collaborations left and right.
This fall will mark Dutton’s 12th year as a teacher and the fifth anniversary of his viral “Classroom Sneaker” series, where he documents himself wearing a different sneaker every school day on social media. But bridging his kicks with education started long before he was planning out his feets of the week from the front of his middle school classroom.
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