Leadership · Todd Leonard’s Bio

Todd Leonard

Founder and leader of The Micah Mandate

Athletic Director: West Florida High School
Board of Trustees: Pensacola State College
Teacher of the Year: 2016
Former Scout Platoon Leader: United States Army · 1st Infantry Division
Board Member: UWF Academy of American Civic Republicanism

Todd Leonard is the founder and leader of The Micah Mandate, a brotherhood of order committed to forming faithful, disciplined men for service to God, family, church, and community.

Todd currently serves as athletic director at West Florida High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he is responsible for building programs, developing coaches, and shaping young men within a culture of accountability, discipline, and excellence. He previously served as head football coach at Pensacola High School, was named Teacher of the Year in 2016, and taught history and AP Government, grounding students in civic responsibility, historical perspective, and the weight of leadership under real consequences.

Todd previously served as a scout platoon leader in the United States Army’s 1st Infantry Division. He also serves as a board member of the UWF Academy of American Civic Republicanism.

In addition to his work in secondary education, Todd was recently appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve on the Board of Trustees of Pensacola State College, further extending his involvement in higher education, institutional governance, and public service.

For more than a decade, Todd has worked at the intersection of athletics, education, civic life, and Christian formation. His leadership has been shaped by the conviction that authority is never abstract—it is proven through responsibility, decision-making, and the willingness to bear consequences on behalf of others.

The Micah Mandate emerged with particular urgency during the COVID era, when Todd witnessed firsthand how fragile many institutions—and how unprepared many men—had become under pressure. The widespread retreat from courage, clarity, and responsibility solidified his conviction that the crisis facing men today is not primarily political or psychological, but formational. This realization intensified his resolve to shape men who are principled, resilient, and willing to stand when fear and confusion dominate.

Todd’s work emphasizes formation rooted in Scripture, history, discipline, and ordered brotherhood. He has been heavily influenced by George Grant and his book The Micah Mandate, from which the group takes its name and guiding framework, as well as by the example of Theodore Roosevelt and his call to the strenuous life. He regularly draws from Scripture, classical Christian thought, and historical exemplars to underscore the necessity of virtue, duty, and action in the lives of men.

Outside his professional responsibilities, Todd practices rucking, physical training, and disciplined reading. He views these habits not as recreation but as preparation. He leads The Micah Mandate not as a platform or personality, but as a shared work, believing men are forged through truth spoken plainly, burdens carried together, and faith lived out under pressure.

A bronze bust of Theodore Roosevelt on a table at a Micah Mandate gathering

How men are forged

Truth spoken plainly, burdens carried together, and faith lived out under pressure.

He leads The Micah Mandate not as a platform or personality, but as a shared work.

Todd is the father of seven children and has lived through seasons of family formation, collapse, and re-formation. These experiences have profoundly shaped his leadership and his understanding of both success and failure. He holds to a righteous fall-but-rise view of manhood—believing that while men are called to build well and lead faithfully, they must also be prepared to repent, recover, and rebuild when they stumble. His desire is not only to help men pursue excellence, but to help them avoid preventable pitfalls and remain faithful over the long arc of life.

God has also blessed Todd with a phenomenally supportive spouse in his beautiful wife, Becki, whom he affectionately calls his “soft landing zone.” Together they share a deep partnership in life and calling, and they value their time together as a source of strength, steadiness, and gratitude.

Family & Formation

Todd’s approach to formation is shaped by lived experience rather than abstraction. Having navigated both success and failure in family life, he approaches leadership with sobriety, humility, and resolve. He believes men must be taught not only how to lead well, but how to recover rightly—with repentance, endurance, and renewed responsibility.

Rather than presenting an idealized model of success, Todd emphasizes faithfulness over time. His aim is to help men steward authority wisely, love their families sacrificially, and stand firm when tested—leaving those entrusted to their care stronger, not diminished.

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