Prior to serving as principal, he was a high school social studies teacher as well as a varsity football and basketball coach.
[4] While working for the Department of Public Instruction, Flood, along with Gene Causby, was tasked with helping local communities desegregate their schools.
[5][6] The two men traveled across the state meeting with elected officials, community activists, and parents in order to ensure desegregation.
They held a contentious community wide discussion where “... everyone from students, parents and teachers to the Black Panthers and Ku Klux Klan was expected to show up”.
This permanent recognition is displayed prominently in the Speight Building.”[4] In 2017, Flood was elected into the Raleigh Hall of Fame.