Dear Young and Ambitious Coaches Who Wonder If They'll Ever Get to Drive their Own Ship,

 

Yes. You. Will.

 

51 openings in one year...Wow.

Dear Young and Ambitious Coaches Who Wonder If They'll Ever Get to Drive their Own Ship,

 

Yes. You. Will.

 

51 openings in one year...Wow.

 

Yes. They. Will.

 

But, how long they will get to drive that ship is a bigger question.

 

By my count, only 4 of those jobs opened due to head coaches taking another job on the list (Boone, Owensboro, Southern, Woodford).

Only 5 opened due to coaches retiring from the profession (Bullitt Central, Glasgow, McCracken, Union, Warren East).

And, there were 2 that opened due to extenuating personal circumstances (Marion, North Bullitt).

 

That's only 11 of the 51 jobs. What happened in the other 40 jobs..................

 

My numbers may be a bit off, but the coaching profession has changed dramatically in the past decade.

My numbers may be a bit off, but the coaching profession has changed dramatically in the past decade.

 

I think as much as everyone wants to say it's about making the kids better people, teaching life lessons, raising boys into men, and everything like that, it's not. It ultimately comes down to wins and losses and "what have you done for me l lately" type of thinking. Too many people have seen the win now thinking in college and professional sports and think that it must be the way to get it done. Even though I'd venture to say the opposite is the case in many schools.

 

Although a constant winning program is so hard to consistently have at a public school, because so many factors can change the team. It's a hard job at far too many places, and people are just making it harder.

The current state of public education has brought us to this point. Due to the high pressure tests and bottom line mentality of our politicians, most school administrators are not great leaders of people. Our public schools are hiring administrators that may be experts in curriculum and instruction and may be able to quote you all types of "research based" strategies and can speak the language of education, but they cannot lead and inspire people. As a result, sports and other extra-curricular activities are no longer a priority. When it comes time to support a coach and make a stand, they continue to cave to public pressure and take the easy way out. Which many times results in coaches being fired or leaving due to the lack of support. Out of all of the jobs that were open this year only 5 or 6 are jobs that could be considered good jobs. Meaning that they have the talent pool, administrative support and community support to build a competitive program. Most of the open jobs severely lack in one or more of these areas. I commend the coaches that have taken these positions, but most likely they will move on rather quickly after a few years of fighting the constant up hill battle to build their program without the requisite tools. In closing, I agree that young coaches will have tons of programs to choose from each year and they will get their shot at running a program. Just be careful what you wish for. Finally, these changes are moving toward what I believe will be a club type system for high school sports in the future, but that is another thread for another time.

Hey @Colonels_Wear_Blue , on a conference call last night with some MS coaches and one of them said Berea was open. I haven't seen anything anywhere.

 

Also I think this clears up your Clay Co question.

 

"Jackson County— Job Title: Assistant Football Coaches

2 Assistant Football Coaching Positions

Possible Teaching Positions

ROTC

English

Math

Social Studies

Science

Contact Coach Clay Dalton

[email protected]

Contact: Clay Dalton, [email protected]

Ref.#: 7319

Submitted: 2015-05-04 10:35:27"

Yes. They. Will.

 

But, how long they will get to drive that ship is a bigger question.

 

By my count, only 4 of those jobs opened due to head coaches taking another job on the list (Boone, Owensboro, Southern, Woodford).

Only 5 opened due to coaches retiring from the profession (Bullitt Central, Glasgow, McCracken, Union, Warren East).

And, there were 2 that opened due to extenuating personal circumstances (Marion, North Bullitt).

 

That's only 11 of the 51 jobs. What happened in the other 40 jobs..................

 

My numbers may be a bit off, but the coaching profession has changed dramatically in the past decade.

 

I will say it again and again and again, it use to be that principals were old coaches because they knew how to run a ship NOWADAYS it is some math teacher that had the time to go back to college and get their principalship. So now you have someone in charge of a school with from 200 to 2000 students that has NO CLUE about running anything but maybe ACT testing on Saturdays. That my friends is the problem. And it is going to chase young people out of the coaching profession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The current state of public education has brought us to this point. Due to the high pressure tests and bottom line mentality of our politicians, most school administrators are not great leaders of people. Our public schools are hiring administrators that may be experts in curriculum and instruction and may be able to quote you all types of "research based" strategies and can speak the language of education, but they cannot lead and inspire people. As a result, sports and other extra-curricular activities are no longer a priority. When it comes time to support a coach and make a stand, they continue to cave to public pressure and take the easy way out. Which many times results in coaches being fired or leaving due to the lack of support. Out of all of the jobs that were open this year only 5 or 6 are jobs that could be considered good jobs. Meaning that they have the talent pool, administrative support and community support to build a competitive program. Most of the open jobs severely lack in one or more of these areas. I commend the coaches that have taken these positions, but most likely they will move on rather quickly after a few years of fighting the constant up hill battle to build their program without the requisite tools. In closing, I agree that young coaches will have tons of programs to choose from each year and they will get their shot at running a program. Just be careful what you wish for. Finally, these changes are moving toward what I believe will be a club type system for high school sports in the future, but that is another thread for another time.

 

That my friend was EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have these people running these schools that cant lead and unlike old coaches have never had to really deal with parents. So when little Johnny doesn't get that full ride from Alabama his parents blame the coach and not their own blood line. They complain (and it only takes about 2 sets of parents to get you fired) to the principal slash ex Science teacher and that ex Science teacher cant take the pressure and caves to little Johnnys mom and dad who are now parents of a graduated kid and said coach gets the ax. I say we start firing these principals when there test scores aren't good and I am not talking about moving them to the board like they ALWAYS DO let them go out like the coaches do and have to find another job!!!!!

Edited June 6, 201511 yr by Colonels_Wear_Blue
Fixed Quote

Berea is official.

Open Jobs | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

OPEN

1) Berea

FILLED

1) Barren County - Jeff Griffith

2) Bath County - Johnny Poynter

3) Bellevue - Woody McMillen

4) Boone County - Marty Steele

5) Bullitt Central - Tye Lawson

6) Calloway County - Mickey Garrison

7) Carroll County - Lee Downey

8) Caverna - Kenny Davidson

9) Clay County - Justin Combs

10) Covington Catholic - Eddie Eviston

11) Daviess County - Matt Brannon

12) East Carter - Tim Champlain

13) East Ridge - Brad Allen

14) Eminence - Brian Dorshefski

15) Fort Campbell - Josh McKillip

16) Fort Knox - Sam Wilson

17) Fulton County - David Gallagher

18) Glasgow - Jeff Garmon'

19) Green Count - Hunter Jackson

20) Hancock County - Bobby Eubanks

21) Harrison County - Neil Furnish

22) Harlan County - Eddie Creech

23) Hopkins Central - Shane Decker

24) Jackson County - Clay Dalton

25) Jeffersontown - Steve Stonebraker

26) Knott County Central - John Chapman

27) LaRue County - Tony Hatmaker

28) Lynn Camp - Allen Harris

29) Madisonville North Hopkins - Jay Burgett

30) Marion County - Corey Crume

31) Mason County - Jonathan Thomas

32) McCracken County - Shawn Jackson

33) McCreary Central - Justin Bozeman

34) Mercer County - Dave Buchanan

35) Metcalfe County - LJ Harbison

36) Moore - Carlo Stallings

37) North Bullitt - Adam Billings

38) Owensboro - Jay Fallin

39) Pendleton County - Brian Burgemeir

40) Perry Central - Tom Larkey

41) Powell County - Brandon Brewer

42) Seneca - Ted Leasor

43) Sheldon Clark - Adam Turner

44) Southern - Mike Gossett

45) South Floyd - Chad Hall

46) South Laurel - Don Burdine

47) Union County - Josh Boston

48) Waggener - Jordan Johnson

49) Warren Central - Clay Stephens

50) Warren East - Justin Chaffin

51) Woodford County - Dennis Johnson

@Colonels_Wear_Blue

 

Newport officially open.

 

Open Jobs | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

@Colonels_Wear_Blue

 

Newport officially open.

 

Open Jobs | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

 

And there we have it.

OPEN

1) Berea

2) Newport

 

FILLED

1) Barren County - Jeff Griffith

2) Bath County - Johnny Poynter

3) Bellevue - Woody McMillen

4) Boone County - Marty Steele

5) Bullitt Central - Tye Lawson

6) Calloway County - Mickey Garrison

7) Carroll County - Lee Downey

8) Caverna - Kenny Davidson

9) Clay County - Justin Combs

10) Covington Catholic - Eddie Eviston

11) Daviess County - Matt Brannon

12) East Carter - Tim Champlain

13) East Ridge - Brad Allen

14) Eminence - Brian Dorshefski

15) Fort Campbell - Josh McKillip

16) Fort Knox - Sam Wilson

17) Fulton County - David Gallagher

18) Glasgow - Jeff Garmon'

19) Green Count - Hunter Jackson

20) Hancock County - Bobby Eubanks

21) Harrison County - Neil Furnish

22) Harlan County - Eddie Creech

23) Hopkins Central - Shane Decker

24) Jackson County - Clay Dalton

25) Jeffersontown - Steve Stonebraker

26) Knott County Central - John Chapman

27) LaRue County - Tony Hatmaker

28) Lynn Camp - Allen Harris

29) Madisonville North Hopkins - Jay Burgett

30) Marion County - Corey Crume

31) Mason County - Jonathan Thomas

32) McCracken County - Shawn Jackson

33) McCreary Central - Justin Bozeman

34) Mercer County - Dave Buchanan

35) Metcalfe County - LJ Harbison

36) Moore - Carlo Stallings

37) North Bullitt - Adam Billings

38) Owensboro - Jay Fallin

39) Pendleton County - Brian Burgemeir

40) Perry Central - Tom Larkey

41) Powell County - Brandon Brewer

42) Seneca - Ted Leasor

43) Sheldon Clark - Adam Turner

44) Southern - Mike Gossett

45) South Floyd - Chad Hall

46) South Laurel - Don Burdine

47) Union County - Josh Boston

48) Waggener - Jordan Johnson

49) Warren Central - Clay Stephens

50) Warren East - Justin Chaffin

51) Woodford County - Dennis Johnson

Anyone have a general idea of how the turnover rate for football HC compare to other sports like basketball?

Anyone have a general idea of how the turnover rate for football HC compare to other sports like basketball?

 

Well, it's not exactly a "rate", per se, but at this point in the year, roughly 3 months after the basketball state championship, there are 31 head coaching positions that have been open at some point in boys basketball, compared to 53 in football at this point - 6 moths after the state championships.

Does anyone know the difference in total number of coaches? There are of course some schools that don't have football due to size.