I saw this on Twitter. Looks like speciation was correct and he was named he new head coach at Male this afternoon. Congratulations and good luck to Coach Feldhaus!!!

Wowzers!

Congrats coach!!!!

Good luck to my man Willie Feldhaus!

Home run hire. He was outstanding at Russell County.

How is the Louisville Male job as not only a coaching job, but how is the school system in general? Is it considered inner city? Private? How does it compare to other schools in that district-region? Have never known much about Male, since the Darrell Griffith/Bobby Turner days

How is the Louisville Male job as not only a coaching job, but how is the school system in general? Is it considered inner city? Private? How does it compare to other schools in that district-region? Have never known much about Male, since the Darrell Griffith/Bobby Turner days

The Louisville Male of today is far different from the Louisville Male of Darrell Griffith and Bobby Turner, which was far different from the Louisville Male of even earlier generations. The old Louisville Male was in downtown Louisville. Male High School is now located on Preston Highway just outside the Watterson Expressway (what used to be Durrett High School, near the Louisville airport) on a pretty large campus. As has been reported in other threads, it is a "traditional" public school. It is an outstanding high school, and there is a lot of competition to get into Male.

Male is a traditional school. Basically a free private school. On paper you have to come from one of three traditional middle schools. Male fills up fast with traditional kids. Recently they have not allowed many slots for non traditional kids/athletes. In the past they were. I understand Football does and basketball has recently. They have heavy invlovement with parents and boosters. Challenging school to coach at in basketball. Expectations are state titles. A big problem is they have to keep their traditional kids. Traditional middle school kids are not locked in to Male or Butler and can choose any school they want. Three solid traditional middle schoolers are at Fern Creek this year. Coach Feldhaus is coming into a different world. Kids can go anywhere they want basically. They are influenced by a lot of people including aau coaches. If he just sits in his office and takes the kids who show up he will struggle to compete with Ballard/Trinity in that region. He will have to be visible and protect his kids or they will go elsewhere. Good luck to coach Feldhaus

The Louisville Male of today is far different from the Louisville Male of Darrell Griffith and Bobby Turner, which was far different from the Louisville Male of even earlier generations. The old Louisville Male was in downtown Louisville. Male High School is now located on Preston Highway just outside the Watterson Expressway (what used to be Durrett High School, near the Louisville airport) on a pretty large campus. As has been reported in other threads, it is a "traditional" public school. It is an outstanding high school, and there is a lot of competition to get into Male.

 

That's the Male I remember from way back(rough neighborhood, problems with kids,etc.) Are they an all-Male school? Were they ever? How do they compare in size with enrollment to other schools in that district/region? Thanks for all the information

Good Luck!

Not an all Male school. They are 6A in football. Their enrollment is over 1600. One of the biggest schools in JCPS.

That's the Male I remember from way back(rough neighborhood, problems with kids,etc.) Are they an all-Male school? Were they ever? How do they compare in size with enrollment to other schools in that district/region? Thanks for all the information

Probably more than you want to know, but:

 

Male High School was first opened in 1856. It moved to its downtown location on Brook Street in 1915. As its name suggests, it was the Jefferson County public high school for boys (there also was a Girls High School). A lot of prominent Louisvillians attended Male, including US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and author Hunter S. Thompson. I am not sure when it became co-educational.

 

Male moved to its current location in 1991. It currently has an enrollment of around 1750, which makes it the third largest high school in the Seventh Region (Ballard has around 2000, Manual around 1875). Plus, you have St. X (1400) and Trinity (1300) who technically are smaller, but are all male. As dawgs83 suggests, it is in kind of a tough spot to be competitive in sports.

Male is a traditional school. Basically a free private school. On paper you have to come from one of three traditional middle schools. Male fills up fast with traditional kids. Recently they have not allowed many slots for non traditional kids/athletes. In the past they were. I understand Football does and basketball has recently. They have heavy invlovement with parents and boosters. Challenging school to coach at in basketball. Expectations are state titles. A big problem is they have to keep their traditional kids. Traditional middle school kids are not locked in to Male or Butler and can choose any school they want. Three solid traditional middle schoolers are at Fern Creek this year. Coach Feldhaus is coming into a different world. Kids can go anywhere they want basically. They are influenced by a lot of people including aau coaches. If he just sits in his office and takes the kids who show up he will struggle to compete with Ballard/Trinity in that region. He will have to be visible and protect his kids or they will go elsewhere. Good luck to coach Feldhaus

 

Probably more than you want to know, but:

 

Male High School was first opened in 1856. It moved to its downtown location on Brook Street in 1915. As its name suggests, it was the Jefferson County public high school for boys (there also was a Girls High School). A lot of prominent Louisvillians attended Male, including US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and author Hunter S. Thompson. I am not sure when it became co-educational.

 

Male moved to its current location in 1991. It currently has an enrollment of around 1750, which makes it the third largest high school in the Seventh Region (Ballard has around 2000, Manual around 1875). Plus, you have St. X (1400) and Trinity (1300) who technically are smaller, but are all male. As dawgs83 suggests, it is in kind of a tough spot to be competitive in sports.

 

Very good point about needing to be visible and protecting your players. Unfortunately it is getting that way almost everywhere which is sad but true. Also per the 2nd quote, St. X & Trinity are actually basically equivalent to having a student population of 2800 and 2600. Interesting stuff. Good luck to Coach Feldhaus at Male.

When Guy strong was the coach at GRC, we always started our season out with Male. Coach Strong coached at Male at one time. Nice school and easy location to get to.

it is, afterall, the family vocation.