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7 of the 20 JCPS football head coaching jobs are now open (Ballard, Central, Eastern, Moore, Pleasure Ridge Park, Seneca and Western). Is this a statement on the condition of things in JCPS athletics, or in the high schools at large? Is this an organized walkout? Are these just dominoes falling in response to coaching opportunities elsewhere?

 

Last year we saw the Ballard job come open. It's now open again. Additionally, Iroquois, Jeffersontown, Manual and Valley all turned over last year. That makes for over 50% turnover across the school district in the last two years.

The larger school districts in this state have a much more difficult time keeping up with the Jones's than the single or 2 school counties. Many see these systems as having it all when in reality its much harder to provide for 4/5/10/20 instead of 1.

 

You will find these systems have a lot of the same facilities that are patterned after all of the other facilities so that no one in the district will feel left out.

 

Having been an AD in a multi school district, creative design was brought to a halt due to the BOE not wanting one school to be seen with an "advantage"

Did Moore open up because the coach is taking one of the other jobs?

Maybe they are sick of X and T!

Is this an organized walkout? Are these just dominoes falling in response to coaching opportunities elsewhere?

 

This may not be to the liking of people looking for controversy on this topic, but speaking for myself and based on what I've read from the stories on other head coaches who stepped down on their own volition, there does not seem to be anything near any kind of "organized walk-out."

 

I can't speak for the coaches of these other programs, but I know my situation, Ty's at Central, and Jason's at PRP were specifically due to feeling the pull of father duties at that particular point in time (by the way, all three of us mentioned at the time we would likely be getting back into coaching when the timing was right).

 

Coach Copley stepped down at Ballard after only one year because he was approached by a school near where he'd been previously who offered more salary, more say in what assistants are paid, a teaching schedule that allowed for more concentration on football duties, and superior facilities plus better yearly monetary support for football needs outside of what must be fundraised. Add to it his wife felt very at home in that part of the country and I think you could chalk a large part of his decision to "family" as well "coaching opportunities elsewhere" as you mentioned.

 

So, while ALL of us as head coaches (everywhere, not just JCPS) think the grass--or artificial turf--is usually greener elsewhere and would like to see our schools supply better facilities, financial support, etc., to say this is some kind of organized statement against poor conditions is, from my understanding anyway, not the primary factor in what's going on.

As I heard a former; very successful coach in our state once say about multiple schools in a district.

 

"Everybody gets the same roll of toilet paper."

 

In terms of facilities. Sometime's that's a good thing (Fayette County and now Warren County schools all getting turfed in the next 2-3 years) sometimes that's a bad thing (most all Jefferson County schools).

Tenure List JCPS:

Atherton - Coach Walker 2017 will be 8th season

Male - Coach Wolfe 7th

Butler - Coach Wheeler 5th

Fairdale - Coach Wright 5th

Shawnee - Coach Benning-Wyatt 5th

Doss - Coach Hawkins 4th

Fern Creek - Coach Abell 4th

Southern - Coach Gossett 3rd

Waggener- Coach Johnson 3rd

Iroquois - Coach Peters 2nd

Jeffersontown - Coach Rigdon 2nd

Manual - Coach Carmony 2nd

Valley - Coach Campos 2nd

Ballard -open

Central -open

Eastern -open

Moore -open

PRP - open

Seneca -open

Western -open

Do you all think it will get better for the schools situations/coaching situations after having so many jobs come open this year?

Tenure List JCPS:

Atherton - Coach Walker 2017 will be 8th season

Male - Coach Wolfe 7th

Butler - Coach Wheeler 5th

Fairdale - Coach Wright 5th

Shawnee - Coach Benning-Wyatt 5th

Doss - Coach Hawkins 4th

Fern Creek - Coach Abell 4th

Southern - Coach Gossett 3rd

Waggener- Coach Johnson 3rd

Iroquois - Coach Peters 2nd

Jeffersontown - Coach Rigdon 2nd

Manual - Coach Carmony 2nd

Valley - Coach Campos 2nd

Ballard -open

Central -open

Eastern -open

Moore -open

PRP - open

Seneca -open

Western -open

 

I'm hearing maybe two more are coming open. One because the coach is taking a job at one of the current open ones. The 2nd the school is looking for a replacement, and has not let go the current coach. So this one my not happen but we will see.