Superintendent of Fayette Public Schools Manny Caulk sent a letter to Paul Laurence Dunbar soccer coach Todd Bretz on Monday. In the letter Caulk told coach Bretz is no longer eligible to serve in a athletic coaching role in Fayette public schools. Bretz has won 4 state championships in his almost 30 years as coach since the school opened in 1990. Below is the link to the story.

 

Fayette Co. schools sidelines Todd Bretz

I see the following from the article:

 

While the district referred the case to criminal investigators, a Lexington Police spokesperson told WKYT that the department "determined this matter was not criminal in nature."

 

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So Fayette County Schools want Coach Bretz locked up.

 

Wow! I wonder what he did?

From what I was hearing that the coaches were being paid a very significant amount of money from booster money and it was not showed in paperwork submitted by the boosters club to the schools SBDM council.

From what I was hearing that the coaches were being paid a very significant amount of money from booster money and it was not showed in paperwork submitted by the boosters club to the schools SBDM council.

If true, that’s very troubling.

LexHerald article indicated it was about $7,500 annually for multiple years. Referenced blatant Redbook violations. Unless he controlled(?) the Booster funds and its' reporting it seems difficult to think accepting money would be criminal on his part. I know little about this Redbook other than many posters on BGP have said its' constraints have had a tremendously negate impact on the Ky Sweet Sixteen.

LexHerald article indicated it was about $7,500 annually for multiple years. Referenced blatant Redbook violations. Unless he controlled(?) the Booster funds and its' reporting it seems difficult to think accepting money would be criminal on his part. I know little about this Redbook other than many posters on BGP have said its' constraints have had a tremendously negate impact on the Ky Sweet Sixteen.

 

You are correct...apparently the booster club paid Bretz the funds mentioned with the description, "player development", and to my knowledge Bretz has never controlled any of the funds. It was stated that this has occurred since 2003.

 

It is sad, as my oldest played for Coach Bretz in the late 90's when we moved here, and I played recreational soccer with him. He is a great coach as well as a great developer of character in young men. Having said that, the KHSAA rules and evidence provided seem pretty clear on this. Coach Bretz also teaches, and I am not aware that he has lost his teaching job as well. I saw him at Keeneland last spring, and it was not clear that he would coach many more years anyway, even though he is not an old guy. Otherwise, he was bound for the hall of fame.