Open Job: Marion County

[LethalPG]

Coach Stallworth posted it on his Facebook today.  The Knights have struggled the past two seasons.  3-25 this year...3-26 last season... Tough two year stretch.  Good luck to Coach Stallworth and the Knights moving forward.

[5thregionbasketball]

Was just about to post this one too. I think there could be a few more come down the line in the next few days as well. 

[LethalPG]

'Tis the season.  Things usually heat up at the state tournament where coaches and administrators can rub elbows!

[Down4theblue]

Maze was a hell of a ball player at Morehead. Best of luck to him in his future endeavors. 

[Calico Jack]

On 3/14/2023 at 2:57 PM, Down4theblue said:

Maze was a hell of a ball player at Morehead. Best of luck to him in his future endeavors. 

Yes he was, and has proven he can coach despite some down years. Pointing out the obvious here, but he won a 5th Region title at Taylor, his first year at Marion they won their district to cap of a 20-25 win season and before all of that he led a Casey County bunch to a 12th Region Final in his first head coaching job. 
 

Sometimes, or a lot of times, all you can do is all you can do.  Some of these places are just hard to win at, be it Basketball, football or chess.

Programs that have a good rate of turnover are usually like that for a reason(s), and some of these jobs (all sports) that have had 5 or more coaches at the helm over the last 15-20 years or so? There are even more reasons as to why they come open & none of which are because all of them thought “This is a place we can sustain some success at.”

They either get in there for a year or two and realize “What in the heck have I done?”, see/hear of ‘one of those groups of kids’ coming through and ride them (followed by riding off into the sunset with them and onto a better job before the bottom falls out again) OR as their own kids start getting older and more involved they then come to another realization of “is all this time, effort and energy spent on other people’s kids just to hover in and around .500 at best most years really worth it?”

Best of luck to Maze, his family and Marion County. He will have other opportunities if he so chooses in the future. They might not be powerhouse programs, but those job openings are rare anyway.

[ACfan4]

Heard longtime Marion assistant Matthew Thomas, and former UK player and high school head coach Dale Brown as names for this one.