LethalPG Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Coach Irvin announced his retirement on Social Media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalPG Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 This seems from the outside to be a really good job. The Cardinals have great facilities and have won back to back District Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACfan4 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Some names to keep an eye on. Former Taylor County coach Richard Gatewood who led them to 2 5th region titles with Quentin Goodin in 2015 and 2016. He is now an assistant for Evangel Christian. Another name to watch is Phil Cunningham the former WKU assistant and head coach at Troy. He is from Campbellsville and currently out of college coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneCity Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, ACfan4 said: Some names to keep an eye on. Former Taylor County coach Richard Gatewood who led them to 2 5th region titles with Quentin Goodin in 2015 and 2016. Heard it here first... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouHSJunkie Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 @WishboneCity it sounds like this is happening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportslover32 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Josh Kays an assistant the last two years is a name I'd watch out for with this job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACfan4 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) Hearing the same with Josh Kays the assistant head coach for Taylor and former Thomas Nelson head coach. Edited March 19 by theguru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouHSJunkie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I'm hearing Richard Gatewood is all but a done deal. Guess we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thregionbasketball Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Was told that Kays didn't want the head coaching position, and that Gatewood was the plan until Quintin Goodin is ready to take over the team. Haven't seen Coach Irvin's post, but also hearing that this wasn't his decision. That he was told before the regional tournament that whenever their last game was, that would be his last game. If that's the case, that's a shame. Irvin is one of the best coaches in the 5th Region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12th Region Fan Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Heard rumblings at the state tournament that Maze was going to try to get back here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridiron guy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 If Coach Irvin was pushed out I would assume they knew they had Gatewood locked up imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameIsComplicated Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Demotion by promotion is certainly a possibility at TC. They have used this move numerous times with athletic and non-athletic admin. Irvin seemed to have TC relatively relevant just about every year. With the amount of financial investment TC has made in athletics over the last ten years I can see them wanting immediate contention year in and year out for sweet sixteen appearances. Someone above mentioned Quentin Goodin. Suggesting that Q is ready or even close to ready to run a program is farfetched for me. Stellar athleticism and successful high school and college career does not automatically qualify you as a head coach. Typically, you'd expect a district like TC to look for coaching experience on a resume when looking for a head coach, or even a head coach in waiting (as someone suggested). However, watching Superintendent Higdon hand over the keys over the athletic district to Chris Goodin over the last ten years has been a wild ride, SO who knows? Sad to see Irvin step away, his choice or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thregionbasketball Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Any update? Haven't heard much out of TC about this lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACfan4 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Still hearing it'll be Josh Kays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thregionbasketball Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/11/2024 at 10:08 AM, ACfan4 said: Still hearing it'll be Josh Kays Seems like it should be the likely choice now. Hearing that Gatewood will be next coach at Evangel, so that takes him out of the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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