Coach Vernon Gibson announced his resignation last night after 4 years at his post as head coach of the Golden Eagles.

Here's Coach Gibson's statement, posted to social media:

Thank you Coach Gipson!  Giving 4 years at Shawnee is a great service to those kids and school.

3 hours ago, Purple88 said:

Thank you Coach Gipson!  Giving 4 years at Shawnee is a great service to those kids and school.

Absolutely. Several of the smaller, less historic JCPS programs have had success recently (Jeffersontown, Doss, Seneca). I would love to see Shawnee have their turn. The new turf at the stadium is really nice and hopefully numbers will increase, although it is just a really small school compared to those others listed.

A really tough job. When Gipson got there ahead of the 2021 season the Eagles had gone through four head coaches in as many years and had not had an actual win since their 2014 opener vs KCD. Their only mark in the W column in that span was a forfeit vs Carroll County in 2020.

Gipson led them to at least two wins a season each of the past four years. Kudos to him for sticking around and at least improving the program somewhat.

Believe Shawnee is the smallest high school in JCPS. Most recent enrollment number I found is 532. Western, Waggener, and Brown are the only other non-alternative schools with less than 900.