I figure it's worth having a thread about notable head coaching jobs in adjacent states that have come open.

Pope John Paul II Prep in Hendersonville, TN came open this week. Division 2 (Private Schools) , Class 2A.

Colerain High School in Colerain, OH is currently open after head coach Carl Huber stepped down on October 30th. Colerain, who went undefeated in 2018 until eventually losing to St. Edward in the Ohio Division I state championship, failed to win a game or advance to the playoffs during Huber's two seasons as head coach in 2023 & 2024.

7 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Colerain High School in Colerain, OH is currently open after head coach Carl Huber stepped down on October 30th. Colerain, who went undefeated in 2018 until eventually losing to St. Edward in the Ohio Division I state championship, failed to win a game or advance to the playoffs during Huber's two seasons as head coach in 2023 & 2024.

I was suprised when I looked back that the Colerain football program really didn't have a whole lot of success outside of Coach Coombs' and Coach Bolden's tenures.

1935-1936: Carl Crawford
Record: 7-5-2

1937-1938: Jim Purdy
Record: Unknown

1939-1941: Milt Garvin
Record: 5-14

1942: Everett Welch
Record: Unknown

1943: No Football

1944: Everett Welch
Record: 1-2

1945: Lloyd Kohl
Record: 2-4

1946 Bill Welsh
Record: 3-3-1

1947: Everett Welch
Record: 1-5-1

1948-1949 Warren Seaver
Record: 7-11

1950-1955 Russ Midlam
Record: 28-24-7

1956-1965 Jim Driscoll
Record: 50-41-5

1965-1968 Vince Mercure
Record: 19-21

1969-1973 Jim Dougherty
Record: 16-22-2

1974-1976 Ben Hubbard
Record: 25-5

1977-1985 Tom Kocica
Record: 78-18-1

1986-1990 Don Colussi
Record: 22-28

1991-2006 Kerry Coombs
Record: 161-34
Title Game Appearances: 2004
State Titles: 2004

2007-2018 Tom Bolden
Record: 142-21
Title Game Appearances: 2018
State Titles: None

2019-2022 Shawn Cutright
Record: 26-18

2023-2024 Carl Huber
Record: 0-20

44 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I was suprised when I looked back that the Colerain football program really didn't have a whole lot of success outside of Coach Coombs' and Coach Bolden's tenures.

1991-2006 Kerry Coombs
Record: 161-34
Title Game Appearances: 2004
State Titles: 2004

2007-2018 Tom Bolden
Record: 142-21
Title Game Appearances: 2018
State Titles: None

2019-2022 Shawn Cutright
Record: 26-18

2023-2024 Carl Huber
Record: 0-20

What happened the last two years? From 1991-2022 they went 329-73 (82% winning percentage) and then immediately go 0-20. That's like a Danville High School drop off. Wild.

3 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

What happened the last two years? From 1991-2022 they went 329-73 (82% winning percentage) and then immediately go 0-20. That's like a Danville High School drop off. Wild.

I'll take a stab... Just on the surface, I'm going to assume that Bolden's move from Colerain to rival Lakota West was a catalyst. Colerain has dropped off, while LW has elevated to a Cincinnati area power. Maybe he took the flow of talent with him? The schools are separated by less than thirty minutes.

2 minutes ago, DevilMayCare said:

I'll take a stab... Just on the surface, I'm going to assume that Bolden's move from Colerain to rival Lakota West was a catalyst. Colerain has dropped off, while LW has elevated to a Cincinnati area power. Maybe he took the flow of talent with him? The schools are separated by less than thirty minutes.

There's a lot to be said for Lakota West...and that's honestly a product of Cincinnati expanding as a city. The city of Colerain is a largely blue-collar community still, whereas West Chester has really blown up in the last 15-20 years. 30 years ago, West Chester was still largely a rural city. West Chester has effectively become a version of what Union, Burlington, and Hebron were to Boone County in the late 80s, 90s, and 00s, and Colerain is somewhat comparable to Florence.

A lot of Cincinnati's population is moving out of the I-275 loop to places like West Chester, Mason, Kings, Milford, Batavia, and Eastgate where they're building new houses and businesses have been building up like gangbusters. The Lakota school district has a LOT of money coming into its coffers, they have top-notch facilities, and Colerain is still trying to work from their blue collar means.

In the 80s, Lakota High School was something like 1200 kids total. In the early 90's they had to build a separate building to house 9th graders. Then they had to split Lakota into Lakota West & Lakota East in 1997. And now Lakota West has around 2700 kids and Lakota East has about 2500 kids. Colerain is sitting around 1700 enrollment, currently.

I'm curious if at this point Colerain's large-scale success in football is going to become a thing of the past simply because of shifting demographics.

25 minutes ago, DevilMayCare said:

I'll take a stab... Just on the surface, I'm going to assume that Bolden's move from Colerain to rival Lakota West was a catalyst. Colerain has dropped off, while LW has elevated to a Cincinnati area power. Maybe he took the flow of talent with him? The schools are separated by less than thirty minutes.

 

7 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

There's a lot to be said for Lakota West...and that's honestly a product of Cincinnati expanding as a city. The city of Colerain is a largely blue-collar community still, whereas West Chester has really blown up in the last 15-20 years. 30 years ago, West Chester was still largely a rural city. West Chester has effectively become a version of what Union, Burlington, and Hebron were to Boone County in the late 80s, 90s, and 00s, and Colerain is somewhat comparable to Florence.

A lot of Cincinnati's population is moving out of the I-275 loop to places like West Chester, Mason, Kings, Milford, Batavia, and Eastgate where they're building new houses and businesses have been building up like gangbusters. The Lakota school district has a LOT of money coming into its coffers, they have top-notch facilities, and Colerain is still trying to work from their blue collar means.

In the 80s, Lakota High School was something like 1200 kids total. In the early 90's they had to build a separate building to house 9th graders. Then they had to split Lakota into Lakota West & Lakota East in 1997. And now Lakota West has around 2700 kids and Lakota East has about 2500 kids. Colerain is sitting around 1700 enrollment, currently.

I'm curious if at this point Colerain's large-scale success in football is going to become a thing of the past simply because of shifting demographics.

Thank you both. Definitely sounds to an outsider like Colerain is moving toward a Boone County High School-type existence.

Fr. Ryan in Nashville, TN is open.

On 11/14/2024 at 2:08 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

There's a lot to be said for Lakota West...and that's honestly a product of Cincinnati expanding as a city. The city of Colerain is a largely blue-collar community still, whereas West Chester has really blown up in the last 15-20 years. 30 years ago, West Chester was still largely a rural city. West Chester has effectively become a version of what Union, Burlington, and Hebron were to Boone County in the late 80s, 90s, and 00s, and Colerain is somewhat comparable to Florence.

A lot of Cincinnati's population is moving out of the I-275 loop to places like West Chester, Mason, Kings, Milford, Batavia, and Eastgate where they're building new houses and businesses have been building up like gangbusters. The Lakota school district has a LOT of money coming into its coffers, they have top-notch facilities, and Colerain is still trying to work from their blue collar means.

In the 80s, Lakota High School was something like 1200 kids total. In the early 90's they had to build a separate building to house 9th graders. Then they had to split Lakota into Lakota West & Lakota East in 1997. And now Lakota West has around 2700 kids and Lakota East has about 2500 kids. Colerain is sitting around 1700 enrollment, currently.

I'm curious if at this point Colerain's large-scale success in football is going to become a thing of the past simply because of shifting demographics.

I would add the following to their issues:  1.  Resurgence of Princeton; 2. Continued success of Winton Woods; 3. Ed-Choice vouchers so kids can go to LaSalle/Bacon if they live in Cincinnati Public Mt. Airy area instead of heading further down Colerain Avenue.

Two things can bring Colerain back.  1.  Rumor is very strong the district is going to merge the two high schools (Northwest and Colerain) into Colerain.  This will create an immediate influx of athletes not unlike what Springfield experienced when they merged Springfield North and South.  2.  the Little Cards program is still a LARGE operation and great feeder.  They are just losing kids to the above mentioned high schools.  

Sycamore High School in Cincinnati is open after head coach Scott Dattilo decided to retire from coaching after 19 seasons with the Aves.

A bit of a wild story but Bud Wright of Sheridan High School in Indiana was told to resign or be fired after 59 years as head coach. He has a career record of 464-219 with all but one of the wins coming at Sheridan.

"For about the last three years things haven't gone well," Wright told the Indianapolis Star. "There's no way I could coach anymore with this administration or athletic director. There are too many distractions...It's been happening for a while."

Wright is the father of former Louisville Trinity coach Kevin Wright, who recently took the job at Carmel (IN).

The elder Wright said, "There are some possibilities. I'm probably looking at being an assistant some place." Most expect that to be at Carmel.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/12/03/sheridan-football-bud-wright-resigns-after-60-seasons-indiana-all-time-winningest-coach-ihsaa/76744695007/

 

On 12/3/2024 at 10:37 AM, James Graham said:

I would add the following to their issues:  1.  Resurgence of Princeton; 2. Continued success of Winton Woods; 3. Ed-Choice vouchers so kids can go to LaSalle/Bacon if they live in Cincinnati Public Mt. Airy area instead of heading further down Colerain Avenue.

Two things can bring Colerain back.  1.  Rumor is very strong the district is going to merge the two high schools (Northwest and Colerain) into Colerain.  This will create an immediate influx of athletes not unlike what Springfield experienced when they merged Springfield North and South.  2.  the Little Cards program is still a LARGE operation and great feeder.  They are just losing kids to the above mentioned high schools.  

I work in NWLSD and they have approved the merger of the schools, they just haven't figured out how to pay for it yet along with the other things they have planned for the district.  CHS could be a good job, pretty good coaching pay and really good community support.

Bishop Sycamore still have the same coach? ?

On 11/14/2024 at 9:29 AM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Colerain High School in Colerain, OH is currently open after head coach Carl Huber stepped down on October 30th. Colerain, who went undefeated in 2018 until eventually losing to St. Edward in the Ohio Division I state championship, failed to win a game or advance to the playoffs during Huber's two seasons as head coach in 2023 & 2024.

Colerain hired Josh Stevens away from Mt. Healthy High School. He was the DC at Reading High School from 2017-2021 and has gone 5-6, 8-3, and 10-3 in his three seasons as head coach at Mt. Healthy.