Knoxville West Job

[jake]

Did Morgan play at Maryville?

Edited January 27, 2014 by jake

[NoNameD]

The community does not want the Loudon HC. I do not know who you are talking to in the community, but they do not want someone from outside. That is why Cummings backed out. He knew that as soon as something went wrong with a parent or a loss that the heat would come from the boosters because they did not want someone from West. The O-line coach has the support of the teaching staff, players, boosters club, Alumni, parents, and community. Coach Findley has been there for 15 years. He played for Coach Young and also coached for Coach Young. He is prepared for the head job. He will be able to put a staff together. People in the Bearden community know him. It is between Findley and Shinliver.  If the principle thinks that the Bearden community will support the Loudon HC, there is a failure to communicate. If the Loudon HC is hired Bearden football is headed back to the Leadford  years.

[OutlawJoseyWales]

I find it amusing how these Bearden people think so highly of their football job. How many championships have they won in football. They speak as if they have been really strong lately. Great facilities and money don't make great teams. Just check their recent records.

[STARSNBARS]

Did Morgan play at Maryville?

yep jake he did.....

[endofbcs]

would the principle not catch a lot of heat for hiring a guy without any head coaching experience?

Brad Taylor didn't have head coaching experience & won 70% of his games as HC

[HTV]

he would have to give up his AD status

 

No.  That's not the case in Knox County any longer.  Administrators can be head coaches. 

 

Jody Wright (Fulton AD, basketball coach) and Clark Duncan (South Doyle AD, football coach) have set that precedent in Knox County now.  It used to be an unwritten rule that administrators didn't serve as coaches in the system, but that's not the case any longer. 

Edited January 27, 2014 by HTV

[HTV]

would the principle not catch a lot of heat for hiring a guy without any head coaching experience?

 

As I posted in another thread, or maybe this thread, don't remember -

 

Up until the point when Tobi Kilgore was hired at Karns back in December, the last head football coach hired in Knox County who was a head coach at another school immediately prior to being hired by a Knox County public school was Eric Hutchens back in 2003 (South Doyle).  Hiring assistants to their first head coaching position has been the rule in Knox County and not the exception. 

 

There have been one or two, like Clark Duncan, who were former head coaches, but where not coaching immediately before they were hired.  Duncan had last coached at Powell in 2002 before he hired himself as the head coach at South Doyle 3 years ago. 

[jake]

yep jake he did.....

 

I thought I remembered the name.....

[OldRebel2]

I thought I remembered the name.....

I think he was a senior on the 1998 team.

[GIJoe]

It's good Coach Cummings is staying.  He has built a program at West High School.