Correct me if I'm wrong please.....

[Jonesy856]

Now correct me if I am wrong but isn't it a TSSAA rule that in order to be a Head Coach of any sporting team at any level (Middle School, High School) the HC MUST be within the school system in some way.

 

Am I right or am I wrong? A HS Wrestling coach took an HC job and is not in the school system. Kinda fishy.

[deadlift]

You do not have to have a job within the school system to be a head coach there. In fact there are many head coaches throughout the state that fit this category. Now many school systems may prefer to have coaches that are teachers within that particular school. I think that has more to do with the ability to hold their feet to the fire than anything else. It is a huge benefit for recruiting wrestlers to have a coach in the school though.

[ghouse]

Pretty sure you will be corrected on this one if you mean that the head coach much be employed by the school system in some role other than as the coach.

 

I can think of many instances where the head of a wrestling team has been someone who only worked for the school as a coach and held a job in some outside industry.

[TDArtist]

Coaching - TSSAA Handbook

 

Section 9. All coaches will fall under one of the following categories:

1. Full-time employee (a minimum of 100 school days) of a board of education with a Tennessee state

teaching license or the equivalent.

2. Retired educator (five or more years' experience) with a valid Tennessee state teaching license or the

equivalent.

3. Non-faculty coach – Anyone approved by the principal, superintendent, and/or local board of

education in the normal course of employment procedures in accordance with applicable state law.

All non-faculty coaches shall be submitted to the state office annually. A school must pay an annual

registration fee of $50.00 per coach. Use of a non-faculty coach who has not met all the

requirements listed below or who has not been submitted to the state office shall result in a fine of

$500.00.

4. Classified Employee – Any individual employed by a member school or school system in a position

that does not require a teaching license or the equivalent. The use of classified employees as

coaches is subject to the following restrictions:

a. the classified employee must be employed 30 hours or more per week in a non-coaching

position and may not be an independent contractor or an employee of an independent

contractor;

b. Although not counted as a non-faculty coach, he/she must be submitted to the state office

annually and meet all requirements listed below.

Use of a classified employee coach who does not meet all the requirements listed below or who has

not been submitted to the state office shall result in a fine of $500.00.

A. The position shall be advertised and no full-time employee with a teaching license who meets the

qualifications required for coaching the specific sport in question is available.

B. Head coaches in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track and field must be full-time employees

or a retired educator (see #1 and #2 above) or meet the requirements of subsection E.

C. Head coaches in girls' volleyball, cross country, golf, wrestling, tennis, girls' soccer, soccer, and bowling may

be full-time employees, retired educators, classified employees, or a non-faculty coach.

[russianbear]

In other words a head wrestling coach can be a non-faculty coach provided they are approved by the principal, they're name submitted annually, background check done and a $50 fee paid.

[humorwrestling]

Is there someone specific you are referring to Jones?

 

Now correct me if I am wrong but isn't it a TSSAA rule that in order to be a Head Coach of any sporting team at any level (Middle School, High School) the HC MUST be within the school system in some way.

 

Am I right or am I wrong? A HS Wrestling coach took an HC job and is not in the school system. Kinda fishy.

[maj]

Is there someone specific you are referring to Jones?

 

 

Just a gadfly looking for a pile to land on .

[Jonesy856]

 

Is there someone specific you are referring to Jones?

 

 

TN High Coach Tim Marshall. No disrespect towards the guy. Just wondering.

[KingGreene]

"Kinda fishy"

[Jonesy856]

"Kinda fishy"

Yes. Kinda fishy. I know you two are close and that's your business. I have an opinion. I had a question.

[Sommers]

this area seems to have as much passion as anywhere in the state including Bradley County & Hamilton County, and who knows what that can lead you down the road if everybody's united in getting there... one thing to keep in mind though... wrestling goes back to the 40s in the Chattanooga area and took a little while to get where they are today. brings to mind the old saying coach gonyea used to have when he coached at smyrna high years ago, "don't talk about it be about it."

[PeterD]

Kinda Fishy??? Is the previous coach missing?