Obion County in NWTN.

[riverrat]

Here are some #'s for comparison.  They are 3013 numbers and come from the U.S. census site.  

 

Towns in West TN

Dyersburg 17,002 Martin 11,359 Millington 11,107 Union City 10,749 Paris 10,166 Humboldt 8,402 Ripley 8,399 Lexington 7,857 Milan 7,779 Munford 6,027 McKenzie 5,578

[toinemac]

There seem to be a lot of questions about why UC is 1A. Let me try to help. There's always been a lot of friction between the county and the city here. Also UC has a sizable black population whereas the county is virtually all white. Several years ago the county built new grammar schools. Trying to exploit the situation, they built 1 school within 1 mile of the south city limit and another within 2 miles of the northwest city limit. Then to top it all off they started running county buses in the city. UC protested to the state. The state ruled it was okay for the county to run buses in the city but the city couldn't run buses outside the city limits. Sadly it worked. Over the next few years our high school dropped from around 550 students to a low of 260 students. It was at this point that we were dropped to 1A.

Now things are changing. People have decided that a good education is more important than the racial makeup of the school. The next time schools are classified I'm sure we'll be 2A, but for now we are were we are. 1A hasn't been always good. We won championships in 2009 and 2013 but in between there were 2 losing seasons. This years team is the result of a lot of hard work by a group of exceptional kids. We'll come down a notch next year.

This is not what we wanted, but we played hand we were dealt. Hope this helps explain the situation.

Saw this post in another thread and thought that it would help illuminate some of the issues brought up here.

[ToBeHonest]

Okay, to get back on point, any potential candidates for this job?

[PKB74]

Do you people questioning how a town the size of Union City can have a school that is 1A not realize that humboldt ( a larger town ) also has a school that is 1A ?

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

Do you people questioning how a town the size of Union City can have a school that is 1A not realize that humboldt ( a larger town ) also has a school that is 1A ?

Humboldt does not have a larger population than Union City. The population numbers for both cities are listed in an above post on this same page.

[PKB74]

Sorry I didn't mean that humboldt was larger than Union City. Just that humboldt was larger than most towns that have a school in class 1A I should have worded it better.

[PKB74]

Sorry I didn't mean that humboldt was larger than Union City. Just that humboldt was larger than most towns that have a school in class 1A I should have worded it better.

[ToBeHonest]

Lack of community support or caring about their football program, could be one of the reasons why this job is a rotating one. Just saying. All I see on this thread, are comments on UC. 

[tradertwo]

Lack of community support or caring about their football program, could be one of the reasons why this job is a rotating one. Just saying. All I see on this thread, are comments on UC. 

Probably right...the one post from an OC fan was a UC bash fest. Nothing there will change until they hire the right guy and get behind him. At this point they need a rah rah coach more than  X's and O's...every opportunity to turn the tide with the facilities and student population, after all Union City doesn't force athletes to come there, they just offer a better product.

[JDOGG80]

Humboldt does not have a larger population than Union City. The population numbers for both cities are listed in an above post on this same page.

Humboldt is smaller but not by much. So thats still a good question; why not put Humboldt in the topic of small school in a bigger population

[JDOGG80]

Here is the thing when bowling was coaching, they had some good teams. Central just has to find the right coach instead of hiring fill ins. Its not fair for the players, cause its the coaches job to develop them and without a coach that dont care then they wont reach their full potential.

[JDOGG80]

Oh and coach Bowling is off limits lol.