East TN Coaching Changes

[BigBaller69]

Let me introduce you to the John Allen experience...

 

You've not reached Powell levels yet, but I understand your frustration.

No we haven't, but West never had the successful history of powell either. If Rang would have done what he was supposed to do you all would be doing just fine. He's a brilliant coach, i would not be surprised to see him back in East Tennessee.

[HTV]

Let me introduce you to the John Allen experience...

 

 

 

Experience?  More like nightmare.  

 

 He's a brilliant coach, i would not be surprised to see him back in East Tennessee.

 

 

Maybe down the road some time, but Derek tells me he is very happy where he is and that he has a great teaching and coaching job at Dresden.  

[Charger64]

If west doesn't make the right move, that school will lose everything us former players, coaches, and everybody else that put in the work that took that program to the top for the very first time. It took so much to create a successful program. Ask cummings what he had to do. All of that work finally paid off for 5-6 years, now only to watch it fall within two. That coaching staff has so many diamonds on it that other schools will and have take advantage of. AD better act fast or WEST will be the laughing stock it once was. 

Wonder why the head coach does not take advantage of those "diamonds" on the coaching staff?

 

He is an experience head coach who had winning teams in a tough 3A district before going to West.

[BigPoppaPump]

There's gonna have to be a bigger job than Clinton to come open if there's gonna be any serious movement in East Tennessee.  If one big one falls, then things will get interesting.  I just don't see West firing a coach after 2 seasons (justified or not), and there are no jobs for Harig to go to if he steps down.  Because of that, I think he'll be there at least next year. 

Edited November 16, 2016 by BigPoppaPump

[HTV]

Hearing that an a coach with a state championship on his resume is about to come out of retirement. 

 

Just saying.  

[QSouth89]

That doesn't happen in Knox County Public Schools.  Head football coaches are also teachers, or in the case of Clark Duncan, an administrator (assistant principal/AD).  

 

There are some private schools in the area that have non-faculty/administrative head football coaches, but off the top of my head I can't think of any public schools that doe, or at least at the 3A through 6A level, which I am more familiar with than the 1A and 2A schools.  

Jody Wright is an assistant principal and coach

[oridgecat]

Jody Wright is an assistant principal and coach

So is Duncan

[QSouth89]

So is Duncan

I know, I was responding to a comment that someone said about Duncan being the only one. I've taught in Knox County for almost 20 years and I could have sworn it was a rule that AD/Administrators could not be head coaches, but I could very well be wrong.

[OneEyedKing]

Hearing that an a coach with a state championship on his resume is about to come out of retirement. 

 

Just saying.  

 

[92Dragon]

Hearing that an a coach with a state championship on his resume is about to come out of retirement.

 

Just saying.

Jimmy Gaylor needs to come out of retirement. ☺

[bounder]

The "Sugarbear" goes back to Clinton?

[HTV]

Jody Wright is an assistant principal and coach

 

Correct.  Meant to include him in the adminnstrator category.  

 

But the bottom line is that he, like Clark Duncan, is an assistant principal and AD. 

 

The point was that non-certified personnel aren't head coaches in football or basketball in Knox County.  

Edited November 16, 2016 by HTV