Coaching Openings

[Hwkfn1]

I'll get it started this year. What schools will be looking for a new head coach?

 

[DrainTheSwamp]

Nobody is hiring you, buddy.

 

[Hwkfn1]

Okay.......maybe i'm not a coach and just follow Iowa high school football?!

 

[Jayhawkin]

South Winn

 

[iahssportsfan]

South Winn

Is Coach Ohrt heading to another school?

 

[IGo42]

Is Coach Ohrt heading to another school?

I don't believe so, I heard he was staying on at SW as a teacher. He won a lot of games over the last 18 years, going to be hard to replace.

 

[PNation]

I don't know if the job is actually open or if they have a coach in waiting but Pella, Thursday will be Coach McKinstry's last game.

 

[ronsss]

harlan ofensive corrinator is retiring..not sure what they have in mind, if they are going to promote from within

 

[Jayhawkin]

I'd assume Aplington - Parkersburg will be open again? If I recall, this was a one time interim situation. But I may be wrong.

 

[PNation]

They are going to struggle to bring in a coach with much of a resume.

 

[IGo42]

I'd assume Aplington - Parkersburg will be open again? If I recall, this was a one time interim situation. But I may be wrong.

That is also what I have heard. It was just a 1-year deal, although they did make the playoffs and were playing well at the end of the season.

 

[hawkeyetillidie]

From what I've heard, AP has a plan. There is a lot of time between now and then, so I'm not going to speak on a rumor. If it comes to fruition, it will be a good hire

 

[NITE HAWK6]

I don't know if the job is actually open or if they have a coach in waiting but Pella, Thursday will be Coach McKinstry's last game.

It has to be a coach-in-waiting situation, right? I wasn't there, but watching on TV, it didn't look like McKinstry was actually doing much "coaching" on the sideline. He didn't even have a headset on, but he did look mic'd up.

 

[Jayhawkin]

Linn-Mar is posted on Teach Iowa. (The state has gotten rid of Iowa Works for education jobs and gone back to the system from years past)

 

[PNation]

Some other jobs I have saw on Iowa Works or Teach Iowa.

GMG
Sioux City West
Clarke
Lone Tree

Also I see that Mount Mercy is hiring a football coach this year to start the program the next year.

 

[WHANCOCK]

It has to be a coach-in-waiting situation, right? I wasn't there, but watching on TV, it didn't look like McKinstry was actually doing much "coaching" on the sideline. He didn't even have a headset on, but he did look mic'd up.

Ben Bollard is the new coach at Pella High

 

[markgrace17]

So I don't get how these schools can post head coaching positions already, when districts do not ever know what teaching positions are open until negotiations and early retirement declarations, which both happen usually in the spring.

I feel this is why most programs just hire from within anymore, because just like college they don't want to wait until spring to find a coach, plus they usually have someone qualified on staff.