That's so unimaginable. In the late 90's and early 2000's I coached high school track. On a team of 37-40 high schoolers and I was head coach. I trained all the runners, my assistant trained field events, and we had 1 equipment assistant. 12 track coaches for 1 high school 🥺 WoW.
Rumor around town is they had a few beers on campus after hours. Seems a bit excessive but school districts are extremely strict with that kind of thing
This is correct, alcohol on school property after a meet. It may seem excessive but it violates District policy and shows poor judgement. Maybe *this time* they didn't invite some of the kids on the team to partake, but who knows what other poor choices they would make (or have made) that went unreported. Blows my mind that not one of ten coaches said "Hey guys, maybe this isn't the best idea. Lets go to my house down the street and have a few pops."
Also makes me laugh that people think 12 coaches for more than 150 kids, male and female, JV and Varsity, doing jumps, sprints, throws, distance, hurdles and pole vault is excessive.
A few beers, a joint or three, whiskey or tequila in the coffee, were both a "secret" and well known "fact" among my Junior High & HS coaches from the early 80s growing up in Denver suburbs. ...We're talking State title football, track and hoops coaches who were also P.E., science, math and English teachers, plus a principal who we openly had 3.2% beers with (18y.o. was legal age for 3.2% beer)....and this same Principal later became the head of the D.A.R.E program at the State level in CO.
Rumor around town is they had a few beers on campus after hours. Seems a bit excessive but school districts are extremely strict with that kind of thing
This is correct, alcohol on school property after a meet. It may seem excessive but it violates District policy and shows poor judgement. Maybe *this time* they didn't invite some of the kids on the team to partake, but who knows what other poor choices they would make (or have made) that went unreported. Blows my mind that not one of ten coaches said "Hey guys, maybe this isn't the best idea. Lets go to my house down the street and have a few pops."
Also makes me laugh that people think 12 coaches for more than 150 kids, male and female, JV and Varsity, doing jumps, sprints, throws, distance, hurdles and pole vault is excessive.
A few beers, a joint or three, whiskey or tequila in the coffee, were both a "secret" and well known "fact" among my Junior High & HS coaches from the early 80s growing up in Denver suburbs. ...We're talking State title football, track and hoops coaches who were also P.E., science, math and English teachers, plus a principal who we openly had 3.2% beers with (18y.o. was legal age for 3.2% beer)....and this same Principal later became the head of the D.A.R.E program at the State level in CO.
Different era but same State!
Are you sure the coaches weren't fired so the football team could take over and have spring football? The above is very possible, of course.
It’s been a while but I know as a State Colorado used to pay coaches quite poorly, like a $500-$1000 per season. Can’t imagine that the district being this generous
They were fired for drinking on campus and running a fantasy football style draft of their team. *Allegedly* they had drafted athletes for several years prior, as a way encourage coaches to engage with other event groups. Of all the coaches 2 had teaching positions in psd and also lost those jobs. The current principal at rmhs has 15+ years of track experience and will take over the program. Again *allegedly* he had a new staff assembled within a few days and had to turn away interested assistant coaches.
They were fired for drinking on campus and running a fantasy football style draft of their team. *Allegedly* they had drafted athletes for several years prior, as a way encourage coaches to engage with other event groups. Of all the coaches 2 had teaching positions in psd and also lost those jobs. The current principal at rmhs has 15+ years of track experience and will take over the program. Again *allegedly* he had a new staff assembled within a few days and had to turn away interested assistant coaches.
Getting fired over a few beers after practice/meet would have to be one of the most regrettable decisions ever.
It makes me wonder how it came to the attention of the administrators? (I dont blame the administration, their hand is forced, they aren't going to ignore this and risk their job.)
Was more than a few beers, was someone noticeably drunk? Were they so bad they were calling attention to themselves, or just blatantly walking around with a beer in hand?
I had teams of 100-120 at a school with about 750-800 students and we had 3 coaches. We actually didn't do the pole vault because we couldn't spare someone to be with them.
They were fired for ... running a fantasy football style draft of their team. *Allegedly* they had drafted athletes for several years prior, as a way encourage coaches to engage with other event groups.
Why was the fantasy draft controversial? Especially if the purpose was to engage coaches and athletes of different event groups.