stream If any coaches do decide not to put in the work if not getting paid, the effects could be detrimental. 0/26 available! Editor's note: Wilson County Schools amended its budget proposal Thursday evening, eliminating the need to cut coaching supplements if the new plan is accepted. Many counties also differ on how the supplements are implemented. If youre going to get quality people, youre going to have to pay them, said Forrest County School District Superintendent Brian Freeman. Putnam and Union counties are the only ones locally that offer any financial incentive based on years of service coaching. 8 Rome in Class 6A. The [Darrell] Sutherlands and [Chuck] Dickinsons and Marty Lees, those days are over. For some sports, like baseball/softball, basketball, soccer, track and volleyball, every or nearly every county in the state pays a coaching supplement. Thats the reality that coaches in Florida face. In football, that supplement is $3,622 for fall football and works out to $181.10, before taxes, for each round. To see a listing of all programs and classes available at any of the County Parks, please visit our program guide HERE. endobj But at the same time we all have families at home and budgets, and we have to justify spending countless hours away from home and not getting compensated.". They include Brent Budde of Woodstock, Scott Hendrix of Cedartown, J.B. Arnold of Jefferson County, Ken Cofer of Cook and Jon Lindsey of Irwin County. Todd Holcomb has been a contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1985. I would not say there was anything specifically about Paulding County High School that led to seven of us coaching, but I can tell you the coaches and the administration when I was there made a great influence on my life and career choice. He said something as small as 5% cost-of-living raises every few years would be a well-received gesture. Offseason coaching openings are up to 41 with 12 filled . But the other side warrants mention, too. High school football is a massive industry and coaches in many states that produce exceptional talent are compensated accordingly. "I won't tell you it won't be talked about, because it's going to be tough financially on everyone. Including the district's contribution toward his. Van Spence has stepped down as Paulding County's coach after six seasons. From the districts we did get information from, what we found is a variation of pay scales and many head football coaches who take on other well-paid positions within the district. Updated December 9, 2022. All that action on the gridiron has a lot of head coaches cashing in off the field. Many others have done it over the years, too, for better teaching salaries and more robust coaching supplements. Florida teachers earn an average of $48,168, which ranks 46th. TalentEd Hire Fewer and fewer head and assistant coaches are members of the union. And so it has been for six others Paulding County grads. Basketball Coach Average Salary at Paulding County School District, Browse Paulding County School District Salaries by Job Title , Vice President, Solutions Office Development Team Lead. Only one player has made first-team all-state. For Freeman, in his district, he said its money well spent on coaches who help students perform on and off the field. Pray about it.. "Every one of us has a heart for kids and every one of us feels like what we do is our calling," Mt. Its not just a local problem. After 15 years of service in Orange County, Darlington, one of the most accomplished and well-respected coaches in Florida, would have maxed out at a $5,313 football coaching supplement. Who is going to coach? Paulding County School District Basketball Coaches earn $50,000 annually, or $24 per hour, which is 44% higher than the national average for all Basketball Coaches at $32,000 annually and 28% lower than the national salary average for all working Americans. Only 10 of its teams have had winning seasons. Paulding County Board of Education - Teacher/Head Football Coach (11-month position) Knowledge and Duties: * Ability to manage Athletic Budget * Ability to manage/lead Athletic staff * Build teamwork/leadership capacity in student athletes * Comply with GHSA rules and regulations * Ability to maintain a successful program Position Title: endobj McWhorter is one of the most successful coaches in Georgia history. Most of the time, we spend more time with the kids than their parents.. In 55 counties in the state, a rookie head coach will make the same supplement as a coach who has worked the same job for 40 years. The Longhorns were 4-6 and returned to the playoffs, losing to Kennesaw Mountain, after a rare absence in 2020. <>/XObject<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 720 540] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Juliet football coach Trey Perry said. Full Description. The kids kind of need it. Funding reductions from the state have strained most counties over the years, whilemany others need massive amounts of capital to fix, maintain or build new schools. But, its the principle of the matter more than an actual number. Yeah, itd be nice.. %PDF-1.7 Print job Job Details Job ID: 4164565 . Copyright 2019 WDAM. School system budgets are a serious matter. <> He is currently co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily. Hed already carved out his place in history, leading the Vikings to the Class 3A state championship in 1997, his first year as a head coach. Supplements are determined by local districts and approved by school boards. They pick up another supplemented job, like tutoring. Im always guarded about complaining about it here. You start adding up every week that youre out there, washing uniforms, cutting grass, maintaining facilities, said First Coast coach Marty Lee. ( learn more ) Paulding County Schools Douglasville, Georgia ( map ) Apply for this job! xTjA}_nB$[/Cqc7}4K5H#sx>&-t=&(DN"yHXIq360J>-2d.CzxEt The bulk of their money is tied to their teaching contracts, which can easily reach $70,000 or more based on their experience and level of degree and certification. Stephens said shewould still coach if the economic situation were bleak enough to force cuts in stipends. Those districts are Covington County, Wayne County, West Jasper and East Jasper. Head Softball Coach (2023-2024) Paulding County School District in Dallas, GA What email should the hiring . Reports To: Principal. This isnt, Woe-is-me, Im underpaid. Coaches could choose to leave and go to Georgia. Some teach two or three periods. Houston County, Ridgeland and Greene County also have new coaches, and North Hall and Meadowcreek have openings. Some students may wish to accelerate academics and participate in dual enrollment. Camden County High School in Kingsland, Georgia, is the closest Peach State school to Duval County. PCSD recognizes the changing educational landscape and the increasing use of technology to supplement and/or provide education. I knew when I took the job what I was getting. Cutting coaching supplements is just part of a $10.3 million plan for Wilson County that also would include . 197 talking about this. Superintendent Toy Watts said that coaching supplement is based on several factors. Clay and Duval County alone have said that they need in excess of $2 billion for those projects. They do a great job in Clay County, the head coach, at least you get 11 months as teachers, so that helps, he said. Stephens pay topped the south Georgia list at $128,225.52. Fifteen years from now, you wont see guys whove been at a program 15, 20, 25 years.. Theres also a $4,000 supplement given to the coach for being the athletic coordinator. The lowest head football coaching supplement in the News4Jax south Georgia coverage area is Charlton County's at $14,000. Please review information on our district website. Coaching supplements are, like everything else in the school system, negotiated as part of school district contracts with unions or associations. Remove me from the list . 7 0 obj But when he weighed everything out, it didnt make sense to discount the possibility of making the move. Government ; Departments; Community; I Want To. "I've madethis comment before, I could make much more money if I did not coach football," he said. It is the policy of the Paulding County School District not to discriminate on the basis of sex, race, marital status, age, religion, national origin or handicap in its educational programs, activities or employment practices. But the younger generation wants to get paid. "Theres guys like me who have been doing this a long time because we love to coach. As a head coach, you being theres the expectation. Welcome to the online home of the Paulding County Patriots. They do camps, they do AAU, they do individual workouts. Imagine a coach closing the weight room in the summer and the coach telling people, Hey, Im a 10-month employee, we can work out when Im contracted. Youd get fired, said Orange Park head coach Tom MacPherson. The money they put in for the kids, its incredible. Greene County: Larry Milligan (Terrance Banks), Houston County: Ryan Crawford (Jeremy Edwards), Lumpkin County: Caleb Sorrell (Heath Webb), Paulding County: Van Spence (Umbrah Brown), Taylor County: Robert Yevak (Brandon Byram), Thomas County Central: Ashley Henderson (Justin Rogers), *Moving to Georgia Independent School Association. MacPherson brought up the recent move of Darlington, who left Valdosta and returned to Apopka High in Florida where he coached for 13 years and won titles in 2012 and 14. Coffey spent three years with the Wildcats and left for a position at Camden County in 2006. Its hard to pass up significantly less responsibility for significantly more money. Im not terribly worried because Wilson County has gone through a lot more in the last few months than, say, Knoxville. However, Executive Director Bernard Childress knows such cuts would impact coaches. Some Wilson County coaches could have been put to that test if a proposal from the county's school district to cut coaching supplements for the 2020-21 school year had gone through. Search. When it comes to Hattiesburgs biggest rival, theres a big difference in supplements, but not overall pay. Charlton County football players on the sidelines during a spring practice on May 14. Academy, Greene County, Taylor County. The East Paulding Fastpitch Booster Board, Coaching Staff, and Athletic Department hosted owner of JCW Contracting, Joe Woods, Sunday afternoon to cut the ribbon on our new scoreboard. According to AL.com, hell make $115,000.002 there on a 12-month teaching contract, with a chunk of that total ($50,810.93) solely from coaching football. From Alachua to Washington counties and everywhere in between, the state of pay for public school football coaches in Florida is a disgrace. Most teachers contracts are for 10 months, and many coaches in Florida are teachers working on 10-month contracts. Now, compared to when I started (2004), coaching is a 24/7, 365-days-a-year job. It was just something you did.. Because if you dont, someone somewhere will.. Just teaching-wise for me, it was an $8,000 pay raise as a teacher, I dont mind sharing that, he said. Football is the largest revenue generator in high school athletic departments and helps offset losses in numerous sports that are in the red. I think some of it is possibly that if youre starting out and have the opportunity as a young coach to make $5,000 to $10,000 more going out of state to coach, Im sure thats got to be a factor, Dickinson said. No disrespect to the other coaches or schools. This option is provided with the understanding that requests are approved based upon the available infrastructure either physically, or technologically available to the school. Specializes in Clay County issues, general assignment reporting and stories off the beaten path and anchors weekend evening newscasts. Below are the 41 openings with former coach with new coach if hired. So it will come as a surprise to many, perhaps even to Paulding County itself, that the school is the cradle of high school football coaches in Georgia. Over the years, coaches found out they could make more money doing other things besides coaching after school in programs that were not nearly as stressful. In Bradfords last contract, the football supplement was based off a percentage (.15) of the starting salary for a teacher with a bachelors degree ($34,500). You want us to train the team with no pay?". Thats just to be the head coach, which does come with a lot of responsibilities. We never got paid for cutting the fields in Florida. Only Budde at Woodstock remains in metro Atlanta. Head coaches receive 5% of the base supplemental rate for each round. Thats more than both the governor of Texas (Gregg Abbott at $150,000) and attorney general (Ken Paxton at $153,750) earn. Its very understandable why they do that., INTERACTIVE:Coaching supplements across Florida for other major sports. In sports like golf and swimming, supplements are not paid as consistently statewide, and in sports like bowling and lacrosse, fewer than half of the state's districts have contracts that specify a supplement. PCSD recognizes the changing educational landscape and the increasing use of technology to supplement and/or provide education. So theyve had to endure more with the tornadoand now this pandemic.. Except for J.B. when we play each other.. Assistant coaches, who work just as much, earn far less than that. Locally, Bradford, Clay and Nassau pay coaches on an index scale or multiplier. Raines and Camden County high schools are a quick drive from one another. Districts paying more than $10,000 for coaching supplements included Marion County at $12,000, Columbia at $12,000, Forrest County Agricultural High School at $10,000 and Petal anywhere between $13,688.80 and $19,988.80. Paulding County High School Coach Van Spence said he tells his players to be "committed" to playing well. Accredited by Cognia. Would you work for free for two months a year? We already have a shortage in coaching," said White Station boys basketball coach Jesus Patino. proposal from the county's school district to cut coaching supplements for the 2020-21 school year, the proposal was amended on Thursday evening, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Freeman knows the importance of balancing athletics and academics with a public school budget. This has been the busiest week of offseason changes. Tell a friend . . Among some of the local football coaches' duties: Braddock teaches algebra. Love to be around the kids.. The Paulding County School District offers competitive salaries for all certification levels. Wiley teaches math. Lake Travis (Austin) coach Hank Carter earned $158,512. The News4JAX Morning Show team brings you breaking news from overnight -- local, national and international stories, as well as weather and traffic to start your day. WDAM Investigates: Scoring coaching supplements, Forrest Healths Spirit Girls Host Prom-A-Palooza, Pine Belt Foundation honors provides honors, Columbia police release report of 2022 crime statistics. In theory, thats a system that, over time, would lead to increases for coaches. Official Facebook page of the Paulding Athletic Department. Loading. Equipment Operator III- ROW. They and two other returning coaches are set to begin their quests for their. But Id also be lying to say that the pay doesnt get to you. 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