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This is a fascinating topic! I absolutely believe there is a shortage of coaches out there. I have been coaching for 10 years. When I started, I had no kids just a girlfriend. I went from jv/varsity football straight into junior high basketball and back to varsity track. Now, I have a wife and 2 kids and only coach football. The number of guys you see come and go is crazy. From the first staff (8 total coaches) I ever worked on only 1 of those guys is still coaching. None of which retired from teaching yet. My personal experience with schools hiring practices is mixed. When I was a tiny Jr./Sr. High they only cared about hiring a teacher not a coach. Now I’m at a slightly bigger school and hiring head coaches is important for the school. I remember being interviewed at numerous schools in central and northern Indiana for coaching and/or teaching positions and the administration was concerned because I am from southern Indiana and went to college in southern Indiana so would I stay long term. Those schools went in other directions and many of them have hired the same position numerous times including one school which is on its 3rd head coach since I interviewed only a few years back. Then of course there is the financial situation many young people run into. The assistant coaches don’t get paid enough. The time commitment can be daunting for some people, especially with young families. And one of the biggest factors is the parents. Some parents are crazy! There are so many factors. These are just the few I think are the biggest.

So does Hammond Central (previously Hammond High) Move up to 4A or stay at 3A with 1700 students. Morton is already 4A. By the wording of the news release Central would stay at 3A?? All it is is a name change.

If Merrillville is 5A, that's a major, major change. Portage, Chesterton, Crown Point and Lake Central do NOT have to beat Merrillville just to get out of the sectional.? That's sunshine on a rainy day.

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The link in the original post should have been a Rick Roll, for maximum effect!

That feeling when you starting setting up your 31 ft endzone camera next to a 27 ft endzone camera

He’s going to be hard to replace. His 2016 team was heads and tails ahead of any 3A and “Success Factored” 4A team at the time (in 2016, traditional 4A teams like Cathedral, Columbus North and New Pal had already moved on to 5A). In 2016, Concordia was an absolute MACHINE. As an ancient EIAC guy, I felt terrible that Lawrenceburg drew THAT short straw. Even last year, he came up with a game plan (minus, perhaps, his top offensive player) that fought Chatard (who ended the year as the 6th ranked team in ALL, repeat, ALL classes per Sagarin) right down to the very, very end. To be clear, the 3A State Championship games last year were ALL played in the North between Chatard, Concordia and Mishawaka Marian (the Lucas Oil “State Championship” game was an afterthought.........thanks Tri-West AD, btw). Not that it needs reminding (but I will), the 3A State Champion defeated the 4A State Champion during regular season play..... Back to the point, BIG SHOES need to be filled at Concordia.

With the consolidation of the Hammond high schools, and the addition of Dugger Union in 22-23 (needs to be included in the upcoming cycle), I think there will be 318 schools with football. That puts 32 in 5A and 6A, 2 of the lower classes with 63 and 2 with 64. I am not sure if there is an IHSAA policy on which class should have fewer schools, but in basketball they usually align 1A with the most and 4A with the least. The plan I read for the Hammond schools was to realign the district to split their enrollment somewhat evenly, which would put them around 1700 or so students in each high school. Here are the numbers I have (slightly different from crimsonace). 6A Enrollment Carmel 5414 Ben Davis 4617 North Central (Indpls.) 3754 Warren Central 3690 Fishers 3689 Penn 3430 Hamilton Southeastern 3399 Pike 3392 Lake Central 3271 Elkhart 3235 Avon 3194 Noblesville 3091 Franklin Central 3049 Crown Point 2925 Brownsburg 2876 Lawrence North 2737 Center Grove 2624 Westfield 2513 Homestead 2503 Carroll (F.W.) 2475 Perry Meridian 2358 Southport 2313 Portage 2301 Lawrence Central 2268 Zionsville 2151 Jeffersonville 2134 Columbus North 2090 Indianapolis Arsenal Tech 2089 Chesterton 2081 Lafayette Jefferson 2066 Warsaw 2059 Harrison (West Lafayette) 2050 5A Enrollment Fort Wayne Northrop 2046 Valparaiso 2035 Merrillville 2022 Whiteland 2007 Goshen 1973 South Bend Adams 1949 Castle 1884 Floyd Central 1867 New Albany 1859 Fort Wayne Snider 1830 Decatur Central 1818 McCutcheon 1805 Anderson 1786 Plainfield 1744 LaPorte 1737 Concord 1676 Bloomington South 1666 Bloomington North 1582 Franklin 1582 Munster 1572 Columbus East 1565 Michigan City 1554 Kokomo 1552 Fort Wayne North Side 1547 Seymour 1538 Mishawaka 1499 Huntington North 1478 Hammond Morton (est.) 1700 Hammond Central (est.) 1700 New Palestine 1160 Indianapolis Cathedral 1042 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 985 4A Enrollment Bedford-North Lawrence 1463 Terre Haute South 1463 Evansville North 1455 Greenfield-Central 1445 Terre Haute North 1431 Fort Wayne South Side 1415 Northridge 1407 Fort Wayne Wayne 1395 Pendleton Heights 1394 Mt Vernon (Fortville) 1372 Mooresville 1341 Muncie Central 1330 Logansport 1289 Martinsville 1288 East Central 1280 Hobart 1264 Richmond 1260 Hammond Morton 1231 Greenwood 1213 Gary West Side 1189 Jennings County 1163 Indianapolis Crispus Attucks 1142 Shelbyville 1137 South Bend Riley 1133 East Chicago Central 1104 Evansville Reitz 1101 East Noble 1097 Plymouth 1094 Lowell 1092 DeKalb 1080 Columbia City 1072 Jasper 1068 Indianapolis Shortridge 1064 Indianapolis Roncalli 1062 Highland 1061 Marion 1036 Connersville 1034 Lebanon 1017 Kankakee Valley 1015 Beech Grove 1005 Northview 995 New Haven 978 New Prairie 977 Leo 963 Wawasee 947 Boonville 927 Evansville Harrison 923 Evansville Central 919 New Castle 907 Jay County 904 Frankfort 899 Northwood 884 Silver Creek 868 South Bend Clay 858 Culver Academies 831* South Bend Saint Joseph 831 Norwell 829 Western 824 Brebeuf 816 Angola 814 Delta 806 Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 673 Evansville Memorial 559 3A Enrollment South Bend Washington 805 Indianapolis Washington 789 Yorktown 782 Madison 776 Scottsburg 767 Hamilton Heights 763 Edgewood 763 Mississinewa 761 Hanover Central 748 West Lafayette 743 Charlestown 743 Danville 739 Franklin County 732 Gibson Southern 728 Corydon Central 728 Washington 727 South Dearborn 723 Guerin Catholic 719 Hammond Clark 716 Twin Lakes 700 Batesville 697 Lawrenceburg 696 Greensburg 696 North Harrison 689 Crawfordsville 675 Rushville 673 West Noble 669 Owen Valley 664 Mishawaka Marian 661 Griffith 660 Calumet 660 Peru 657 Maconaquah 656 Bellmont 647 John Glenn 637 Mt Vernon (Posey) 633 Evansvill Bosse 631 Vincennes Lincoln 623 Heritage 622 Fort Wayne Concordia 621 Princeton 616 Northwestern 597 Garrett 586 Indian Creek 585 Knox 583 Jimtown 582 Tri-West 578 Tippecanoe Valley 571 Heritage Hills 570 Lakeland 568 Brown County 548 Benton Central 548 Salem 541 Western Boone 538 South Vermillion 535 Pike Central 528 Speedway 527 Fairfield 523 North Montgomery 521 Alexandria 520 Woodlan 519 Monrovia 519 Southridge 513 2A Enrollment West Vigo 518 Centerville 515 Sullivan 514 Rochester 513 Brownstown Central 512 Oak Hill 509 Bremen 507 Evansville Mater Dei 505 River Forest 500 Cascade 496 Frankton 496 Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter 496 Boone Grove 495 Rensselaer Central 494 Southmont 488 Whiting 486 Wheeler 485 Blackford 484 Greencastle 484 Tipton 481 Bluffton 477 Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 477 Eastbrook 471 Eastern (Greentown) 468 Lapel 468 Hammond Bishop Noll 466 Wabash 465 Heritage Christian 463 Triton Central 463 Manchester 460 Delphi 451 Mitchell 450 Central Noble 436 Union County 434 Crawford County 427 Lewis Cass 426 Linton-Stockton 423 North Putnam 422 North Posey 421 Tell City 420 Shenandoah 418 Prairie Heights 416 Indianapolis Scecina 415 Eastern (Pekin) 414 Indianapolis Manual 414 Whitko 413 Northeastern 409 Switzerland County 405 Eastside 400 Elwood 399 Eastern Hancock 395 North Knox 391 Lake Station Edison 389 Churubusco 388 Winchester 387 South Spencer 386 LaVille 385 Paoli 385 Andrean 384 Perry Central 372 Adams Central 368 Madison-Grant 368 Pioneer 297 Lafayette Central Catholic 288 1A Enrollment Forest Park 367 Seeger 367 Clinton Prairie 365 South Putnam 360 North Newton 355 Knightstown 354 Clarksville 353 Parke Heritage 350 Winamac 349 Taylor 347 South Adams 346 Covenant Christian (Indpls.) 344 Providence 344 Park Tudor 343* Sheridan 338 Hagerstown 336 Carroll (Flora) 331 North Decatur 330 North Judson 326 Monroe Central 322 South Central (Union Mills) 320 Milan 317 Cloverdale 309 Eastern Greene 308 Fountain Central 305 South Decatur 304 Tecumseh 300 Riverton Parke 298 North Daviess 297 West Washington 295 Bowman Academy 290 North Central (Farmersburg) 289 North Miami 284 Cambridge City Lincoln 284 Fremont 284 Covington 276 Clinton Central 273 Southern Wells 272 Northfield 269 Wes-Del 261 Southwood 259 Springs Valley 259 Anderson Prep Academy 258 Triton 253 North White 247 Tri 246 Union City 243 North Vermillion 240 Tri Central 240 Barr Reeve 239 South Newton 238 Culver 233 Edinburgh 228 West Central 222 Caston 218 Tri-County 211 Indianapolis Tindley 207 Indianapolis Lutheran 203 Oldenburg Academy 203 Frontier 199 Dugger Union 189 Attica 183 Traders Point Christian 121 Indiana Deaf 113 *school does not report enrollment to DOE.

Reitz High School announced its 2021 football schedule yesterday and will play in what is being called the “EVSC Bubble”. The Panthers will play the other four EVSC schools twice for a total of eight games, but will not play any of their other SIAC rivals, including Mater Dei. “We wanted to keep the kids as safe as possible this fall while still allowing sports to be played,” according to Reitz head coach Cory Brunson. “While we’re disappointed to lose the Mater Dei game, for the safety of the kids, we felt this change should be made for at least the next five years.” 2021 Schedule 9/3 – Bosse 9/10 – @ Central 9/17 – Harrison 9/24 – @ North 10/1 – @ Bosse 10/8 – Central 10/15 – @ Harrison 10/22 – North For more information, please visit the EVSC’s COVID-19 Resources page.