CoachShattuck

Elkhart High School (6A) is looking for Assistant Coaches.  The teaching field is wide open.  Specifically looking for Defensive Line and Offensive Skill (non-QB) coaches. Please e-mail head coach Josh Shattuck with inquiries/questions at jshattuck@elkhart.k12.in.us.

12 hours ago, DT said:

Would appreciate if some posters close to the local situation in Elkhart can comment on the following.

It appears as if the new Elkhart High School is operating off of two campuses, called Elkhart East and Elkhart West.  So apparently all of the students have not been consolidated to one campus.

Did East and West just replace Memorial and Central in name, and the kids are still going to separate schools but the corporation has consolidated all extra curricular activities to one location?

If this is the case, why wouldnt Bloomington North and South, Columbus North and East, Terre Haute North and South all do the same and consolidate their extra curriculars to one location while maintaining separate campuses?

I must be missing something here?

Is the new Elkhart HS really a mega school?  

Or is it some type of new hybrid?

 

 

I am happy to help answer this for you.

In 2018, Elkhart Community Schools filed paperwork with the IHSAA letting them know that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, Elkhart Memorial and Elkhart Central High schools would be competitive together as one Elkhart Hish School.

Construction had not yet been completed, leaving the new high school to operate out of two campuses. 

Construction has since been completed and, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, Elkhart High school will house grades 10-12 at its West Campus (formerly Elkhart Memorial HS) and 9th grade students at East Campus (formerly Elkhart Central HS).

Football games will continue to be played at Rice Field, located at the East Campus.

Not for 2021, but we are excited to announce that we have just signed a two year contract with Carmel starting in 2022.

Carmel @ Elkhart 8/26/2022

Elkhart @ Carmel 8/25/2023

Our program is excited about the future opportunity to compete against one of the top programs in the midwest!

I know there's a lot of opinions when news comes out like this, especially with him decommitting from an in-state school.

This young man's three main reasons for committing to IU were the Kelly School of Business, the strength & conditioning program (Dave Ballou and Dr. Rhea), and the DL Coach (Mark Hagen).

Since Rodney's commitment, Coach Hagen was named DL coach at Texas and Dave Ballou and Dr. Rhea both took jobs at Alabama.  No one can blame those guys for making those moves that they deemed were best for them and their respective families.

Due to those changes, none of which he had control over, Rodney decided that Penn State was a better fit.

Imagine agreeing to take a new job with a new boss and a new location.  Then between agreeing to take the job and starting your first day, the boss who you wanted to work for left and the location changed.  You may (or may not) decide to now not take the job because the situation is different.  That's all that happened here.

Completely understandable if you look at the situation through the lens of the student-athlete.

Coach Allen is absolutely top notch and Indiana is in great hands with him at the helm of the program.  It was simply that the things that were most important to Rodney are now not the same.