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A lot depends on the Admin in the building in which you teach I suppose. Good for you.

Haha...I always kind of get a kick out of veteran/older teachers telling us "how I used to do things" This is going to come across smug/arrogant and it is not actually meant that way - but the days of "read/hand out a worksheet" are over. Teaching expectations and documentation and data collection in CORE subjects have become almost too much to try and do and still have energy to run a program. It's why I've asked numerous times on here about head coaches and the subjects they teach. More often than naught , especially at your bigger programs (4A and above) - the head football coach is not in your traditional classroom setting. They are teaching PE, Strength, or have some Admin position. And I know those have their challenges, but they don't necessarily require the daily/hourly requirements of core subjects.

Football and wrestling coach here - I will tend to agree with the above statement just in the fact that with Club Wrestling and RTC's now-a-days - the time commitment it takes to be an elite level wrestler is just astonishing and something I don't think many people realize. I'm talking State Championship material here, not just State Qualifier (which is still awfully tough) Now, bigger guys (195 +) can get by on sheer strength/athleticism - but in your "prime" weight classes, it almost takes a year round commitment. Life was definitely simpler not so long ago....and I'm not so sure we've made it that much better. Certainly have made it more expensive, that's for sure.

Ever heard of a school named Zeeland West out of Michigan?? The offense can be dynamic if the kids get over themselves and buy into "team"

Did Zeeland West make an appearance this year?? Also kind of enjoyed watching that offense work.

Offensive preference for the new HC??

In our neck of the woods, Mt. Vernon (Posey). Have always had the socioeconomics to be successful, now that they have a head guy that "gets it" - look out. They could challenge Gibson Southern in a few years for suburbia king of SW Indiana.

In the State's online virtual academy

EXACTLY -there is a BIG difference and I don't think many people understand. We have "virtual days", as do many school corporations, where the teachers will provide instruction virtually (Zoom, Google Meet, etc...) to the students. (can be snow days, because of the pandemic, etc...) However, students had the option (and many took it) to do "virtual schooling" for the whole semester, and this was a program provided by the State. These students are not considered enrolled in our school district. Basically this....should have read it before I started replying.

This is where a lot of individuals get confused and why I think counting enrollments is nearly an impossible feat this year. Students had an option to choose “virtual schooling” this year provided by the State. They are NOT considered enrolled in any County school. However I had a few students at semester drop out of Virtual because it was “way hard” (their words) But- I also had a few join for fear of numbers going up

With the Rona pandemic for the past year and half, I just don't see how one can accurately report enrollments. Is the number how many butts are actually in seats? That obviously changes from one day to the next... What about those students who have been a part of your school, but choose virtual for the year because of concerns? What about those who were in-person, but at semester decided to go the virtual route because of rising case numbers?? Or vice-versa?? Seems like a jumbled mess to me....

Anybody know what position he will hold in the school building ?? I know this is a FOOTBALL site - but doesn't seem like that EVER gets reported when discussing hiring positions.

I remember some years back, The “U” was hosting a bunch of youths for a “gang prevention” type program or something like that- and a huge brawl broke out between the two teams on the field.

OK so I finally got some time to answer my own question - and with just simple google searches I still couldn't find some positions (man school websites are hard to navigate!) - this is what I could find: Ben Davis - Head Coach Jason Simmons - teaching position - PE Center Grove - Head Coach Eric Moore- teaching position - PE Lawrence Central - Head Coach Will Patterson - teaching position - PE Lawrence North - Head Coach Patrick Mallory - teaching position - PE North Central - Head Coach Kevin O'Shea - teaching position -listed as "Athletics" (?) Results not found included: Pike High School - Head Coach Pat Echeverria - teaching position ? Carmel High School - Head Coach John Hebert - teaching position ? Warren Central - Head Coach TBD - teaching position ??

Interesting- thank you for putting the time/effort into such research. While pay scale #’s are interesting in their own right- my initial question/inquiry was do any of the “head coaches” of the POWER conferences (as you call them) still try and hold what we be labeled as an “actual classroom instructor?” I.e math, language arts, science - core subject types?? I know PE and Strenght have their own challenges- but I’m talking the daily rigor of lesson plans, assessments, grading, etc... My intial premise/thought would be probably not as it would take too much time/energy to do both?? But I do not know the answer- nor do I know how to look up such info

Last one (I think this one makes the most sense from the Southern half of the State's perspective?) - but not sure where that leaves everyone else Posted November 30 Ahh you mean the ol East/West of Southern Indiana sectional alignments?? I tried to run that one through as well (Basically splitting up 31 and 32 between "Evansville" area (32) and "other" Southern Indiana, mostly eastern (31) ...but without Sullivan and/or Memorial and it's looking like Brownstown - it was a little tougher to make work. It would look something like: 31 (eastern time zone teams) - Corydon, Salem, Charleston, Scottsburg, Rushville, Brown County, North Harrison, Southridge 32 (central time zone) - Mt. Vernon, Bosse, Vincennes Lincoln, Gibson Southern, Princeton, H.H., Washington, Pike Central Not sure I love this set-up, but you are right, it is another way they could go...?

More examples of possibilities. Each has advantages/disadvantages - I think what EVERYONE in 3A will agree though is that Sectional 30 needed changed Posted November 30 Thought about starting a separate thread for Southern 3A sectional alignment possibilities ...but this could/would serve the same purpose. Don't hate what you have down here - but I think it could be improved. (I don't believe you can but Missinneswea and Alexandia in the SOUTHERN sectionals....also, believe you left off some teams)Here is what I've come up with and reasoning with it. Sectional 29 (we'll call this the "Indy Sectional") - Danville, WeBo, Tri-West, Ritter, Indian Creek, Indy Washington, Manual, and Guerin Catholic Sectional 30 (HAD to be fixed. We'll call this the "come on up Highway 41 Sectional) - West Vigo, Washington, Princeton, Gibson Southern, Vincennes Lincoln, Edgewood, Greencastle, and Brown County Sectional 31 (We'll call this Eastern Indiana) - Franklin County, Lawrenceburg, North Harrison, Batesville, Charleston, Scottsburg, Owen Valley, and Rushville. *Not sure about the competitive balance here..but I think it's better than the ol Sectional 30... Sectional 32 (What's left in Southern Indiana) - Corydon, Salem, Pike Central, Southridge, Heritage Hills, Bosse, Mt. Vernon

We've been down this road multiple times on this thread. A # of different ways it can be broken down - will just be whatever logic/sense the IHSAA wants to come up with: Posted December 3 IF the IHSAA decided to go "that route", meaning back to 15 and 16, I think it's more likely it's broken down this way - I think it makes more sense time-zone wise. 31 (eastern time zone teams) - Corydon, Salem, Charleston, Scottsburg, Rushville, Brown County, North Harrison, Southridge 32 (central time zone) - Mt. Vernon, Bosse, Vincennes Lincoln, Gibson Southern, Princeton, H.H., Washington, Pike Central

Ok ok ok - not trying to turn it into a discussion/argument about that. We all know examples of teachers just doing the "bare minimum" to get by. I know strength/PE teachers have their own challenges - but to act like it's the same as preparing daily lessons, assessments, grading, etc...as a core academic teacher is just ignorant. And that's not a criticism. I believe there is WAY too much on a head coaches plate to try and do both. I was just curious as to if there are any "big name" programs out there (6A) whose Head Coach does try and tackle an academic subject??

I doubt anyone could compile all this data - but it'd be interesting to get a breakdown of the HC's in the MIC and other 6A teams (Brownsburg, Avon, etc...) and what position in the school system they actually hold. I'm assuming most would be some sort of "strength coach" ? Assistant AD's?? Would ANY be a "regular" classroom teacher??

Uh...congratulations I guess??

How many head coaches are actually "classroom teachers" (not talking strength/conditioning ) anyway?? With the increasing demands in the classroom, it's not really attainable.

It started with Center Grove...now spilling into Avon, Brownsburg, New Pal, Mt Vernon. Everyone wants that suburbia life. No one is willing to roll up their sleeves in the inner city big schools- minus O’Shea is it??

Maybe this is just an ignorant statement on my part being a simple country-bumpkin from a relatively small (enrollment 500ish)- but good lord. Most of these schools have 2,000+ students to choose from, figure it out !

SES ??? Socio-economic status?? How is that determined?? Is there a metric for it?