Russ Mann OUT at BD After Three Seasons…

[gonzoron]

5 minutes ago, temptation said:

Right on brand.

You bet, cause yapping to your 2 buddies don't pay the bills around here. At least they ponied up.

[temptation]

33 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

You bet, cause yapping to your 2 buddies don't pay the bills around here. At least they ponied up.

I do every year but not because some geriatric pressured me to do so.

[crimsonace1]

On 11/27/2025 at 7:43 AM, WestfieldRocks said:

First, one of the local TV stations had on their web site that he was told that there was going to be a change in a different direction. Oftentimes, especially in the business world, the word is that they "retired', left to pursue an other opportunity", and so on.

Second, point #2 could be the big reason. Compare these three schools and city/town's populations. Avon, a town, is now estimated at around 23K, Brownsburg, also a town, at estimated at 32K, and Wesfield, a city, is now estimated at 51K. Now look at the school enrollments. Brownsburg's is 3,464, Avon's is 3,476. Westfield's is 2,960. That tells me that either Westfield is a much older community, so fewer kids in the schools, which it is not, or there are a lot of kids from other areas, particularly Wayne Township driving across the county line to Avon and Brownsburg. 

Town population is often a bit of a misnomer because A LOT of suburban growth happens outside of town limits. Good example is New Pal - town population is 3,600, but the school district population is about 20K.  

Brownsburg school district population is 54,335, Avon is 58,796 and Westfield is about 54K. So, they are somewhat comparable. Brownsburg is a community people move to because of the schools. I'm not sure how many transfers they're getting. 

(Wayne Township's population is about 147K, but a decent part of that population is in Speedway and IPS's districts). 

As far as public school transfers

Brownsburg was +12 (256 outgoing, 268 incoming) (of the incoming, 68 from Avon, 27 from Tri-West, 40 from Wayne Twp.; outgoing 87 to Tri-West, 37 to Wayne Twp.)
Avon was -523 (146 incoming, 669 outgoing) (of the incoming, 34 from Wayne Twp., 31 from Danville; outgoing: 183 to Plainfield, 108 to Wayne Twp., 100 to Danville)
Westfield was -165 (73 incoming, 238 outgoing) (27 of the incoming from Noblesville; outgoing, 56 to Sheridan, 41 to Carmel)

Given the relatively small number of incoming transfers, it would indicate that all three schools (which would all be in high demand) are very limited on how many transfers they allow, likely due to space concerns. If you want to transfer to an out-of-district school, they have to be willing to take you, and they can cap the number of transfers. 

FYI, Ben Davis/Wayne Township was +954 (1522 incoming, 568 outgoing). And a lot of BD's outgoing transfers were to IPS or to online charter schools. Plainfield got 50, Brownsburg 40, Avon 34. 

 

[WestfieldRocks]

On 12/8/2025 at 2:37 PM, crimsonace1 said:

Town population is often a bit of a misnomer because A LOT of suburban growth happens outside of town limits. Good example is New Pal - town population is 3,600, but the school district population is about 20K.  

Brownsburg school district population is 54,335, Avon is 58,796 and Westfield is about 54K. So, they are somewhat comparable. Brownsburg is a community people move to because of the schools. I'm not sure how many transfers they're getting. 

(Wayne Township's population is about 147K, but a decent part of that population is in Speedway and IPS's districts). 

As far as public school transfers

Brownsburg was +12 (256 outgoing, 268 incoming) (of the incoming, 68 from Avon, 27 from Tri-West, 40 from Wayne Twp.; outgoing 87 to Tri-West, 37 to Wayne Twp.)
Avon was -523 (146 incoming, 669 outgoing) (of the incoming, 34 from Wayne Twp., 31 from Danville; outgoing: 183 to Plainfield, 108 to Wayne Twp., 100 to Danville)
Westfield was -165 (73 incoming, 238 outgoing) (27 of the incoming from Noblesville; outgoing, 56 to Sheridan, 41 to Carmel)

Given the relatively small number of incoming transfers, it would indicate that all three schools (which would all be in high demand) are very limited on how many transfers they allow, likely due to space concerns. If you want to transfer to an out-of-district school, they have to be willing to take you, and they can cap the number of transfers. 

FYI, Ben Davis/Wayne Township was +954 (1522 incoming, 568 outgoing). And a lot of BD's outgoing transfers were to IPS or to online charter schools. Plainfield got 50, Brownsburg 40, Avon 34. 

 

Thanks for the info. I can say that I recently heard that Westfield is no longer allowing transfers into the high school due to space concerns. I am sorted of surprised by the Westfield number of transfers out to Sheridan. I know of a few parents that live in Westfield Washington Township that send their kids to Sheridan due to the size of Westfield, and the fact that Sheridan is still considered a rural school, and believe it or not, there are still farms and rural areas in Westfield.

That transfer out number at Avon is very large. I am not surprised though at the number from that number that tansferred to Plainfield. 

[Indiana Fan]

Any word or thoughts on this position? I haven’t seen anything at all. I feel like this is an awfully long time for one of the historically best football programs to be looking for a head coach. 

[CWPRD67]

On 1/14/2026 at 7:36 AM, Indiana Fan said:

Any word or thoughts on this position? I haven’t seen anything at all. I feel like this is an awfully long time for one of the historically best football programs to be looking for a head coach. 

I've heard they are close to a decision, rumors I have heard are that either way it will be a familiar face to the program. Take it with the salt a rumor deserves

[Coach Nowlin]

2 hours ago, CWPRD67 said:

I've heard they are close to a decision, rumors I have heard are that either way it will be a familiar face to the program. Take it with the salt a rumor deserves

That was going to be my prediction as well