BTF Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Luke Amstutz leaves the head coaching position to become AD? Not an easy replacement, a major hit to the football program in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 7 minutes ago, BTF said: Luke Amstutz leaves the head coaching position to become AD? Not an easy replacement, a major hit to the football program in my opinion. Wow, pretty big opening up there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Fan Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 More money. Less pressure. Really good football coach he was and a great program he was building. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Lou Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Coach Amstutz has done a great job at East Noble. This move creates a great opportunity for someone lucky enough to get this job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 I think Amstutz is in the top five percentile as a head football coach. Hate to see him go, but I get the decision. Those are gritty kids up there in Kendallville. Hopefully their football tradition is maintained. Good luck to the next coach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Edwards Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 What a great opportunity for someone!! He's done a great job for EN football 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komets2727 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Big loss for East Noble football. Building a good culture is a real thing and he did a very good job of doing that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Lou Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Was there any thought of Coach Amstutz staying on as head football coach as well as taking the A.D. position? I know there are a few schools here in Northern Indiana that do that. For years Bill Sharpe was both A.D. and head coach at Jimtown. I think at Goshen the current A.D. is also the head wrestling coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sls Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Coach Amstutz is one of the best underrated coaches in the state. Made me always feel like I was unprepared and was an idiot. 😀 He is a TREMONDOUS coach, very big shoes to fill. One of the BEST I have ever been around. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthfan91 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 2/28/2024 at 7:03 AM, Coach Lou said: Was there any thought of Coach Amstutz staying on as head football coach as well as taking the A.D. position? I know there are a few schools here in Northern Indiana that do that. For years Bill Sharpe was both A.D. and head coach at Jimtown. I think at Goshen the current A.D. is also the head wrestling coach. I think Coach Sharpe had a great support staff. He didn't have to do a lot of AD work in season. I think anyone who is a head coach and AD will have their moves under the microscope now a days. Putting your coaching ahead of a soccer game is a bigger deal now than it used to be. Having seen us play East Noble, they were always well coached and the kids played hard. Congrats to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 21 hours ago, Plymouthfan91 said: I think Coach Sharpe had a great support staff. He didn't have to do a lot of AD work in season. I think anyone who is a head coach and AD will have their moves under the microscope now a days. Putting your coaching ahead of a soccer game is a bigger deal now than it used to be. Having seen us play East Noble, they were always well coached and the kids played hard. Congrats to him. Great point about in season. Not sure how many people are on the athletic department staff at EN. A number of schools have also added assistant principal responsibilities to the AD job description. Another similar issue to the one you mentioned could come in any number of decisions that need to be made for other sports, any time a decision is made about football that could give the perception of favoritism is one more headache for a Coach/AD to have to deal with. On varsity football game nights, other admins will have to pick up some of the responsibilities of stadium management because the AD has coaching duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacAttack53 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 19 hours ago, Irishman said: Great point about in season. Not sure how many people are on the athletic department staff at EN. A number of schools have also added assistant principal responsibilities to the AD job description. Another similar issue to the one you mentioned could come in any number of decisions that need to be made for other sports, any time a decision is made about football that could give the perception of favoritism is one more headache for a Coach/AD to have to deal with. On varsity football game nights, other admins will have to pick up some of the responsibilities of stadium management because the AD has coaching duties. East Noble has an Assistant AD--Brandon Durnell, the varsity basketball coach. They also have an athletic secretary. They probably could have allowed Amstutz to continue to serve in both roles if that was desired at the corporation level. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCGrad92 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 at Monrovia, we have Event Coordinators, our Head Football Coach, Head Boys Basketball Coach, Head Wrestling Coach, Asst Principal are all able to run events along with the AD, they split them all up, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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