The salary is not paid by the booster club. That would be separate as the salary is reported to the state and the booster money is private. You are correct that those tax bases dwarf their city equivalent but those single school systems only have to pay one coach.
They are not considered Metro Atlanta and at the very least it wouldn't be a reasonable statement to use those coaches salaries to argue that Metro ATL coaches are paid well.
Yeah I have a lot of respect for Rome and John Reid. Always been a class act team and coach. Even when they were beating our heads in with those teams led by Adam Anderson
This is correct. HS football in the single school/team is hugely important in the community. There is a tradition that the Cobb/Gwinnett schools are slowly gaining. It’s also much easier to provide perks to a coach when he’s at the only school in town vs. a district that has 12-15 schools.
I live in Forsyth County, GA. My kid’s kindergarten teacher made almost $80K.
There’s a subdivision near me (Cumming) that was in the $200s when I moved here in 2018, and people can’t find anything there under $700K now.
Coach D was my English teacher at Eustis High in 96. I learned alot about the wing T and identifying fronts and coverages. I remember watching vhs highlights of Ray Lewis who he coached at Lakeland when he was the OC. He also had a small disdain for Lamar Thomas if I recall something about coaching clinic. He was a Cane Hater for sure as was everyone else in the 352.
It depends on years coaching and if they are endorsed or not.
Coach Gierke?
True for central/south FL, which is where I grew up. I live in Tallahassee and my home is made just like the ones I saw in GA - wood and brick - and still way more expensive.
Cam is great guy. I've known him since he was in college. He was born to be a coach. I believe he lost those state games to STA (public vs private...that's another debate)
I reckon it starts all the way down in Pop Warner too. What are the resources like down there in Florida for the younger kids?Imagine getting paid $2,000 while being undefeated against Georgia opponents throughout your career.
We're allotted 8 stipends here at Western. That's around $20,000 total...give or take.
Compare that to the staff at places like Buford (for example) where the staff is collectively getting $200k or more.
We always get into these state-vs-state debates... and this is a huge factor that we never talk about. When these cross-state battles take place, the Georgia team always has several advantages over their Florida opponent...particularly in regards to resources and coaching.
We (Florida coaches) can move up to Georgia and it would be easy peazy for us.
Georgia guys would pull all of their hair out by week 5 trying to coach HS ball down here. All the BS that we deal with...they'd be on the first plane back to GA.
There's a group called Florida Coaches Coalition who has been working with legislators...I've heard that many of the legislators with school age children use private schools, so not sure how high, if at all, coach salaries will be on their agenda
Interesting. And of course, the private schools may not use the same model anyway.
anytime i hear Republicans and helping people i get nervous because they only help big corporations. I hope they vote to help you guys out though.