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Congrats to Dave! He is the right choice for the job. He has paid his dues and is certainly worthy of a head coaching opportunity. I just hope he will not be judged entirely on wins and losses next year, as the program will be in a major rebuilding mode due to graduation. A multi-year contract, or a...

Contrary to the opinion of a few individuals I will continue to post if and when I feel the need to dismiss a rumor that could have a negative impact on our school or programs.

Here are the FACTS to date. Obviously no one has been hired, but even more importantly no one has been told they have the job. Contrary to what some are saying no one has been offered the job. We have not even had a face to face conversation with any candidate yet. We did earlier contact 2 individua...

Isn't a football the one that is round and white with black spots on it? Or is that soccer? I get those two confused! Can't proceed until Bob Kight gets back from Nova Scotia. Seriously, the field has been narrowed down to 5 or 6 candidates. Background and reference checks are being finalized. Inter...

Ironman92, You are right. That's why I looked on this thread - so I could see who applied, who is being interviewed, when it is all going to happen, and who the frontrunners for the job are. Plus, with no games in the last week I got bored! You, my friend, should be giving out spelling words instead...

Off of the top of my head the Ohio candidates were from Chillicothe Waverly Gallipolis Lucasville Sciotoville Jackson - not on the current staff I believe there were 9 or 10 others that were from Ohio but not so local. Some of these guys DO NOT have prior head coaching experience ( so you can't assu...

Neither Reynolds nor Wooten applied for the job.

The applicant pool recently went from a national pool ( candidates from 9 other states ) to an international pool, as a coach from Nova Scotia has also applied.

Donald Mays - Clendenin, West Virginia
Teaches 7th and 8th Grade English at South Charleston Middle School
Offensive Coordinator for South Charleston High School - 2008 West Virginia AAA State Champs

No current JHS assistant football coaches applied for the position.

28 people have officially applied
13 individuals have applied from 9 states other than Ohio

Mississippi - 2
Tennessee - 3
West Virginia - 2
North Carolina
Indiana
Kansas
New Jersey
Georgia
Texas

The other 15 are from different places in Ohio

No one has been hired. The interview process has not even started yet. At this time we are still accepting applications.

The posting time period for internal candidates has now expired. Anyone interested in the Varsity Football position at Jackson High School may apply by sending a resume or letter of interest to : Bob Kight Athletic Director Jackson High School 500 Vaughn Street Jackson, Ohio 45640 If you have questi...