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Just curious, did Randy Rowe apply for this job?

Do we have a run-down of Coach Harrison's accomplishments?

My whole point was that I LIKE the concept of an AD ONLY position. With the caveat that this person needs to have a FOOTBALL background, Not that they need to have been a Head Football Coach, but if you don't have a football coaching background then you really don't know what ALL it takes for a football program to be REALLY successful.

A LOT more that goes into running a football program than just hiring coaches. But, I get your point. However, GREAT Football programs and GREAT Football schools will have experienced FOOTBALL guys as AD's. This is even true at the college level. If a school really wants to be GREAT at football, then you need a football guy at the helm. An AD can make decisions that are in the best interest of all Athletic Programs that HELP football, or an AD can make decisions that are supposedly in the best interest for all Athletic Programs that HINDER football. Only a football guy knows the difference.

The job has been posted since he was named interim, in fact the OC job was actually posted by Reyes and he was in the process of calling people for interviews before he got the Palestine job.

Now, who is he going to hire as his OC? What direction is Lumberton going to go in Offensively?

Preface, I am a FOOTBALL COACH. There are numerous advantages to having an Athletic Director ONLY position. The AD is an Administrator and overseeing every Athletic program is a daunting task, It is a full-time job, if done right. However, Football is a different animal, it is light years different from any other sport. The sheer number of coaches necessary to be competitive as well as the large number of participants makes it different than any other sport. If you have never coached football, then it is going to be very difficult to understand what goes into having a successful program. Having an AD that does not understand the inner workings of what it takes to win in football is NOT a recipe for success.

Thanks for the info.

Did Kirbyville make a hire?

You need to do a FOI request for this application list?

Any timeline on a new Superintendent hire? Is McDonald going to atleast get a year to prove himself?

Any timeline on a new Superintendent hire? Is McDonald going to atleast get a year to prove himself?

You are 100% spot on. Consistency and sustainability should be the two things that Lumberton values the most in this position.

Hearing there is WAY more to the story in Lumberton than has been put out for public consumption.

The biggest problem with this is that McDonald has to hire an Offensive Coordinator. Not going to be easy to get someone to come in and run the Offense for a defensive head coach with the "Interim" title in front of head coach.

Are you really comparing Lumberton and WOS? The two situations are not even close.

I wish I knew who it was, but unfortunately I don't. However, the connection with the kids and the community should trump "college experience" unless there is an obvious disparity in knowledge AND there is intimate knowledge of the coaches ability to connect with the kids and the community. If there isn't someone with first hand knowledge of the CHARACTER and LEADERSHIP ability of the "college guy" then they better do a deep dive into his background. Coaching Lumberton High School kids is nothing similar to coaching recruited college players.

You are 100% spot on and all fronts. Promoting loyal coaches who know the kids and community is the way to go. Especially when the program has had recent success. Continuity is highly underrated when you are talking about leadership in coaching.

I'm not an authority and I certainly don't know the situation or any of the players involved. I was just making a guess. Sure don't know if there are any other more qualified applicants. In my experience, the on staff candidate is usually the best candidate when the program has had recent success. Considering Lumberton's history, the parents complaining about the promotion are probably wrong.

Heard a Texas college D2 OC (with Texas HS head coaching experience) is one of the finalist. Haven't confirmed, just heard a rumor. Maybe?

Simply going to promote the DC? And some mommy's and daddy's didn't think that was a good idea? Because there were many more qualified candidates........

You definitely have a great QB coming through Woodville, but the question is...... Do you have the coaching staff that knows how to use him, develop him and put an offense in place to take advantage of his skills?? That is yet to be seen.

Now this is a job that I would really like to see the applicant list.

Lots of TRUTH to that. Administration can make even the most LOYAL coach head for the hills.