Coaching hires and city county
I have tried my best to stay on top of the three head-coaching openings for football in Forsyth County, and here’s where they stand now to the best of my knowledge.
GLENN: One person, who I will fail to mention by name, has long been rumored to be the heir-apparent to take over for Dickie Cline. Interviews started yesterday and I was told there’s potential for a coach to be named by the end of the week (but not holding my breath on that one).
REYNOLDS: I have been told that that after a long interview process, the job of replacing Mike Propst has been offered to a coach from way outside of this area, but from within North Carolina. I would be surprised if there isn’t an announcement sometime this week.
ATKINS: Late last week, a couple of sources told me that administrators had decided on their choice and even gave me a name — it was a guy that’s been an assistant coach at several schools in the county with a strong reputation. This morning, AD Linwood Gerald of Atkins told me three interviews would take place today. Who knows?
Basketball-wise, it sounds like Glenn has a quality list of applicants to take over its boys coaching job. I would expect them to make a very solid, if not splashy, hire eventually.
On to the city-county tournaments, which in my opinion — as well as the opinion of many coaches and ADs in the system — have outlived their usefulness. The good thing for this week is a forecast that looks clear of foul weather.
One interesting thing I found while going through the pairings is that Forsyth Country Day is the No. 4 seed in the baseball tournament behind No. 1 West Forsyth, No. 2 Mount Tabor, and No. 3 East Forsyth.
The only reason this surprises me is because FCD’s program has become much more talented since Andy Partin became the head coach last year, and he has several players that have transferred out of schools like West and Reagan playing on the roster.
I’ll be interested to see how that tournament (at Mount Tabor and Reagan) plays out.