FLORIDA COACHES COALITION working for better coaching pay

[MarkECannon]

Saw a story on WTVT, Channel 13 Tampa, about the Florida Coaches Coalition that will address the state government of the importance of making coaches pay competitive to other states and at least fair to the hours and work they give to high school athletes in the state. The following is a statement page by the Coalition on their website.

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[MarkECannon]

This is a very good article about a recent event put on by the Florida Coaches Coalition. It addressed some of the issues that we have discussed on this board such as coaches pay, transfers, public vs privates, etc. Silver King, your county is mentioned.

High school coaching pay topic a big talker at coaches event in Orlando

The Florida Coaches Coalition has pushed for more reasonable coaching pay for three years and there have been small positives to think that help is on the way, possibly as soon as the 2026-27 budget year.

www.news4jax.com

 

[gatorman001]

This is a very good article about a recent event put on by the Florida Coaches Coalition. It addressed some of the issues that we have discussed on this board such as coaches pay, transfers, public vs privates, etc. Silver King, your county is mentioned.

High school coaching pay topic a big talker at coaches event in Orlando

The Florida Coaches Coalition has pushed for more reasonable coaching pay for three years and there have been small positives to think that help is on the way, possibly as soon as the 2026-27 budget year.

www.news4jax.com

I posted a top 20 nationally a week or two ago...i didnt mention this specifically....but that list included as I recalled 6 florida schools in the top 15, all but I was a private school. Georgia on the other hand listed 3 or 4, all were public schools. In fact Georgia top public school teams have no issue typically playing and/or beating Florida top private school's.

I believe a lot of that directly correlates to the amount of financial resources Georgia puts into High School football versus Florida. Put Florida public programs on equal or at least close to equal footing with the financial resources of private schools...I believe it could go a long way to keeping public school talent...in public schools

 

[Fla2014]

Hopefully the pay will improve. I think that will assist with the high turnover of coaches in many schools throughout Florida.