At the July 23 board meeting, a North County High School coach told the board that county coaches perform extensive responsibilities outside instruction and asked the district to raise stipend levels and pay for postseason and offseason work.

Dennis Sullivan, who identified himself as a coach at North County High, described duties that include supervising practices and games, running weight sessions, buying equipment and uniforms, coordinating schedules and summer leagues, mentoring players, running study halls, and other duties he said are unpaid or minimally compensated. He said a first-year coach in Class 2 currently earns $3,004 a year and that a coach with 13 years in Class 2 currently earns $5,407. He said those figures lag inflation and urged the board to raise stipends to inflation‑adjusted levels, increase teacher‑coach compensation, provide postseason per diem payments (he proposed $30 per diem during playoffs), and count offseason work toward coaching pay and retirement calculations.

Sullivan said postseason volunteerism and off‑season duties are common and that coaches often do the work without additional compensation. He asked the board to adjust stipends and retirement calculations so coaching is not effectively unpaid labor during important student activities.

No board vote followed the public comment, and the request was entered into the public‑comment record. Staff or the superintendent did not announce an immediate plan in the meeting minutes to change compensation levels.

Sources: public comment from Dennis Sullivan at the July 23 Anne Arundel County Board of Education meeting.