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Middle-school coach urges board to raise coaching pay
Summary
A longtime middle-school head football coach asked the McDowell County Schools board to narrow pay gaps that give high-school coaches far higher seasonal pay; he cited specific per-season and per-game figures and said middle-school coaches deserve reevaluation.
Jonathan Cohen, who said he has been a middle-school football coach for 10 years and head coach for nine, asked the board to reconsider pay for middle-school coaches. "I don't think it's fair," Cohen said after comparing pay: he said high-school head coaches receive about $6,700 per season and assistants $5,500, while middle-school head coaches receive $2,000 and assistants $1,000.
Cohen said middle-school coaches prepare athletes for high-school competition and cited his record of winning 50 of 72 games as head coach as evidence he takes the role seriously. The board heard his request during the delegation period; no immediate action or motion to change stipends was recorded at the meeting.
