Do you value our journalism? He returned to The News in Nov. 2018. Few understand the shadow that cloud casts more than Chris Stacy, high school academic coordinator and former coach. Personnel makes up about 80 percent of school spending, so "if you need significant savings, it's hard to do that without looking at staffing," saidGreg Gibson, an Austin-based consultant who has helped about 150 districts, many of them in Texas, spend more efficientlyover the last 25 years. He described the state funding cut as a "cloud that's hanging over" the district and its staff. Allens job posting for a head football coach estimates an annual salary up to nearly $124,000 ($476.01 per day). Year-by-Year Football ResultsYEARALLCCIWHEAD COACHLINKS20155-54-3Mike YeagerResults | Statistics | Roster20143-72-5Mike Football Year-by-Year Records - Carthage College Athletics Skip To Main Content Carthage College Athletics The Official Website of The Carthage College Firebirds Main Navigation Menu A Texas graduate, he is married with three children and lives outside Fort Worth, Texas. He coached at SMU for three seasons. Surratt has won eight state championships since taking over at Carthage in 2007, while Dodge has led Austin Westlake to consecutive state titles including a 6A Division I championshipover his. About 73 percent of Carthage ISD residents who voted agreed to pay for the screen in a bond election; the money comes from a self-imposed hike in property taxes, not from school coffers. High School Football: Carthage's Preston given the Kyle Preston Award, By Ryan Silapan Preston also got to coach against another NFL quarterback in Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin III. The suit claims Surrat, along with the other defendants, violated the plaintiff's daughter's 14th Amendment rights to due process and equal protection under the law. Ewins doesn't buy Hambrick's claim. CARTHAGE Watching his players dart up and down the field during a recent game, Carthage High head football coach Scott Surratt anxiously anticipated every pass, penalty and fumble,. Scott Surratt, Carthage head coach One qualification Allen could seek in its next hire is a coach with a championship history. School budgeting was a hot topic during this summer's special legislative session, when Lt. Gov. Hickman could be a dark horse for the Allen head coaching job. I graduated from TCU, where I ran track and cross country. February 27. In the last four years hes won three state titles and lost only one game a three-point loss to Liberty Hill in the 2018 state semifinals. Senior Linebacker Kip Lewis: 61, 200 lbs. Send Message. All he has done in his first head coaching job is compile a 38-4 record and reach at least the fourth round of the playoffs every year. Joseph covers SMU, college sports and the Texas Rangers for The Dallas Morning News. There may be some uncertainty at who will be leading Carthages backfield this year, but there is no question that the receiver position will be a strength for the Bulldogs. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Thats what makes coaching what it is and fraternity of what it is.. Photographer Wayne Grubbs has posted a new gallery Pleasant Grove vs. Carthage (UIL 4A DII Region 2 Finals) containing 350 photos. Surrat is mentioned below. School officials say Surratt paid for his own raise by bumping ticket sales and earning championship prize money. Staggs had been set to join the Western Kentucky staff as an assistant coach. After learningthat Coach Surratt's raise was comingwhile teachers aides and bus monitors were being let go, Felita Ewins held a small protest outside the district administration buildingon the first day of school. I think Ill know when its time to stop coaching. Hambrick said he donated his own $5,000 salary increase back to the school district. Disclosure: The Texas Association of School Business Officials has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune. With the combination of its high-powered offense and a stifling defense that gave up just over eight points per game, Carthage won every game handily by double digits with a 35-18 win over Jasper back on October 16 representing its closest margin of victory all season. Quarterback Kai Horton and running back Mason Courtney combined for 556 yards and seven total touchdowns in the game. Photographer Wayne Grubbs has posted a new gallery Glen Rose vs. Carthage (UIL 4A DII State Semifinal) containing 239 photos. List of Carthage Firebirds head football coaches. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. I didnt know what was going to happen. Perhaps it goes without saying but producing quality journalism isn't cheap. CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - The Carthage Bulldogs will be taking on Van Alstyne this week in the area playoff. Shavers offers something that none of these other coaching candidates have: he played at Allen. In the next few years, if values don't rise organically, Superintendent Glenn Hambrick said, Carthage ISD will have to ask the community to vote to raise taxes again because the tax rate is far below the maximum allowed by state law. Joseph Hoyt, Staff Writer. There are a couple questions with Surratt. Education groups argued Patrick's plan would require districts to cut other staff such as instructional aides, who support teachers in the classroom. At the time Preston had moved around a bit around the East Texas area and wasnt quite ready to come to Carthage. Both of us receiving an award at the same time was kind of special. Fans will fill the stands either way, like they did when she was a young girl. Carthage High School 1600 W. Panola St. Carthage, TX 75633 Phone: 903-693-2552 Fax: 903-693-9752. During that time at Texas High, I coached against Matthew Stafford twice and we were fortunate enough to beat him once.. Copyright 2016 KLTV. The rest of Carthages 2020 season was just as dominating as its state title game victory. Will it be a renowned coach who has ties to Texas high school football, but has also coached in college? New hire replaces Marc Vottler following Vottler's hiring at Ohio State. But some don't always agree with the methods of consolidation. Carthage ISD increased his salary this year by $21,400, the district's biggest administrative pay raise this year. And now a prominent high school coach could be held civilly liable for not stopping the spread of such messages. Every teacher here had a pay cut [with the reduced contribution to health insurance]. [Our players] represent the seal on their helmet and do it with pride and play unbelievably hard for the community.. A parent has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court against Carthage ISD in Carthage, Texas, after the school failed to stop the spread of a nude video clandestinely shot of two then-freshmen girls by a then-freshman football player. Coach Scott Surratt took over as head coach at Carthage High School in Texas over 15 years ago. About 73 percent of Carthage ISD residents who voted agreed to pay for the screen in a bond election; the money comes from a self-imposed hike in property taxes, not from school coffers. The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. Played on the same teams growing up, and Scotts dad coached us during summer league. Allen has won five state championships of its own all in the last 13 seasons and could give Dodge a chance to coach at the largest school in Texas, and in a $59.6 million stadium. That tells you what the mind-set is here in Panola County. Clear skies. Even for Allen? They want to have a place kids want to come back to.". Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. The snapshot makes the school one of the smallest among 6A competition. But interviews conducted by The Dallas Morning News indicate that Todd Dodge is not interested in leaving Westlake. 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Carthage Bulldogs Class: 4A Division II DCTF High School Ranking: NR Location: Carthage, Texas 2022 District 8-4A Division II Standings Team District Record Overall Record Next Opponent Carthage Bulldogs 6 - 0 16 - 0 Idle Center Roughriders 4 - 2 8 - 4 Idle Van Vandals 4 - 2 6 - 5 Idle Rusk Eagles 3 - 3 6 - 5 Idle Bullard Panthers 2 - 4 3 - 7 Idle Would Dodge leave eight-time state champion Southlake Carroll, a school where he was a Parade All-American and the star quarterback for Carrolls undefeated 2006 state championship team? After suffering a shoulder injury, along with his dad being named the head baseball coach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Preston transferred to UAM to wrap up his degree and play under his dad. Should districts like Carthage ISD increase administrative or athletic salaries when they are millions of dollars in the red? Surratt certainly fits the description. Position: K 40 Yard Dash 4.8 5-10-5 Shuttle 6.2 Bench Press 155 Carthage 35, Salado 7 Carthage 52, China Spring 14 Carthage 38, Wimberley 7 RECORD OF PLAYOFF OPPONENTS: 44-19 NOTES: Carthage HC Scott Surratt is 7-0 in state championship games. That is in the back mirror.". One of the state's top-rated athletes has enrolled at East Texas powerhouse Carthage. How would he do jumping up to not only the 6A level, but the biggest public school in the state? He served as head coach the last nine years at the high school, where he won four . Thats not a spending decision the district made alone, Hambrick said, sounding weary of repeating an answer hes given many times. Previously Preston has coached the secondary, inside linebackers and outside linebackers. Surratt's salaryis part ofCarthage ISD's extracurricular budget, which makes up just 4.7 percent of all spending. As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on members to help keep our stories free and our events open to the public. 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