Broward County has 29 public schools who play football. 20 of them could be considered historically weak programs. And, in many cases, I'm talking really weak. Broward County has arguably the highest proportion of historically weak public school programs of any of the more highly populated counties in the state. Next to each school name is the class in which they played this past season, year the school opened, combined record over the past 5 seasons(unless noted otherwise), and playoff history, if any.
Only 5 public schools in Broward County have ever won a state title: Hollywood Hills(1973), Dillard(1986, 1989), Ely(2002), Miramar(2009) and Flanagan(2015). Nearly all of the schools below have been open 35+ years, yet only 3 have managed to win over 5 playoff games. Over the past 5 years, Piper and McArthur have bounced up and down like a yoyo. Douglas and Western appear to be on a steady rise. Only time will tell if these programs can sustain success
Cooper City(7A-1971) 19-32; 2-8 in playoffs
Coral Glades(Ind-2004) 13-36; no playoff experience
Coral Springs(8A-1975) 20-30; 0-3 in playoffs
Douglas(8A-1990) 29-21; 5-7 in playoffs
Everglades(8A-2003) 15-36; 2-5 in playoffs
Flanagan(8A-1996) 2-18 over past 2 years; 8-2 in playoffs
Fort Lauderdale(7A-1899) 23-28; 2-10 in playoffs
Hallandale(5A-1973) 12-18 over past 3 seasons; 6-11 in playoffs
Hollywood Hills(7A-1967) 14-34; 9-14 in playoffs; state title in 1973
McArthur(7A-1961) 28-25; 5-13 in playoffs
Nova(7A-1960) 24-28; 2-6 in playoffs
Oakland Park Northeast(6A-1961) 4-44; 4-6 in playoffs
Piper(8A-1971) 30-25; 2-9 in playoffs
Pompano Beach(Ind-1928) 19-32; 1-5 in playoffs
South Broward(7A-1952) 15-34; 5-4 in playoffs
South Plantation(8A-1971) 11-40; 5-10 in playoffs
Stranahan(5A-1953) 16-33; 5-10 in playoffs
Taravella(8A-1980) 19-31; 2-7 in playoffs
Western(8A-1981) 34-22; 3-8 in playoffs
Note: Who are the fair-to-very good programs in Broward County? Blanche Ely, Boyd Anderson, Cypress Bay, Deerfield Beach, Dillard, and Miramar. Monarch and West Broward are a bit too new to judge yet.
Why is Broward County the epicenter of public school football program mediocrity? ...some possible reasons
-Broward County is home to several state/nationally-ranked private school programs
-There appears to be a higher-than-average amount of big-name transferring taking place each year here. I don't have the facts to back this up, though.
-Broward County is a coaching merry-go-round. At the start of this past season..
84%(31/37) of all head coaches in Broward County have been at their present school 3 seasons or less.
41%(15/37) of all head coaches in Broward County have been at their present school 1 season or less.
24% (9/37) of all head coaches in Broward County are new.