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Miami Coral Park DeSoto County (Acadia) - New Coach Jeff Lee Holmes County (Bonifay) - Bartow - New Coach Tyler Eden Flagler Palm Coast - New Coach Daniel Fish Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) - Cambridge (Tampa) - New Coach Brian Palone Clewiston - New Coach Andrew Powell Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville) - KC Woods

The Master's Academy (Oviedo) - New Coach Garrett Kruczek

Honestly thought you were talking about Cardinal Newman/Gulliver Prep/Western High transfer Davi Belfort (will be on his 3rd school next year). Graduating in 3 years instead of 4.

Will note that for next year, but I think it is an even spread of those things. Lots of dominoes falling (School A loses coach to a job someplace else (out of state or Florida), which hires coach at School B, and school B hires head coach at School C and this continues. Some of the stuff was due to internal reasons that we may never know (a mix of C and D).

Trinity Prep (Winter Park) Menendez (St. Augustine) - Again

I just wish there weren't so many.

American Heritage (Delray Beach) - New Coach Brandon Rooze Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville) - New Coach Darryl Bartley Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine) - New Coach Zach Harbison Englewood (Jacksonville)

Lake Nona (Orlando) - New Coach David Aubrey

Northwestern (Miami) - New Coach Michaelee Harris

Fort White - Demetric Jackson Cambridge -

Colonial (Orlando) - Woody Cox Nature Coast (Brooksville) - New Coach Robert Kazmier Palmetto Ridge (Naples) - New Coach Zach Yates Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) - New Coach Lester Davis Seminole (Sanford) - New Coach Karl Calhoun

Mount Dora Christian Westland Hialeah Clewiston Park Vista (Lake Worth) Avant Garde (Hollywood)

I guess I jumped the gun on the American Heritage (Delray Beach) opening by about a month, but it is now officially open.

Fort White @DisabledAccount

How many Suburban schools even made the Elite 8? 7A: Winter Haven? 6A: Ponte Vedra 6A: Gainesville 6A: Charlotte 6A: Lakeland 5A: Columbia 5A: Baron Collier 4A: Gateway 4A: Santa Fe 4A: The Villages Charter 3A: Florida High 2A: Victory Christian I cannot stress this enough, the difference is not metro vs suburban or even private vs public (more of the latter than the former). The difference is the haves and have nots. Put all the haves together, put all the have nots together, let them compete. Apply to all team sports. Boys Soccer: 3 Suburban and 3 Metro East Ridge (Suburban) Viera (Suburban) American Heritage (Plantation) (Metro) Gulliver Prep (Metro) Trinity Prep (Metro) Pine School (Suburban - Martin County) Girls Soccer: 4 suburban vs 2 metro Bartram Trail (Suburban) Gulf Breeze (Suburban) American Heritage (Metro) Bishop Moore (Metro) Montverde Academy (Suburban) Lakeland Christian (SUburban)

Lakewood Ranch - New Coach Scott Paravicini Bradenton Christian

Deltona - New Coach Matt Martin Lecanto - New Coach Jacob Coulson Bloomingdale (Valrico) Lely (Naples) - New Coach Ben Hammer

Northwestern (Miami) P.K. Yonge (Gainesville)

Let's be honest, Florida is never catching these other states. Too much of a lead, communities that are too transient to support the schools. State legislatures that is focused on keeping taxes so low that nobody wants to be a public employee or using vouchers that continue to suck money away from the public schools with zero accountability for those dollars. But yes, having support from the county administration is great. I wish all counties were that supportive.

Brevard County - https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/02/27/brevard-county-aims-to-have-states-highest-paid-coaches-by-june/69950685007/ By "highest pay" they mean the starting supplement will be 35th in the state (not counting their spring supplement, which they have not released yet). I have problems with some of the arguments in this article, but I am happy for all the coaches that will be receiving more money.

And some of the most successful band programs can match them dollar for dollar. Football has a larger budget because it costs more to outfit them any other sport. I mean even if we just did basics of uniform, helmet, pads, ball, and officials. It costs more, so of course they need to raise more money for it to exist. Santucci's argument sucks in that he says football pays for everything else. Ok, so imagine if football didn't exist, what would JROTC do? Well, they still need to fundraise for whatever it is they need, so they still would. More car washes, more chocolate bars, more fundraising. Does football make that easier? Sure, but it's not like the money literally comes out of the football budget (in my experiences). Most football parents don't want to run a concession stand or sell programs or work the gate or park cars because they want to see their sons playing. I know an AP teacher, who teaches 150 AP Microeconomics students in the fall and the same 150 in AP Macroeconomics kids in the spring. He brings in more money than the football program just from that. Is he a special case? Sure, but to act like teachers don't matter (which is what Santucci essentially says) is idiotic and shows he doesn't he really know the inner workings of a school budgetary process. Even saying all that, I agree football coaches should be paid a better stipend or paid based on success, but we have to stop acting like they are the only ones who do extra work around a school. Show me the head football coach who is also teaching Algebra II or Biology or US History or English II with 150-180 kids in the course load, and not just a glorified weightlifting class that doubles as film study for football and only 3-4 sections of it and we can talk.

Nova (Davie) - New Coach Tyrus McCloud

I wish I could get paid to write drivel like this. How does this man get published in numerous newspapers for high school athletics, when there are better high school sports journalists (and advocates for high school sports). Don't get me wrong, I agree with the general premise (Football coaches should be paid more than other coaches and all coaches should be paid more), but he makes such sophomoric arguments. The idea that coaches would be paid administrator salaries is probably a line too far for me. https://www.gainesville.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/02/25/3-reasons-florida-high-school-football-coaches-should-get-paid-more/69941568007/ Anyway, I posted it because, I will always argue that coaches (of all sports) if they joined their local union, demanded the union prioritize coach pay, and showed up at school board meetings and demanded it as well. But if school board members don't hear from the coaches, then they won't care. Coaches also have the ability to tap into alumni, boosters, parents, and students. Finally, school districts should pay for a sport if they want it. Athletics should not have to raise a single dollar to play and practice. Umpires/Refs Uniforms Security Game Equipment Ticket Takers Reasonable Travel (say 1.5 to 2 hours in any direction from the school). Medical Equipment None of the above should have to fundraised for if the School District is going to sanction the sport. Now, the "extras" that make a program, that should be fundraised for. Things like HUDL, varsity jackets, awards, overnight stays, summer camps, weight room equipment, coaches outfits, random T-shirts with inspirational sayings, travel suits, and polos. In baseball and softball, a pitching machine is nice, but not a requirement. In basketball, a shooting machine machine is nice, but not a requirement. In football, a JUGs machine is nice, but not a requirement.

Ocoee - New Coach Sheddrick Gurley

Seminole (Sanford) Ocoee Flagler-Palm Coast Port St. Lucie