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Grimsley Coach Steps Down

Discussion in 'Football Forum' started by smashmouth5, Jun 28, 2007.

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Jun 28, 2007 at 3:40 PM #1

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Didn't expect this one.

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Jun 28, 2007 at 9:45 PM #2

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Shuping's a good coach. You'll probably see him land at 3A High Point Andrews. Andrews new AD just came from Grimsley. And unfortunately that new AD saw fit to run the current (now former) Andrews coach out of town. Derek Anderson was there two years and did a great job. Anderson was the former defensive coordinator at Ragsdale. Anderson is a great coach and a better person.

He is probably going to be back on the Ragsdale staff as an assistant for at least a few years. He has a son, a rising sophomore who is an incredible athlete - QB on the JV last year, saw some time on varsity as well and started in right field all season on a super talented Ragsdale baseball team.

Andrews will do well if they get Shuping as coach, but thier loss in Anderson is Ragsdale's gain. Ragsdale defense hasn't been the same the two years he was gone.
Jul 12, 2007 at 10:17 AM #3

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Talk about a tough spot

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Grimsley football was on probation, Greensboro News-Record

A dream season’s harsh lessons, Greensboro News-Record

Shuping will become an assistant coach at Southwest Guilford. Derek Anderson's departure at Andrews was due to the elimination of funds for the program he taught. There are new head coaches at all 3 High Point high schools this year.

Anderson out at Andrews
By Steve Hanf, High Point Enterprise Sports Writer
June 19, 2007

HIGH POINT – Derek Anderson will not return as head coach of the T. Wingate Andrews football team in August after falling victim to classroom budget cuts.

On a day when Anderson normally would be overseeing informal workouts or 7-on-7 passing drills, the former leader of the Red Raiders found himself juggling his own kids’ busy summer schedules. Anderson, who served as a technology teacher, dropout prevention specialist and most recently as PLATO Web Learning Network instructor at the school, said Monday that his PLATO position was not renewed.

“It’s been all part of the district cutting process the last month and a half. It was finalized and confirmed last week,” said Anderson, who as a PLATO teacher worked with students trying to earn online credits for classes they may have failed in the traditional setting.

“My teaching position was cut and I was put on surplus (in the Guilford County Schools’ teaching pool). I could be placed anywhere, and it’s not a good situation to be at one school and coach at another. The things you have to manage as a head football coach, to not be at that site is not necessarily in the best interest of the program you serve.”

Anderson said he worked with the administration at Andrews to try for another opening at the school, but nothing “worked out.” Andrews Principal Monique Wallace explained that the school leadership team finalized the PLATO cut after receiving budget numbers for the upcoming school year.

“That was one of the positions we could not keep,” Wallace said. “We would not have been able to fund that position.” It just so happened that a highly successful football coach also served in that disappearing teaching spot.

“We hire teachers. We don’t hire coaches,” Wallace said. “Teachers then become coaches.”

Replacing Anderson won’t be easy. The Red Raiders’ recent success included a 35-18 record the past four years and a trip to the 3A state semifinals in 2005. Most impressively, more than 25 Andrews players combined their football skills with solid grades to earn spots on college teams.

“I think we’ve done a great job in helping kids get into schools and trying to change that mentality,” Anderson said of the very public challenges facing Andrews . “I was brought there as an agent of change and I’d like to think our record speaks to us making positive changes in that time.”

Now, the 39-year-old former coach looks to make a few changes in his life.

Despite not leaving the field on his own terms, Anderson said he’ll make the best of the situation by spending more time with wife Shaune, son De Sean and daughter Maya. De Sean recently capped a star freshman season on the Ragsdale baseball team and also plays football. Maya, a rising seventh-grader, is busy this summer with AAU track.

“In this profession you spend a lot of time sharing a Dad-like role to a lot of other kids, and your own family sacrifices for that,” Anderson said. “This (time off) is not something I necessarily feel bad about. Right now my priority will be on them, all about me being Dad for a little while and helping support them. If the right (coaching) opportunity comes along, we’ll entertain it, but I don’t see it happening for the next few years.”
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This is weird.

Something about this story is shady or they were not able to get at the truth. Schools usually find away to keep somebody around if they want them bad enough. Maybe I am wrong, but it sounds like a curveball firing.
Jul 22, 2007 at 10:21 AM #6

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Definitely Otis...

as it always is!!! They find.... I repeat find 'teaching positions" for coaches they want, period! I know for a fact and experience and ask any HS coach who has been around and they ll tell you the same thing!
Jul 22, 2007 at 11:53 AM #7

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If Andrews administration had wanted to keep Anderson there is no doubt they would have found a teaching position for him. The hard part to comprehend is why they didn't want to keep him.

The story posted above testifies to the success he had there. What it doesn't relate however is what a first class individual Derek Anderson is. Or the fact that in addition to the success on the field and the success his players had in converting hard work into scholarships, Anderson had to come in and clean a program that had been rife with ineligble players. Anderson cleaned up the program, instilled discipline on the field and in the classroom AND was successful.

He is now teaching at Southwest Middle and back on the staff at Ragsdale as an assistant where he built one of the best defenses in the state several years ago. Ragsdale is thrilled to have him back. He'll hopefully be here the next three years at least while his son is here. Although he is definitely too capable to remain an assistant for long.

I imagine he'll get head coaching offers every year until he finally finds one that is a good fit.
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i agree...

gooood things will happen eventually to gooooood people!!!!!!!
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There has to be more to the story than the PLATO funds being cut. Every school uses that as a means to catch students up so they can graduate. You can basically take any Guilford County School course on the computer.

With the strains on administrations at each High School to graduate these kids and get them out the door, Plato allows them to do just that. The program is a joke actually and it's just used to justify getting students out of school with a diploma.

I hate it for this guy, seems he got the shaft.
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Hey, been busy studying the other threads and just found this one. Wossa...you seem angry? While I agree Coach Anderson is a really great person, you have to know that the Principle is very strong about what has to be done to improve academics, she doesn't allow anything to influence her but academic results, I personally don't always agree with her decisions as an Andrews parent. Unfortunately positions have been lost at Andrews. While Coach Anderson did do a good job on the football field he had excellant assist coaches. He also inherited excellant athletes, another good fortune for him. So the only real thing I would like to point out to you other than agreeing with you that he's a great person..You need to know all the facts first before you jump and I believe that your post was before the new AD took the position which was officially July 1st. I am waiting to see what will happen, I like to give everyone a chance first...although we truely miss Coach "C" who was an Andrews fixture and really put in the hours for our kids...we need to give the new AD a chance...he lost many coaches before he walked in the door.

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