Assistant football coach Jason Fox of Effingham was relieved of assistant coaching duties because of a career change to junior high principle.
From the Effingham Daily News, Samantha Newburn
EFFINGHAM — Teary-eyed Effingham High School football players and parents pleaded with Effingham Unit 40 Board of Education Monday night to allow high school football coach and former high school Assistant Principal Jason Fox to continue his coaching duties even though he is now junior high principal, but their efforts fell short when the board decided to relieve Fox of his coaching status.
Former and current football players and parents packed the board of education office during the board’s executive session at the beginning of the meeting, waiting to hear the results of whether Fox would be allowed to continue coaching.
Board members unanimously voted to relieve Fox as coach, saying his new position as principal at the junior high school would hinder his ability to dedicate enough time to the football team and to his new position. Fox volunteered his time as coach after he was named assistant high school principal a few years ago, according to Superintendent Dan Clasby.
In March, Fox was named junior high principal for the upcoming school year, taking the place of Scott Holst. Cody Lewis, a science teacher at the high school, was then named high school assistant principal.
