Chris Weinke next QB coach?

[JTrue]

Interesting.

 

How does the scheduling process work for most high schools (TC, Jesuit, Tampa Tech, Berkeley, Hillsboro, Jefferson, etc)?

 

Do they join a conference for guaranteed games and then add a few OOC games like FBS schools?

Basically. If you're FHSAA, your conference is determined by location and school size. Though most teams will schedule local (or semi-local, no one wants a 4 hour bus ride before a game, but a Tampa team driving an hour down south to Sarasota is common enough) OOC games up or down a division, some have the budget to travel or bring a team in to play them.

Edited January 11, 2014 by JTrue

[bullsbucsfan426]

Interesting.

How does the scheduling process work for most high schools (TC, Jesuit, Tampa Tech, Berkeley, Hillsboro, Jefferson, etc)?

Do they join a conference for guaranteed games and then add a few OOC games like FBS schools?

I believe they schedule their own ooc games but all are assigned to a district by the FHSAA.

[bullsbucsfan426]

I knew coach Ciao well when I was a student at Jesuit. He's a fantastic coach and a pretty cool guy. Had the pleasure of meeting Monte kiffen about 2 months after the super bowl during P.E. class.

[charsibb]

Thanks. Found the final standings for 1A to 8A here

 

http://www.fhsaa.org/sports/football

 

Weird the way they do it. Some leagues have as many as 8, some as few as 3, most seem to have 4 or 5.

 

Schools play anywhere from 8 to 10 games, so they have to go out and find anywhere from 3 to 7 OOC games every year.

 

I guess it's all in the name of trying to achieve some degree of parity?

[CCCballboy]

Charsibb-

Every 2 years, each high school in the state of Florida submits their total student population to the FHSAA.  Once the FHSAA verifies the numbers, the FHSAA starts working on putting every team in a Classification, a Region and a District. The state of Florida has 8 classifications which are based on school size- thus, there are 8 State Champions every year.   Now, some schools- like Tampa Jesuit only accept boys- because of that, if their enrollment is say 600- because it's an all boys school, for classification purposes their enrollment is doubled, so they would be listed as having 1200.

Once the FHSAA releases their "tentative" classification and district assignments- each school has the option to appeal the decision based on travel costs. Based on the appeal, the school can elect to move up 1 classification or down 1 classification.   It is also at this point, that teams can elect to go Independent- meaning, they can play a full football season, but have elected not to join a district and thus are not able to go to the playoffs.

For information sakes- a high school football season is 11 weeks long and each team is required to schedule at least one "bye" week. I'm not including Kick Off Classics (preseason games) or Spring Games (Each HS can play 1 full football game in May). 

Once the final classifications are released, there starts to be a difference how Public and Private schools work.

For sakes of keeping this Tampa/USF related...

For teams like Jefferson, Plant, Armwood- they have little to no power to create their own out-of-district schedule- the Hillsborough County athletic director's office does that.   Now, they can put in a request to play a out-of-area team, but those requests are usually denied based on cost concerns.   

Private schools can play whoever they want, whenever and wherever during non-district weeks. They simply raise the money and off they go.  That's why you'll see Tampa Catholic/CCC/Jesuit play a team from Ocala one week, a team from Tallahassee the next week and host a team from Miami after that- but if you look at a public school, they rarely leave the Tampa area.

Basically, for out of district games  a coach will contact various schools around the state and say "Hey, do you know anybody with an opening in week 2"- if the two schools have an opening they'll usually send each other film from the previous season and make the determination if it's worth scheduling that specific team. 

Lastly...   at the High School level- each contract lasts 2 years (although 1 year contracts do exist).   They are for 1 home game and 1 road game.   If you ever want to piss off a high school coach- try breaking the 2nd year of a contract when they are listed as the home team....ooohhh boy! 

In terms of IMG, they are listed in the FHSAA as an independent school- they have no intention of ever being granted a district because the school's purpose isn't about winning state championships.  So, they are required to schedule all 10 games on their own, without any assistance.   That is a TON of work, and now they are adding a JV team.    

The upcoming 2014 season is the 2nd of the 2 year contracts, meaning after the 2014 HS football season- classifications and districts will be updated.    

[charsibb]

That's what I love about this board - I learned something today.

 

Thanks, CCC!!!

[Skingraft]

Sooooo.... Weinke's not coming?

[TExpress]

Sooooo.... Weinke's not coming?

Might try using a little lube : )

[The Great 8]

Sooooo.... Weinke's not coming?

Might try using a little lube : )

roflmao

[Skingraft]

Come on; you'd think someone in the athletic department would get their hand around this and make it a happy ending for us fans