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Sunday, May 11, 2008
MONROE — The vacant Monroe High School varsity head football coaching position attracted 17 applicants from three states.
From that pool of 17, the school plans on bringing in five or six for interviews on Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13, according to athletic director John Singleton.
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"The timing is hurting us as far as the number of candidates. But we feel we have some young, experienced candidates and we had no problem finding the ones that we wanted to interview," Singleton said.
Initial interviews will be conducted by Singleton, incoming Athletic Director Dave Bauer, Monroe principal Robert Leahy, assistant principal Bob Millisor and Greg Gillen, the head of the Monroe youth football program.
From that group of finalists, Singleton plans to bring back the top two to three for a second round of interviews later in the week. Those interviews will include Monroe Local Schools superintendent Elizabeth Lolli and members of the school board. The school plans to offer the job by May 21 and present its choice to the school board at its May 27 meeting.
"We've researched the guys, and we want to hit the ground running," Singleton said. "We're late in the year and we want to make sure we take care of the kids."
Ken Meibers, offensive coordinator, Colerain High School; Steve Woods, offensive coordinator, Franklin High School; Stephen Andres, varsity assistant coach, Lakota East High School; Matthew Reisner, varsity assistant coach, Fairfield High School; Barak Faulk, varsity assistant coach, Mason High School; Chris Farbizo, defensive coordinator, Columbus Bexley High School; Bob Frantz, varsity line coach, Kettering Fairmont High School have applied.
Other applicants are: Shawn McCormick, defensive coordinator, Summit Country Day; Paul Townsend, head coach at Mt. Juliet High School in Tennessee and a 1988 graduate of Lakota High School; Heath Feldman, offensive coordinator, Beavercreek High School; Steve Stirn, former head coach at Hamilton Heights High School in Arcadia, Ind.; Jim Barre, former Norwood head coach and current assistant coach at Wyoming; Scott Clemmons, varsity assistant coach, Edgewood High School; Steve White, defensive coordinator, Grove City High School; Nick Black, defensive coordinator, Springboro High School; Darren Little, offensive coordinator, Mason High School and Robert Dement, varsity assistant coach, Kettering Fairmont High School.
