Howdy, daughter' high basketball team has been without a coach for coming up on 2 months. No off season practices, camps, off season tournaments, nothing. The boys team of course is doing all the above. I reached out to the athletic director on the status of hiring a new coach and still nothing.

Is this a title IX violation of "parity in coaching, including the quality and availability of staff, not just the existence of a team"?

One of the players parents is taking it upon himself to hold practices at a residential sport court since nothing else is being offered through the high school. TIA

It may be a Title IX violation if the school is intentionally not hiring a coach to prevent the girls team from fielding or maintaining a team. You can contact the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education with concerns about what is happening.

My daughter plays HS basketball as well. They hired a new coach two years ago. The spring and summer had really no activities that year. The new coach did put together a last minute summer camp right before school started. Sadly, I think this is pretty par for the course when you have coaching turnover and not a formed assistant coaching staff.

Just be glad that there is a team

How can they not come up with a different level girls bball coach to at least work on basics?

Meet with the AD, Principal, Superintendent and then school board members until you're satisfied, ASAP.

The chances of hiring a coach OR teacher (certified, not an aid) in MAY or late spring is nearly zero. Speak with AD, Superintendent but it's very likely they'll have a coach come fall.

Colonel Nonreg said:

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The chances of hiring a coach OR teacher (certified, not an aid) in MAY or late spring is nearly zero. Speak with AD, Superintendent but it's very likely they'll have a coach come fall.

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Beat me to it

Sounds like a timing issue to me. A lot of prospective coaches are likely finishing out a school year contract, and you don't want to limit your search to the unemployed ranks

I bet they'll have a coach in place this summer, almost certainly by fall. The kids will have 2 months to get into shape. In the meantime, they need to be working out anyway

Who knows. They may already have a target, and are keeping things hush

With behavior of students and parents it's probably getting more difficult by the day to find people who want to put up with that job and then have to teach as well.

To refresh, something happened during a school year that created a vacancy in that coaching job. What happened likely matters quite a bit.

After the season concludes, most coaching staffs shift their focus to the sports that are in season at the time. Many schools do not have any assistant coaches dedicated to a single sport. Normally, only the HC is allowed to focus on a single sport.

Now, you have entered May. My wife, a teacher, is counting days left until school ends. Many districts are conducting job fairs and offers to teachers are starting to go out. With the annual contracts that most teachers work under, there are significant numbers that change jobs in June.

You are more than welcome to pursue a federal civil rights complaint about why offseason events have not been scheduled in accordance with your expectations. My guess is that there is limited requirements under the law to have identical offseason events as compared to the equivalent boys sport. And, we still don't know why there is a coaching vacancy. My guess is that the law allows the school broad latitude during a staffing change before they become liable under your theory.

Why did your coach leave?

Sorry, should have put reason why coach "left". The prior coach is also the High School's athletic director. Well, the district I live in no longer allows Athletic Directors to also be coaches (conflict of interest) so the former coach is now in charge of replacing himself.

I live in Utah, so districts allow coaching positions to be filled by non-staff members and it is considered part time and seasonal position.

I think Texas is one of the few states that requires the coach to be an actual staff member/certified teacher correct?
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Thanks for that.

I am not sure if Texas has a certification requirement for coaches as much as that is how most everyone does it here

It does sound like there is some HR drama around the coaching change.

And, since none of their season has been impacted yet, it is likely that the school will claim that they have been trying to hire someone for that team.

I don't know the definitions under Title IX well enough but my guess is that not every team has to be equally supported at all times. Title IX focuses on funding and discrimination around that.

If I was you, I would go the school principal or school board route and avoid the athletic director. You will likely have a better path to action there than filing a federal complaint.

Nevermind. Not in Texas