Steve Spivey, the Broughton High boys and girls tennis coach for the past 28 years, will not coach the Caps this year.
Spivey said he learned Monday that he will not be allowed to coach at the school this year as a non-faculty coach. Spivey learned earlier that he would not have a physical education coaching position. He had officially retired and returned as a teacher.
“I am dumfounded, in shock, distraught, overwhelmed,” Spivey said.
He said he knew he had lost his position as a physical education teacher, but he said he had no inkling that he would not be allowed to be a non-faculty coach.
“I don't know what I could have done to have this action taken,” Spivey said. “We've won more than 20 state championships, have had hundreds of players go to play in college and I've probably had more than 700 coaching wins.
“And then be told that I'm not good enough to be a non-faculty coach is baffling.”
Steve Mares, the new Broughton principal, said there were many factors in his decision.
“First, Coach Spivey has done an outstanding job for many years,” Mares said. “But there are many difficult decisions being brought about by the budget cuts. Coach Spivey is not on the faculty and that was one of many factors in the decision."
