Accompanying sidebar for "A coach's story," from April 29, 2012.
As a high school coach, there is very little recourse in fighting for your job.
You play out your season, get evaluated by your administrators and annually face a school board vote that determines whether you will be welcomed back.
In smaller towns like Marshfield and Crane, the tightrope clearly is more daunting.
"In smaller communities, a lot of the decisions are made just by school boards," said Bill Brown, who has coached Parkview's boys' basketball team for 10 seasons after two years at Class 2 Richland. "One of the biggest positives, with (Springfield Public Schools), your immediate supervisors have a lot more say (in a coach's evaluation).
"I can honestly say I haven't met all of our school board members."
