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ISSUED MONTHLY

is second-class matter March 21, 1933, at the post office at
rankfort, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

. September, 1941 . No.7

  

  

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 The Status of the Athletic
Coach in Kentucky High
Schools for the School

Years 1930-31
Through 1940-41

THESIS

f: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
-, for the Degree of Master of Arts at the
University of Kentucky

By
ROBERT W. HAMILTON
Lexington, Kentucky

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Lexington, Kentucky
1941

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREWORD

One of the most important positions in our public school system is
that of the athletic coach. The work of the coach is extremely
important both because of his intimate association with high school
boys and girls and because of his relationship with the public.
Recently a thesis on. the subject of the work of the high school coach,
which was prepared by Mr. R. \V. Il’amilton in partial fulfillment of
the requirements of a Master’s degree at the University of Kentucky,
came to my attention. It is my judgment that this thesis, the greater
portion of which is included in this bulletin, has made a distinct
contribution to a study of this subject, in that it brings together for
the first time much significant information concerning this important
position.

I commend this bulletin to school administrators and public-
spirited citizens alike for careful perusal and study.

J. W. BROOKER
Supcrintemlent of Public Instruction
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Chapter Page
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INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 285
Similar and Related Studies in Kentucky 286
Need for the Study .......................................... 287
Purposes of the Study .. 287
Scope of the Study ..... 288
Sources of Data ..................... 290
Limitations of the Study .................................. 292
A Brief Survey of Coaches and Athletics 292
A Brief Philosophy of Athletics ........................................................ 295

COLLEGES FROM WHICH KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL
ATHELTIC COACHES GRADUATED ......................................
Public Colleges in Kentucky ...................
Private Colleges in Kentucky ......

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Coaches Supplied According to the Size of the Institutions ........ 302
Colleges Outside of Kentucky ............................................................ 305 ,.
The Colleges from which the Sixty-Seven English Teachers

in the Schools of the Study Graduated ...................................... 306
THE FIELDS OF PREPARATION OF KENTUCKY HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETIC COACHES ...................................................... 310
The Fields of Education and Physical Education _ ..... 313
The Four Fundamental Fields ........................................ 315
The Vocational Fields ......................................... 316

The Foreign Languages and Music Fields 316

THE TEACHING FIELDS OF KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC COACHES .......................
The Field of Physical Education ..... 321

  
  

The Four Fundamental Fields ..... 322
The Vocational Fields ......................................... 324
The Foreign Languages and Music Fields ........................ 325
The Teaching Done Outside the Fields of Preparation ................ 325
‘ THE TENURE AND EXPERIENCE OF COACHES ...................... 332
The Tenure of Coaches and English Teachers ........... 336
The Experience of Coaches and English Teachers ........................ 337

THE TEACHING LOAD AND PUPIL LOAD OF COACHES... 340
The Teaching Load of Coaches and English Teachers ...........
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The Pupil Load of Coaches and English Teachers _________________ 344
The EXtra-Curricular Load of Coaches .......................................... 346
HIGH DEGREES AND PRINCIPALSHIPS HELD BY
COACHES ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 35o
ngher Degrees Held by Coaches and English Teachers. 351
PrmCIpalships Held by Coaches and English Teachers .............. 352
' ANNUAL SALARIES OF COACHES .............................................. 355
Annual Salaries of Superintendents, Principals, Coaches, and
English Teachers ____________________________________________________________________________ 358
- CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .......................................... 361

BIBLIOGRAPHY ______________________ 363

   
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
  
 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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1. The Colleges from which the Kentucky High School Athletic
Coaches Graduated ................................................................................ 299 8
2. The Colleges from which the High School English Teachers
Graduated ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 307 9
3. The Fields of Preparation of Kentucky High School Athletic
Coaches ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 311
4. The Teaching Fields of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches 320 10'
The Teaching Done Outside the Fields of Major and Minor 11
Preparation by Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ............ 326 '
6. The Teaching Done Within and Outside of the Fields of Major
and Minor Preparation by Kentucky High School Athletic 12
Coaches ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 323 '
7. The Average Tenure and Experience of Kentucky High School
Athletic Coaches and English Teachers ............................................ 333 13,
8. The Average Teaching Load and Pupil Load of Kentucky High
School Athletic Coaches and English Teachers .............................. 341 14.
9. The Number of Athletic Coaches and English Teachers Hold-
ing Higher Degrees and Principalships ............................................ 350 15-
10. The Average Annual Salary of Kentucky High School Athletic 8 1.
Coaches, Superintendents, Principals, and English Teachers... 35 6-
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1, An Introduction to the Contents of the Study ________________________________ 285
2. The Scope of the Present Study ________________________________________________________ 288
3, The Geographical Distribution of the Sixty—Seven Schools

Studied ...................................................................................................... 289
4, The Sources of Data Included in the Present Study ____________________ 291
5. The Trend of Physical Education in the College Preparation

of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches .................................... 295
6. The Trend of the Supply of Coaches from the Public Colleges

. in Kentucky ..................................... .. 300

7. The Trend of the Supply of Coaches from the Private C01—
leges in Kentucky ____________________________________________________________________________________ 301
8. Enrollment of the Kentucky Colleges which Supplied One or
More of the Athletic Coaches Studied .............................................. 302
9. The Colleges Ranked on the Basis of the Average Number of
Coaches in Service, in the Sixty—Seven Schools, per One Hun-
dred of the Student Enrollment ........................................................ 303
10. The Trend of the Supply of Coaches from Colleges Outside of
Kentucky ....... 305
11. The Trends of the Supply of English Teachers for the Sixty—
Seven Schools from the Public and the Private Colleges in
Kentucky and from Colleges Outside of the State .......................... 308
12. The Colleges Ranked as to the Average Number of English
Teachers in Service, in the Sixty-Seven High Schools Studied,
per One Hundred of Student Enrollment of the College ............ 309
13. The Average Preparation of Kentucky High School Athletic
Coaches _________ 312
14. The Trends of Education and Physical Education in the Col—
lege Preparation of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches... 313

15- The Trends of the Four Fundamental Subjects in the College
. Preparation Of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ............ 315
16- The Trend of the Vocational Subjects in the College Prepara-

tIon of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ............................ 316
17- The Trend of Foreign Languages in the College Preparation of
Kentucky ngh School Athletic Coaches ........................................ 317

13- The Average Proportionate Amount of Teaching Done in Each
of the Various Fields by Kentucky High School Coaches .......... 321

19. The Trend of Physical Education in the Teaching Done by
Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ........................................ 322

20' The Trends of the Four Fundamental Subjects in the Teach-
mg Done by Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ................ 323

21' She Trends of the Vocational Subjects in the Teaching Done
Y Kentucky ngh School Athletic Coaches .................................. 324

22' Elle Trends of Foreign Languages and Music in the Teaching
one by Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches ...................... 325

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The T1end of the Number of Recitations Taught Outside the
Fields of Majo1 and Minor Prepaiation by Kentucky High
School Athletic Coaches ........................................................................ 327

The Per Cent of Teaching Done Within and Outside of the
Fields of Major and Mll‘lOl Prepa1ation by Kentucky High

School Athletic Coaches ........................................................................ 329 I

The Average Percentage of Teaching Done Within and Outside
the Fields of Preparation by Kentucky High School Athletic
Coaches During the Eleven—Year Period ........................................ 330

The Nation— Wide Tenure of Coaches as Shown by Wagenhorst 335

The Trends of the Average Tenure of Coaches and English
Teachers .................................................................................................... 336

The Tenure of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches and
English Teachers in Southern Association Schools ____________________ 337
The Trends of the Average Experience of Coaches and English
Teachers .................................................................................................... 338
The Average Experience of Kentucky High School Athletic
Coaches and English Teachers
The Average Daily Teaching Load of Kentucky High School
Athletic Coaches and English Teachers ............................................ 342
The Tiends of the Average Numbe1 of Classes Taught Daily
by Coaches and English Teache1s ..343
The Number of Classes Taught Daily by Vaiious Percentages
of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches Du1ing the Year
1930-31 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 343
The Numbe1 of Classes Taught Daily by Various Pelcentages
of Kentucky High School Athletic Coaches During the Year
1940-41 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 344
The Average Daily Pupil Load of Kentucky High School 45
Athletic Coaches and EngliSh Teache1s ............................................ 3
The Trends of the Ave1age Daily Pupil Loads of Coaches and 34
English Teachers ____________________________________________________________________________________
An Estimate of the Average Total Time Required by the Posi-
tion of Coaching Throughout Kentucky High Schools During 374
the Year 1934- 35 ____________________________________________________________________________________
A—The Ave1age Time (in hou1s) Spent in Classroom Teach
ing by Coaches in Southern Association Schools During
the Year 1934- 35.

B—The Average Total Time (in hOUIS) Requiied by the Posi-
tion of Coaching Throughout Kentucky High Schools Dur- 348
ing the Year 1934- 35 ......................................................................

The Average Number of Coaches and English Teachers, III-351

cluded in the Study, Holding Higher Degrees --------------------------------

The Trends of Higher Degrees Held by Coaches and Eng11511 352

Teachers ...............................................................................................

The Trends of Principalships Held by Coaches and Enghsh354

Teachers h

The Average Number of the Sixty- Seven Coaches and Enghs 354

Teachers Studied Who Held P11nc1palsh1ps ---------------------------------

The Trends of the Average Annual Sa1a11es of Superintendents, 359

Principals, Coaches and English Teachers .............................. l

The Average Annual Salaries of Superintendents, Principasy 360

Coaches, and English Teachers ......................................................

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.es and ACKNOXVLEDGMENTS
English 337 v The writer of this study desires to express his appreciation to
.............. 333 those who have assisted him during its preparation. Dr. Leonard E.
lthletic Meece, Professor Maurice F. Seay, Dean \Villiam S. Taylor, Professor
School M. E. Ligon, Professor M. E. Potter, and Dean Paul P. Boyd have
,,,,,,,,,,,,, 342 each offered friendly suggestions which proved most helpful.
t Daily Especially is the writer indebted to Dr. Leonard E. Meece, upon whose
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33%;: and constructive criticism, it was carried to completion.

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ntages” The writer is most grateful. to Professor M. E. Lig'on for free
e Year access to the files containing the records of the Southern Association
School of Colleges and Secondary Schools; to Theodore A. Sanford for the
345 unlnnited use of the records of the Kentucky High School Athletic
res and ASSOCiation; and to various members of the State Department of
ePosi flucation for the use of state records in checking and supplementing
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INTRODUCTION

There are many inconsistencies, absurdities, adverse criticisms,
fair-minded questions, and unsolved problems concerning athletic
coaches and coaching in Kentucky high schools. In some localities
Sports have reached a high plane and coaching is a fascinating,
dignified, and highly remunerative position. In other neighborhoods
the school spirit and outside influences are such that it is very
questionable whether a coach with the combined characteristics of
Sampson’s strength, Solomon ’s wisdom, Job’s patience, and Saint
Paul’s goodness could endure beyond the second season. By some
people the coach is regarded as possessing culture and bearing

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comparable only to retired blacksmiths and boiler makers. By others
11.6 is virtually idolized and respected. Figure 1 presents an introduce
F1011 t0 the topics treated by the present study in order to better
Interpret the status of the Kentucky high school athletic coach.

AS Figure 1 is designed to indicate, the present study includes
Such subjects as; the colleges attended,the fields of preparation and
0? teaching, tenure and experience, teaching load and pupil load,
weg‘l‘eesand principalship held, and the salary of coaches.1

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problems which underlie many of the current misconceptions concern.
ing the status of the Kentucky high school coach.

Similar and Related Studies in Kentucky

There were many local studies which were meritorious contribu-
tions to the fields of education and physical education. These studies
(unpublished theses) will not be treated with regard to relative merit,
but rather as concerning utility in the preparation of the present
treatment.

Bevarly2 treated the history of football from early times to its
present acceptance in Kentucky high schools. Bowling3 dealt
thoroughly with the administration of football in Kentucky. Clay‘
gave a comprehensive treatment of intramu 'al. athletics for the small
high school. Fossit" reported the results of an interesting experiment
conducted in the Holmes high school of Covington in order to deter-
mine the comparative ratings of athletes and non—athletes. HarneyG
throws considerable light on the academic attainment of coaches bya
comparison of the scholarship of athletes and non—athletes at the Uni-
versity of Kentucky. Hembree7 made a survey of the status of the
athletic coach in Kentucky for the year 1934—35. Incidentally, this
work proved very helpful in supplying various statistics, for which
there was no other possible source. JonesS made an extensive study
of physical education in Kentucky with emphasis upon the need fora
state school program. Miller9 studied physical education for boys ill
Louisville high schools with special consideration of the inter-
scholastic athletics of Male and dul’ont manual high schools. Thomas.
son10 made an extensive investigation to determine the interrelation

2 Philip Allen Beverly. A Brief History of Early College Football with a Survey

of High School Football in Ii’ehtmrky. Master's Thesis. University of KentuckY.
1936. 46 pages. ,
1‘ Justus Hampton Bowling. Adminish‘utimz. of Football in. Kentuckfl- Masters
Thesis. University of Kentucy, 1934. 159 pages. ' l
‘Maurice Alton Clay. Intrrmmral Athletics for the Small High Scl100~
Master's Thesis. University of Kentucky, 1935. 100 pages. .”
6Flavious J. Fossit. Comparative Rulings of Athletes and Nan—Athletes!
High School. Master's Thesis. University of Kentucky, 1928. 37 pages. Non—
GClarence W. Harney. A Comparison. of the Scholarship of Athletes “Mucky
Athletes at [he University of Kcnluclvy. Master’s Thesis. University of Kenll v
1935. 37 pages. _ V Athlcliv
7 George Nelson Hemln‘ec. A Surrey of [he NIH/us of (he High behool 7‘
Coach in Kentucky. Master‘s Thesis. University of Kentucky, 11135. _87 Dalsesl' (he
8Claude. Hulse Jones. A Survey of Physical Education in Kentucky ,f’g'“ 00.]
Neetl for a Slate Program. Master‘s Thesis. University of Kentucky, 19"-
pages. . . . HeJimim‘
“ Reed Sutherland Miller. A Study of Pin/steal Education for Boys 1'”. ‘ "ill’ 0
and Senior High Schools of Louisville. Kentucky. Master‘s Thesis. binvelb
Kentucky, 1936. 74 pages. ' Partici‘
1“ Robert Case Thomasson. A Study to Determine the Interrelation OfMastef'S
nation Between the Interscholastic Athlete and the Intercollegiate Athlete.
Thesis. University of Kentucky, 1936. 40 pages.

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of participation between high school and college athletes. Twelve
other theses, having a remote connection with the present study, are
listed in the final bibliography.

Need for the Study

The very fact that many important aspects of the subject have,
not been previously explored, otters some reason why the present.
exploration was needed. Coaches are thrown before the public con-
siderably and due to their task of directing activities, at which the
spectators are tense and emotional, they are necessarily a widely
discussed group. On the basis of available reference material, one
may well conclude that much of such discussion is superficial and
nngrounded. Many questions have been asked concerning coaches and
coaching and too often, it seems, such interrogations have been
supposedly answered by sheer guesses or from biased personal
opinions. It seems reasonable to assume that there should be more
common knowledge concerning the directors of an activity as far-
reaching, as time-consuming, as well supported, and as widely
discussed as interscholastic athletics.

The studies previously referred to, though broad in
not include several items which may
they determine trends from which one may venture predictions.

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ing, which is yet in its infancy.

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be of common interest, nor did

Purposes of the Study

The purposes of the study are grouped under two heads: General,
Purposes and Specific Purposes.

il~Geneml Purposes

(1) To show the status of the athletic coach in Kentucky high
schools.

(2) To provide information and statistical data that may be
used for comparative pnrpOses in future studies'or in comparison with
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resent conditions in other states.

(3) To provide information that may serve as a
students who have e]

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ected the field of coaching as a life ys work, but are
he proper preparation.

B‘SPGCific Purposes

1(1) To show the colleges from which Kentucky high school
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(2) To show the fields of academic preparation, of coaches ina
way that trends may be determined.

(3) To show the teaching fields ot’ coaches and the percentage
of teaching done outside of their fields of academic preparation.

(4) To show the trends of the tenure and experience of. coaches.

(5) To show the trends ol’ the teaching load and pupil load of
coaches.

(6) To show the trends of higher degrees and principalships
held by coaches.

(7) To show the salary trend of coaches.

Scope of the Study

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FIGURE 2. THE SCOPE OF THE PRESENT STUDY.

Figure 2 shows that the present study include sixty—seven of the
145 Kentucky high schools which are members of the Southern Ass)-
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools.11 There are 659 5611101'
high schools in the state of Kentucky. The study began with all Of
the Southern Association schools, but as the work progressed vanons
difficulties (which will be explained ]ater) arose, making it necessal‘.V
to eliminate certain schools and types of schools which could not be
blended into the scheme of organization employed in handling the
data.

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divisions of the state, of the sixty-seven high schools included ill the
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generally throughout the state, being somewhat denser in the wealthier
sections of the, connnonwealth. The industrial centers, mining areas,
wealthy residential districts, and highly improved farming localities
claim the great majority ol’ Southern Association schools. The penny-
royal, knobs, and mountain districts have a small proportionate repre-
sentation while the purchase division shows only a slight increase.
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smaller per capita w *alth in these parts of the state.” All sections of
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It was found that the study could not be all-inclusive and at the
same time be practical. Many Kentucky high schools holding member-
ship in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
could not be considered typical Kentucky high. schools. Consequently,
the following types of schools were eliminated from the study: private
schools, parochial schools, girls’ schools, military academies, secondary
Schools connected with, institutions of higher learning, high schools
113mg an elementary teacher as the athletic coach, schools not having
membership in the Southern Association throughout the eleven-year
period, and schools which submitted incomplete reports, from which
sufficient data could not be obtained.

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of the girls’ schools naturally ignored interscholastic athletics and
because of this practice would have no place in. a study concerned with
athletic coaches. There was no clear line of demarcation between
athletics, as such, and military training in the military schools,
The secondary departments of some of the colleges represented condi-
tions which made comparison imp ‘actical, if not impossible, especially
concerning teachers who divided time between the two schools.
\Vhere the coach was an undergraduate, an elementary teacher, or for
any other reason was excluded from the high school organization, it
would have been unwise and unfair to compare him with the English
teacher in several succeeding chapters of the study. Also, schools not
having had membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools throughout the eleven-year period were dropped,
because one purpose of the study was to determine trends and it was
believed that such trends would be more reliable it' the data for each
year were taken from the same schools.

It is, therefore, believed that by the elimination of the seventy-
eight schools one is able to get a clearer concept of conditions as they
now exist in the more progressive high schools of Kentucky (taking
for granted that membership in the Southern Association is an
indication of progress and distinction). Each school eliminated from
the study had one or more peculiarities, similar to those pointed out
above, which rendered it more or less undesi‘able for comparative
purposes in this particular study. This is no reflection whatever 011
the organization or conduct of either the schools eliminated from the
study or schools not belonging to the Southern Association. Many
such schools are known to be of the very highest type.

Membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools is, in general, cherished by the schools within and
coveted by those outside of the organization, therefore no apology is
made for confining the study to the member schools. It will be shown
later that many conditions are much better in the schools comprising
this study than they are in the schools of the state as a whole.
Consequently, it may be well to remember that the findings in this
study will represent a score approximately half way between condi-
tions as they are (state-wide) and conditions as they should be.

Sources of Data

It was not intended that the study be strictly confined to the sixty-
seven schools and for that reason much material of a diversified nature
has been introduced from time to time. Figure 4 pictures the general
policy pursued throughout the collection of data.

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scheme followed in. compiling the contents of the study. It will be
observed that the two main streams of knowledge were data from the
Southern Association records and general information from the sports
world.

Most of the date embodying the study were taken from the annual
reports of Kentucky high schools which are members of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The reports covered
the school years from 1930—31 through 1940-41. These reports are
kept on file in the office of the Chairman of the Kentucky Committee
of the Southern Association, which office is located in the College of
Education of the University of Kentucky. It was necessary to sup-

plement this material with occasional reference to other records, name-

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