Is Pendleton leaving Ironton?

[bargeman1]

He has one of the richest men in Ohio standing on the sidelines, it’s not about money or anything else just a bunch of pot stirring!!

[RBH23]

guys, ironton has to get this right. look at my facebook posts, tom osborne, waverly. to keep from repeating it all. but this guy has brought ironton football from the ashed. he bleeds orange and black. he loves ironton, and ironton loves him. he took over a floundering program that had lost a couple of games to ovc teams. what he has done from there is simply amazing. the staff he's built. the athletes there. the improvements to the stadium, lights, scoreboard, a bus that looks like the bengals ride in it. brought nike in as a sponsor, new uniforms, helmets , the whole 9 yards. he has major college coaches visiting ironton every week. he has kids playing football in colleges everywhere. furthering their academic and athletic career. shaun terry, josh johnson could end up playing on sundays. look at reid carrico. goes to ohio state, hits the transfer portal and goes to west va. and started as a hybrid linebacker. he was everywhere man. i have no doubt that he may play on sundays. look at the ironton gridiron classic, teams coming in to ironton, from all over the country. heck just a couple of years ago. cincinnati moeller traveled to ironton to play the fighting tigers. the tigers came up short that game. but it was a close, hard hitting, competitive game. moeller went on togo undefeated and won the state in d1. and if memory serves me correctly, the game with ironton was their closest game of the year to an undefeated division 1 state champion. i saw on facebook where a poster said he had been offered a 6 figure job elsewhere. i have no idea where, or if it's true. but ironton football is known nationwide, not just state wide. look at how many state championship games ironton has been to. nobody in the southern part of the state has 3 state titles, burg has 2. i really hope ironto can satisfy him with a competitive salary. and he is also the athletic director at ironton. i think both positions should have seperate salarys. the article said he was the lowest paid coach in the tri-state. but i have no idea. but he has ironton connected. clips on espn, major college coaches visiting ironton weekly. and on another note. the ironton football team went into ironton and shoveled snow everywhere for elderly people so they could get out of their homes. you add that all up. you have a man who loves ironton, and has brought them from the ashes. teams want him to play them from all over the country. the things his staff has done he assembled, is like no other. and the exposure on social media to promote athletes and the program is immeasureable. what other local schools has major college coaches from all over the country has coaches coming in and out of ironton. this is a no brainer. treat this man fairly. and pay him a competitive salary. because he loves ironton. and wants to stay. tom osborne jr. waverly, ohio

A good write up until you mentioned the Moeller game:
1. Moeller did not win the state that year
2. Moeller finished the regular season 7-3 with the Ironton game being their largest margin of victory (+18 points) during the regular season
3. Moeller played their back up QB during the Ironton game

Although Ironton gave them a good fight, Ironton was still their easiest opponent.

Also, Ironton is well known to many small schools, but fans of big schools throughout Ohio know little to nothing about Ironton, as they know little to nothing about Kirtland, Coldwater, Marion Local, etc. Most of those that follow Ohio big school football don’t give much consideration to the smaller schools no matter how good they are.

Respectfully disagree on not knowing Ironton. Currently live in Cincinnati and work in downtown area. A lot of folks in this area know of Ironton bc of the football in the 70s,80s, and 90s. Now are the up to date on what has happened in the past 10 years or so? Not extremely. but they do know of Ironton football. I bring it up in conversation often as a lot of the guys I have business meetings with love talking high school ball. If you have ever been around the cinci area you'd know everyones favorite question is "Where did you go to high school?". They know the Tigers.

Oh yes, very familiar with the question. Typically they just ask “what school did you go to?”, which meant high school and not college. And more specifically, they usually ask to see if you went to one of the parochial schools. As you know, that’s a big deal in these parts.

I’m no saying no one has ever heard of Ironton or Wheelersburg. I’ve lived in every corner of Ohio and have always met someone who knew of Burg; even spent an entire job interview talking Burg basketball with the HR manager who was a big high school basketball fan. But in my experience, most don’t know or simply don’t care, and this varies by region:

- NEO: I lived in North Canton for a number of years. The football fans in Stark county care very little about any football or wrestling outside of NEO. And small schools like Burg and IHS? They care even less. NEO fans are similar to SEC college football fans with their attitude about those outside the area.

- MAC schools: some have heard of Burg and IHS, but they are mostly focused internally because winning their conference is more important than winning state. They are great people and not arrogant, but they also know how dominant MAC schools are.

- Columbus area: all I heard in Columbus was OSU football, as if no other football existed on planet earth. The Buckeyes dominated the AM channels, and all football talk around the water cooler. Surprisingly, not as much high school football talk as other areas I’ve lived.

- Cincy area: parochial schools, followed by the top public schools. Small schools in the area get little love; ie Clinton Massie, which is just up the road, is rarely talked about. People I run into that know about IHS and Burg are either a) from SEO, b) played against Burg/IHS at some point, c) know someone from Burg/IHS, or d) extremely into high school sports (met one guy who knew more about Burg sports than I did. Yet not sure he had ever been in Wheelersburg).

Sadly, most people just don’t pay much attention to SEO.

[BurgFan43]

A pay raise? This is high school football lol

I’m told not necessarily for coaching. Although it’s been posted he is one of the lowest paid coaches in SEO. He’s the AD at Ironton and for years Ironton AD was a Full time Administrative position. Then when they went to OVC they cut the position back to half teacher/ and made AD part-time. Last year BOE made the AD position full time again but only increased pay a few thiusand dollars from part time. He is now one of if not the lowest paid full time AD in SEO as well. They are wanting to get him back to administrative pay and keep him long term. That’s all. I’m told this is completely a community led deal and not from Coach Pendleton or Teachers Union.

[BurgFan43]

You can look up his or any other ohio public employees salary on thebuckeyeinstitute .org

[OVC]

A pay raise? This is high school football lol

I’m told not necessarily for coaching. Although it’s been posted he is one of the lowest paid coaches in SEO. He’s the AD at Ironton and for years Ironton AD was a Full time Administrative position. Then when they went to OVC they cut the position back to half teacher/ and made AD part-time. Last year BOE made the AD position full time again but only increased pay a few thiusand dollars from part time. He is now one of if not the lowest paid full time AD in SEO as well. They are wanting to get him back to administrative pay and keep him long term. That’s all. I’m told this is completely a community led deal and not from Coach Pendleton or Teachers Union.

Does the AD position in a school require a person to have an Educator's or Administrator's License in the State of Ohio in order to get paid the same amount as others in the area? It sounded like the teachers are the ones who need the raise more according to information I read in comparison to others in the area.

I don’t think so. I believe South Point’s AD does (which justifies $60k+ salary).

[RBH23]

You can look up his or any other ohio public employees salary on thebuckeyeinstitute .org

Buckeye Institute is several years behind on salaries. Most coaches contracts in the area are just supplementals and only paid a portion of the base teacher's salary around 20%. Most athletic directors in most schools also have their principal's license and serve as an assistant principal at high schools with AD duties. I highly doubt any school in our tri-state area has just a full time AD. Does anyone know?

Did Burg have a full-time AD before Woodward became AD/coach?

[RBH23]

I’m told not necessarily for coaching. Although it’s been posted he is one of the lowest paid coaches in SEO. He’s the AD at Ironton and for years Ironton AD was a Full time Administrative position. Then when they went to OVC they cut the position back to half teacher/ and made AD part-time. Last year BOE made the AD position full time again but only increased pay a few thiusand dollars from part time. He is now one of if not the lowest paid full time AD in SEO as well. They are wanting to get him back to administrative pay and keep him long term. That’s all. I’m told this is completely a community led deal and not from Coach Pendleton or Teachers Union.

Does the AD position in a school require a person to have an Educator's or Administrator's License in the State of Ohio in order to get paid the same amount as others in the area? It sounded like the teachers are the ones who need the raise more according to information I read in comparison to others in the area.

I don’t think so. I believe South Point’s AD does (which justifies $60k+ salary).

Since Centerville was mentioned as a school interested in Pendleton, their AD in 2012 made $111k; highest in the Dayton area. So the new AD could definitely make around $120k+ in 2025 as a full time AD.

As for the Centerville coach that just resigned, he made around $93k in total; around $7k for coaching football. News articles state he was the coach and assistant AD, but he also was a teacher at some point (not sure if he was teaching as well while occupying those roles above). Will remain a teacher at the school.

Would Centerville offer Pendelton $90k+ to coach and be the assistant AD?

[BurgFan43]

You can look up his or any other ohio public employees salary on thebuckeyeinstitute .org

Buckeye Institute is several years behind on salaries. Most coaches contracts in the area are just supplementals and only paid a portion of the base teacher's salary around 20%. Most athletic directors in most schools also have their principal's license and serve as an assistant principal at high schools with AD duties. I highly doubt any school in our tri-state area has just a full time AD. Does anyone know?

Did Burg have a full-time AD before Woodward became AD/coach?
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[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

i would certainly hate to lose coach pendleton and his staff.

[JBsezBELIEVE]

When I left Logan last week, I saw Pendleton in Logan. Could it be?

[artisgilmore]

When I left Logan last week, I saw Pendleton in Logan. Could it be?

[Preacher Purl]

Won't be Centerville. They just hired their guy. Coach Pendleton has done a great job. They need to compensate and keep him.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Won't be Centerville. They just hired their guy. Coach Pendleton has done a great job. They need to compensate and keep him.

amen to that.

[noreply66]

When I left Logan last week, I saw Pendleton in Logan. Could it be?

Could be one from the Pendleton families in the area

[Rza1]

Pendleton's performance as a coach as well as a great promoter for the program the school and community warrant as much as he can get... that bein said.. my bet would be a team from ky.. not ohio would snag him. I've heard some pretty big numbers for coaching in the bluegrass. Not sure if the compensation system is different..or there's outside donor money involved... I do know we have lost 2 of the more successful area coaches to Kentucky in just the past few years (Cunningham from fairland and Luke Salmons from midland)

[Zahns Corner]

Ohio laws and labor contracts act to restrict coaching stipends. In Georgia successful HS coaches can make well in excess of $100 K with boosters and businesses footing most of the bill. I believe Ohio schools can sweeten the deal by offering spouses jobs (if openings) or create other stipends for coaches. That and it is probably not unheard of coaches snagging part time jobs with local businesses to boost pay without requiring much in the way of actual work. Where there is a will, there is a legal way. Yet remember coaches are hired knowing they will move on. Ironton had the rare long term "Lutz" era. As much as Itown fans wish that for Pendletion, Lutz 2.0 is not likely.

[ohbuckeye2]

Ohio laws and labor contracts act to restrict coaching stipends. In Georgia successful HS coaches can make well in excess of $100 K with boosters and businesses footing most of the bill. I believe Ohio schools can sweeten the deal by offering spouses jobs (if openings) or create other stipends for coaches. That and it is probably not unheard of coaches snagging part time jobs with local businesses to boost pay without requiring much in the way of actual work. Where there is a will, there is a legal way. Yet remember coaches are hired knowing they will move on. Ironton had the rare long term "Lutz" era. As much as Itown fans wish that for Pendletion, Lutz 2.0 is not likely.

I believe they own a couple family businesses, not sure money is much of an issue for them (Pendletons).

[GalliaGrad78]

I seriously doubt that Pendleton is coaching for the money, at the high school level at least.

[gobucs20]

I think he's going to sooner than later leave ironton. But not for another high school job. I think.
He has college aspirations. I wouldn't be surprised to see him take some kind of position at the college level. A position coach maybe.

[RoyGherbil]

If hes gonna make move good time to to do it now