BSM Hockey Coach: ‘Parents have to parent. They have to grow up.’
Ken Pauly was one of 11 coaches and activity directors who sat down for a panel discussion about the climate of coaching.
The Minnesota Legislature is considering a change to state law that would bar school districts from using parent complaints as the sole reason for letting a coach go. The proposal would add the following sentence to the omnibus policy and finance bill: The existence of parent complaints must not be the sole reason for a board to not renew a coaching contract. The legislation is in response to increasing non-renewals of coaches' contracts, with as many as 35 percent in one sport (boys' hockey) involving parent complaints, according to a Star Tribune report. Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys' hockey coach Ken Pauly, the state’s 2012 Class AA coach of the year, was one of 11 coaches and activity directors who sat down with KARE 11 for a panel …
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Lynn B
7:13 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I stand 100% beside Mr. Pauly. He knows about which he speaks. more ›