NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

COWART SAYS NO REASSIGNMENT OF ATHLETIC DIRECTOR 1.11.10

A REPORT IN A CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER LEAD ALL NINE NEWS TO CONTACT CARY COWART – SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN CLEVELAND ABOUT THE STATUS OF THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS, THAT REPORT SAID THAT RICKY TULLOS – IN HIS THIRD YEAR AS HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WILL NO LONGER HAVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAID THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE TODAY. THAT IS NOT CORRECT, ACCORDING TO CLEVELAND SUPERINTENDENT CARY COWART SAID COACH TULLOS IS STILL HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WILL BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT A FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. MR. COWART DECLINED TO TALK ABOUT THE REASONS WHY BUT STATED EMPHATICALLY THAT RIGHT NOW RICKY TULLOS IS STILL BOTH HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE. THE NEXT CLEVELAND SCHOOL TRUSTEE MEETING IS MONDAY JANUARY 18^TH . WE PRESUME THAT IS WHEN THE SUBJECT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY BOARD MEMBERS.