be fired or resign

What can be gained by making the principal fire you?

...or maybe the principal is using the AD to do HIS dirty work.

Where I am at, if a decision is made to not re-hire a coach, especially a head coach, the coach would be informed by the building principal, not the AD.

I would definately ask the principal what his plans are, but based on this and previous posts made by you in regards to your present coaching situation, consider this a blessing!

Saw this situation last year. The union and everybody else will say make him fire you. Personally, that is stupid. Just resign. Find another job and get a new start.

I love schools when they do this. Administrators have no backbone when they pull this crap.

I agree.

Arrange a meeting with the principal and tell him what the AD told you. If he has any decency at all, he will level with you personally or in a meeting w/the AD. I'm an administrator, and our AD tried to remove a coach once by telling the coach what you were told (w/o my knowledge). When I learned about it from the coach, guess who was removed? BTW, if someone is removed from my staff, I do it myself; I never have anyone else do it. It is unpleasant to dismiss someone, and it's not right for the principal to have someone else do it for him/her; thus, I think a direct approach on your part will give you the answers you seek.

Had a similar situation about 10 years ago - part of me still thinks I should have challenged the Headmaster (private school) as the parents later told me they would have gone after him! Like Superpower said, one door closes and another opens. My current position is great - kids, parents, admin, etc - so you just never know. I know I asked someone else this on another post but what is your teaching area? We hire 3-4 new teachers every year.

I would say resign. I was in this exact situation last season (except we went 5-5 and made the playoffs) and I chose to resign. I figured if I resigned I would be able to explain it however I wished in an interview, while if you are fired they will probably listen to the reasons of your previous employer more than you.

At least you know early. I had really no idea until mid March. By then most stuff had dried up. I would advise if you are going to resign to do so before Christmas so you have some time to find your new gig and don't end up in a crappy holdover job.

Hey life gets better. I'm not real thrilled with my current job, but I am thankful nearly everyday that I don't have to put up with the crap I did last season.

Sorry to hear this coachlock but as others have said, in my expereinces, this works out for the best for you.

Two years ago, I was in your shoes. Crappy situation all around; terrible season, angry and outspoken, parents, new HC (great guy and great coach - don't get me wrong) and an angry AD. I thought I'd get out of the season with my job, simply because I was low-man-on-the-totem-pole. A parent called the AD and complained that I was swearing on the sideline- it was the straw that broke the camel's back. I admitted to swearing during the season, but the AD was furious about the whole thing and was going to do a formal investigation (he took a lot of crap from the parents that season). He wasn't going to find anything that I hadn't already admitted to, but I didn't want have a firing on my record or do any more damage to the program. Hauling 50 kids into the office 1 by 1 to ask them qs about my mouth wasn't called for. The HC is a great guy and he didn't need to deal with anymore BS.