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Deaf School stipends far below state average | IndyStar.com
When Bob Kovatch was coaching the boys basketball team at Indiana School for the Deaf from 1980-92, his coaching stipend never surpassed $1,000.
"One time I figured up all the supervision, the out-of-season work, the in-season work, the weekends -- I was making about 35 cents an hour," he said.
Little has changed.
Coaches at ISD make less than 25 percent of the average coaching stipend received by high school coaches in Indiana, based on research by a Ball State University journalism class.
ISD coaches are the lowest paid in the state, the survey showed, even though the school belongs to the Indiana High School Athletic Association and competes in state tournaments.
The average coaching stipend for a football coach in Indiana is $6,961.89. ISD pays $1,383. The average for a boys basketball coach is $6,881.39. ISD pays $1,502. The average for a volleyball coach is $3,579.42. ISD pays $774.
The deaf school has no control over the stipends because it is a state agency, ISD director of operations Rose Hemmelgarn said.
"These are the stipends that would be paid not only at Indiana School for the Deaf but for the blind school, for the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home, juvenile correctional facilities, any state facilities that would happen to have children, education and sports," Hemmelgarn said.
The stipends were calculated decades ago by surveying what high schools were paying coaches and coming up with an average.
"It's very rarely been updated, obviously," Hemmelgarn said. "It's not a high priority for the state as a whole, whereas for us as a school, we would like to pay more. We understand the importance of sports, of developing the whole child of the teamwork and obvious benefits of sports.
"But as a state agency, it's beyond our control."
When Bob Kovatch was coaching the boys basketball team at Indiana School for the Deaf from 1980-92, his coaching stipend never surpassed $1,000.
"One time I figured up all the supervision, the out-of-season work, the in-season work, the weekends -- I was making about 35 cents an hour," he said.
Little has changed.
Coaches at ISD make less than 25 percent of the average coaching stipend received by high school coaches in Indiana, based on research by a Ball State University journalism class.
ISD coaches are the lowest paid in the state, the survey showed, even though the school belongs to the Indiana High School Athletic Association and competes in state tournaments.
The average coaching stipend for a football coach in Indiana is $6,961.89. ISD pays $1,383. The average for a boys basketball coach is $6,881.39. ISD pays $1,502. The average for a volleyball coach is $3,579.42. ISD pays $774.
The deaf school has no control over the stipends because it is a state agency, ISD director of operations Rose Hemmelgarn said.
"These are the stipends that would be paid not only at Indiana School for the Deaf but for the blind school, for the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home, juvenile correctional facilities, any state facilities that would happen to have children, education and sports," Hemmelgarn said.
The stipends were calculated decades ago by surveying what high schools were paying coaches and coming up with an average.
"It's very rarely been updated, obviously," Hemmelgarn said. "It's not a high priority for the state as a whole, whereas for us as a school, we would like to pay more. We understand the importance of sports, of developing the whole child of the teamwork and obvious benefits of sports.
"But as a state agency, it's beyond our control."
