Everyone in an official capacity at Heath is tight-lipped on the subject, but indications are there might be a change in the school's coaching ranks. In what could amount to a job swap, it appears that athletic director Kris Garrett will take over as the girls' basketball coach, with current coach Mary Lee Hendricks moving into the AD slot.
Principal Russ Tilford said any talk of such a move is "premature" — McCracken County's schools generally require a 30-day posting period for open jobs, even if the school plans to hire from within. Since the openings had yet to be posted as of Friday afternoon, it may be a month or so before the moves are official.
Garrett has been Heath's freshman boys' coach for several years, and Heath's administration has been concerned that Garrett might leave to take a head coaching job at another school — he has talked with Ballard Memorial about their boys' opening in each of the last two years and also drew some interest from Hickman County for its girls' coaching vacancy before it went with assistant Jessica Riley.
It could be a win-win proposition for everyone involved. Garrett gets his first head coaching job and Hendricks has had interest in moving into the administrative ranks.
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