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Freedom Athletic Director Matt Oblas sent the following release:Varsity Girls' Basketball Coach Jason Eldredge will not return to coach the 2010-11 Freedom girls' basketball team. He resigned on Monday, April 12, after expressing his intention to coach other sports. Freedom has honored his request and will open the position of head girls' varsity basketball coach. Freedom will pursue applicants with a passion for girls' basketball and a desire to lead the program. The position will be posted on the Loudoun County Public Schools Web site in the near future.
There is already a Facebook group started by Freedom students to retain the coach with 233 people joining the "Bring Jason Eldredge Back!!!!!" page.
Eldredge is the only girls basketball coach the school has had since opening in 2005. He built the program from one win the first season into back-to-back state champions, winning the Division 3 title in 2008-09 and then capturing the Division 4 title this past season.
Hey gang, I've gotten a couple of anonymous comments that I'd like to share but would need to edit them a bit and my software doesn't allow me to do that. (Rats!) Bottom line is I'm not comfortable putting up anonymous comments that can be construed as personal attacks. Suffice to say that some in the community are upset about Coach Eldredge's resignation and some feel there is more to the story than meets the eye. Officially, Coach Eldredge texted me this morning to confirm that he was resigning today and then we received the above release from Eagle AD Matt Oblas. For now, that is the official story ... we will keep abreast of other developments. And again, sorry to not publish the anonymous comments but that is a standard policy we have used since starting VivaLoudoun.
ReplyDeleteHe has done wonders with that school! Easy for him to retire now that his stars are gone... but congrats on everything.
ReplyDeleteAs a parent at Freedom High School I can tell you that all of the excellent basketball girls are not gone. Jason Eldredge is not only a wonderful coach but also, please don't forget, a wonderful teacher. My son doesn't play basketball but he was in Eldredge's class and loves and trusts him as much as the b'ball girls. I know they're upset at losing a coach,as they should be under such shady circumstances, but I think as important is that we're losing a teacher that the children actually trust and look up to as a teacher and a person.
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