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Chester schools football coach let go to cut costs |
ROCK HILL -- Floyd Drum has been told he will no longer be the football coach and athletics director at Lewisville High School to save money as part of the Chester school district's effort to cut its budget nearly $200,000.Drum said late Monday night he got a hand-delivered letter from a district representative last Friday notifying him that Feb. 13 would be his final day at the school and in the district."It basically said that since I was retired and still working in the district that I'd no longer be employed in two weeks," Drum said. "It said I'd be terminated in two weeks because the district was releasing retirees to help with budget cuts."I can't say how long I was going to stay, but I wanted to leave coaching on my own terms. I had hoped that when that day came, I could stay on at Lewisville as the AD only. After 40 years in the business and the last 22 at Lewisville, this is like leaving my family."Drum came to Lewisville from Lancaster to work for former football coach and AD Bennie McMurray. When McMurray retired and left to coach in Charlotte, Kim Gray was promoted to head football coach.
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