MLK football coach doesn't expect to return

Corey Jarvis says it's 95 percent certain that he won't return as head coach at M.L. King next season.

M.L. King is 49-11 in Jarvis's five seasons at the DeKalb County school that had 21 alumni on college rosters this fall.

Jarvis told GHSF Daily on Thursday that he has three offers to coach at other Georgia high school teams and two offers to become a college assistant coach.

Jarvis declined to name the high schools but said two were in Class AAAAA, one in AAA. Two were in South Georgia, the other one near metro Atlanta, he said.

Among the Class AAAAA jobs known to be open are Central Gwinnett, Duluth, Valdosta, Wheeler and Windsor Forest.

The college jobs were in Alabama and Virginia, Jarvis said.

Jarvis said his professional goal coming out of college was to be a college coach. He said he would talk with his wife this weekend and decide whether high school or college would be the better fit.

"I just feel like I need to broaden my horizons," Jarvis said. "I might have done as much as I can do here in some ways."

Jarvis admitted to some frustration in his current job. Top football programs in DeKalb County such as M.L. King must share their ticket revenue with other schools in the system. They also don't have their own stadiums. Fundraising is sometimes a challenge, he said.

"There are a lot of things, just program issues, county issues, revenue sharing, resources, facilities," he said. "I look at other counties around, even schools we play, especially when you get further in the playoffs, and I do get frustrated when I see other schools have things we want."

M.L. King has won at least one round in the playoffs in six of the past seven seasons. In 2007, M.L. King won Region 2-AAAAA and reached the quarterfinals.

"It's been a good little run," Jarvis said. "If I do decide to take these opportunities, I think a lot of people will understand why."