
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 4, 1990                   TAG: 9004040372
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Bob Teitlebaum Sportswriter
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

REVOLVING DOOR TURNS AGAIN AT LEXINGTON

Some things never change. That's certainly true of the revolving door that spins about this time every year at Lexington High School, where football coach Chuck Marrs said he plans to tender his resignation by the middle of the month.

Marrs is the 11th football coach at the school in 11 years. The only difference is that Marrs is not making a controversial or hasty move as some of the other coaches have done.

"I'm getting married July 21, and my fiancee has a job with The Limited, a women's clothing shop," Marrs said. "She works in Charlottesville and can transfer to some other cities, such as Williamsburg, Lynchburg or Roanoke. So I've been looking for a job near a place where she can transfer to so we can keep both our careers."

Marrs applied for the Appomattox job, but did not get it. He also has applied at Franklin County, where his brother Doug, an assistant at Graham, also is a candidate.

"I haven't had an interview at Franklin County, but after they see me, they'll throw rocks at him," Marrs said jokingly in reference to his brother.

He also plans to apply for the job at Williamsburg's Lafayette High, which recently became available.

Marrs' status was not brought up at the Rockbridge County school board meeting Monday night, but the coach said he told Superintendent Glen Stark of his plans in January when he applied for the opening at Appomattox. They have an understanding that the letter of resignation is coming.

"Lexington gave me the chance to prove I can be a head coach and run the program," said Marrs, whose only team went 3-7 in 1989. "The three schools I'm looking at are all closer to large cities that have The Limited so that my fiance can make a transfer."

Marrs said he also talked to Joel Hicks about returning to Pulaski County, where he had been an assistant. But that wouldn't help his situation, because his fiancee's company doesn't have a store near Dublin.

Lexington's coaching situation has been anything but stable since longtime coach Pete Brewbaker retired. The Scarlet Hurricane made the Virginia High School League playoffs under Larry Bradley, now an assistant at Salem, and won the 1988 Group A Division 2 championship under Dennis Vaught.

However, Lexington has gone through interesting changes. One coach took the job in the spring and was gone before the first fall practice.

by CNB