Chip King will be interim athletic director. Scott Jordan will be head football coach.
Dr. Jim Byers, Sue Blair and Danny McCloud approved the change. Dave Barton, who is Philpot’s father-in-law, voted against the change. There were no board comments.
Philpot will remain on paid administrative leave from the athletic director and head football coach positions, but will get a classroom assignment in physical education, Dubbs said.
Philpot has been on leave since July, following a traffic stop by the Ohio Highway Patrol.
UPDATE 12:07 p.m. (Aug. 8): Dash cam video from the traffic stop that led to the arrest of Brandon Philpot, Wayne Local Schools' athletic director and football coach, was released today by the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Philpot was given a sobriety test along Ohio 725 after he and his passengers left Cheeks Gentleman’s Club.
“I feel like I’m really fine,” he told troopers. “I really only had three or four beers.”
“This is really embarrassing,” Philpot told troopers after he was placed in handcuffs.
UPDATE 3:20 p.m. (Aug 5): The Wayne Local Schools Board of Education is expected to discuss and possibly make a decision about the status of Brandon Philpot, the athletic director and football coach for the Waynesville Spartans, on Monday.
Phipot has been placed on administrative leave after being pulled over by the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Pat Dubbs, superintendent of the Wayne Local Schools, said he placed Philpot on paid leave as athletic director and coach while Philpot worked on “personal issues.”
The board is scheduled to meet in executive session during a meeting starting at 6 p.m. Monday at Waynesville High School. Public action could follow the closed-door session.
EARLIER: Philpot, 40, of Waynesville, was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated at 2:38 a.m. June 24 on Watertower Lane near Imperial Road in West Carrollton, according to his citation.
According to the trooper, Philpot said “he and his passengers were coming from Cheeks Gentleman’s Club and were on their way home,” identified himself as football coach and athletic director at Waynesville High School and “made multiple statements asking if we could just ‘take care of this.’”
Philpot failed field sobriety tests, refused a blood-alcohol test and was released to “a valid sober driver,” according to a narrative included with the citation.
On July 25, Miamisburg Municipal Court Judge Robert Rettich placed Philpot on one-year, non-reporting probation for reckless operation, driving in marked lanes and turn and stop signals, according to court records.
Rettich dismissed the drunk driving charge and lifted Philpot’s automatic license suspension., according to the court’s on-line records.
Philpot completed a three-day program and 27 days in jail were suspended. He was ordered to pay $490 in fines and costs.
Philpot, a graduate of Kings High School in Warren County, could not be reached, but his lawyer said the trooper erred in charging Philpot with drunk driving.
“The police were obviously mistaken or in error in their assessment of his condition or the state would not have reduced the case,” lawyer Larry Denny said.
Mr. Philpot has no history of any drug or alcohol problems,” Denny said. “Waynesville is lucky to have a man so dedicated to coaching and helping kids.”
Philpot has been with the school district since 1998. He was named head coach in 2010 and led the team into the postseason in four of Philpot’s six seasons
He is still cleared to teach in the district, although he has no class assignments heading into the school year, Dubbs said.
A status hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30 in Miamisburg Municipal Court.
Staff Writer Marc Pendleton contributed to this report.
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