Olsen Out As Hills Athletic Director

The Board of Education voted Thursday to not renew the contracts of high school Athletic Directors Chris Olsen and Dan Kilday.

The move casts further doubt about whether Olsen, one of the winningest high school football coaches in New Jersey history, will be on the sidelines in the fall to defend the .

Because of a the men, who each earn more than $120,000, were given the option to return for the 2012-2013 school year as either coaches or athletic directors.

Superintendent Ray Gonzalez would not say Thursday whether the men will have the opportunity to remain on as coaches. Kilday coaches soccer at . Olsen has won eight state championships at .

Gonzalez said the move “gives us the opportunity to see what our options are in reorganizing [the athletic] department.”

Their contracts will expire before June 30. It is expected that there will be one athletic director for both schools.

The moves were part of Thursday night.

The policy approved by the Board in January prohibits administrators and supervisors from coaching sports teams or acting as advisors of any district athletic, co-curricular, or extra-curricular program.

The Board after nine  football players were charged with aggravated assault. Some in the community criticized Olsen for not suspending the players for the team’s first two state playoff games.

The nine were ultimately suspended for the state title game, in which on a late touchdown.

Seven of the nine players and were sentenced to juvenile probation. The district has since enacted a for athletes.

Olsen's son Kevin, one of the top quarterback recruits in the country, has said he would not play his senior year if his father “father, coach and best friend” is not on the sideline.

An to allow Olsen to keep both jobs garnered 559 signatures.

Olsen's house since at least March, when it was listed for $740,000. The price has since been reduced to $725,000.