The Seneca Valley School Board certainly had a lot on its plate Monday evening.

Not only was Ron Butschle approved as the new varsity football coach, but both the boys basketball and athletic director positions were opened.

The situations surrounding outgoing athletic director Terry Henry and former boys basketball coach Rob Naylor could not have been more different.

While Naylor was hoping to return for a third season as coach, Henry decided to step down as athletic director to take another position within the district.

"I had the option to stay as the AD," said Henry, 54, who will vacate the position July 1. "But at this point in my career I decided to go in another direction."

That direction will be as Seneca Valley's buildings operation director.

"I will oversee all business pertaining to the buildings and grounds," the longtime said. "That includes custodial operations, district rentals and the adult evening programs held in the district's buildings.

"It gave me another option, and I went with it," Henry said.

Naylor, 33, was previously head coach of the ninth-grade boys basketball team for one year before serving as an assistant with the varsity team under the late Dave Podbielski for three seasons.

Under Naylor, the Raiders compiled a 14-33 record.

"I was hired to build a program," said Naylor. "And in building a program, you have to focus on the younger players. A lot of the younger guys on the team saw a good amount of playing time this year."

Seneca was a respectable 12-12 in Naylor's first season (2002-03), but fell to 2-21 this year, failing to win a game in Section 3-AAAA.

"I am disappointed," said Naylor. "The way I see it, I am being let go because of two things: our record this past season and for looking to the future."

"It was a mutual decision by all parties in the administration that we should go in a different direction," Henry said of the basketball team. "We will be looking for a coach with successful experience to fill the position."

"There was a lot of skepticism over whether I should have returned after that first year," said Naylor. "Some people felt we underachieved, but our record (12-12) was one of the better ones in the program's history.

"You need more than two years to build up a program," Naylor added.

Naylor is a health teacher at Seneca Valley. He claims his coaching days are not over.

"I will look for another coaching opportunity," he said. "Every coach is always looking for the best position to put himself in.

"I enjoyed the experience here working with the players," Naylor added. "Our kids worked hard this year, and somebody is going to reap the benefits of that as coach next season."