The Paterson school board twice voted down Jarrod Rogers as the new Kennedy coach. Officials won't say whether the team has ...

Kennedy High School. Rogers will replace Ron Jackson, who coached the Kennedy Knights for the past two decades. The team has been in a slump of losing seasons in recent years.

In a 9-0 vote, board members refused to appoint a different coach, Jarrod Rogers, to the Kennedy position, which comes with a $13,572 stipend.

The last several months brought another busy coaching carousel to North Jersey high school football as 13 teams hired new head coaches.

Rogers' co-defendant, Jarrod Copeland, was sentenced to three years in prison after a brief closed hearing, the Sacramento Bee reported. Copeland had previously lived in Vallejo.

Ian Rogers and Jarrod Copeland were sentenced Wednesday on federal charges stemming from a 2021 bomb plot against Democratic offices in Sacramento.