Is Detroit Public Schools Athletics still relevant?

Where have all the kids gone: the Detroit PSL’s declining enrollment

“The future of the DPS, and the PSL is going to be crucial these next five years or so,” said Detroit Martin Luther King head football coach Dale Harvel. “I started off with about 45 players on varsity last season, and ended the season in the state semifinals with only 28, so it has effected us too.”

“Luckily we have been able to overcome that, but numbers has been a problem for a long time.”
Programs like King, Cass Tech, and East English Village Prep have been fortunate enough to have the depth, as well as the talent to still compete at a high level. But other football programs in the city haven’t been so lucky. Those three programs have had stability for a long time, a reason they have success athletically, and academically. Combined, those three programs have gone 76-23 the last three seasons on the gridiron, and are the premier high school football programs in the city of Detroit, with an enrollment of at least 1,300.


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