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Post by tim914790 on Dec 1, 2009 17:01:11 GMT -6
Coaches,
At a point where I am pretty fed up with the area that i am in now (Maryland) Not sure if it is the county I am in or the whole state and this region for that matter. My question is where do you think/know is the best area in the country to coach HS football. I dont mean where is the most successful programs although they may coincidentally be there also. But where is the best community support, place to coach, commitment, all of the above. Im thinking the smaller the town/area the better but not sure I am correct. i have only coached in Maryland in one county so Im all years. I am at a point where I am ready to move on and can pick up and move clear across the country for a new start if I think it would be a good situation.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 1, 2009 17:06:52 GMT -6
Right where I am - Grass Valley, CA - Nevada Union HS - "Make the big time...where you are"
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Post by tog on Dec 1, 2009 18:10:05 GMT -6
Texas
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Post by eickst on Dec 1, 2009 18:47:41 GMT -6
Hah, I would think everyone's answer here would be "My Alma Mater"
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Post by tim914790 on Dec 1, 2009 19:06:06 GMT -6
I agree with make the big time where you are but in some areas (especially mine). Athletics takes a backseat or even a back back seat to everythign else. BY no means do I think it is more important then academics but they just plain dont care about it here and would rather make parents happy then build a program. 2-8 with no complaints or 8-2 with complaints, they would gladly pick the 2-8. Im not talking about legit complaints Im talking about Jonny isnt playing, why did coach call that, etc.... I also know and expect these complaints to always come but here the administration will actually sit a HC down and take the parents side.
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 1, 2009 19:15:36 GMT -6
I wonder what it is like in Hawaii..I bet coaching at the Punahoe (sp) is pretty nice
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 1, 2009 19:18:12 GMT -6
I love being here at my alma mater in one of the best places in the world. I just wish there weren't so many excellent distractions.
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Post by coachriley on Dec 1, 2009 19:34:22 GMT -6
I would say Texas too. I have never coached there, but that is where Im hoping to be able to get out to in a few years.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 1, 2009 20:29:19 GMT -6
1. of course my alma mater
outside of that...
I'd like to stay in the Michigan / Ohio area but I would love to coach at a bigtime D1 HS program. In the meantime, like tothehouse said "make the big time where you are"
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Post by tim914790 on Dec 1, 2009 20:33:34 GMT -6
I like the make the big time where you are. DO you think that is possible no matter what, anywhere?
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Post by wingtol on Dec 1, 2009 20:46:47 GMT -6
Any where that would pay me to be a full time HS coach.
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Post by jackedup on Dec 1, 2009 21:52:59 GMT -6
I would say somewhere small but sufficient in living. I don't care what state. I too am from MD and I think there are jobs like that. It's just a matter of competing with the "city" teams.
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Post by blueswarm on Dec 2, 2009 0:22:38 GMT -6
I live and coach in Oregon, small town, good support and it is getting better. The program was terrible two years ago when we took over, but we are on the rise. It just happens to be my alma mater, so it is the best job in the whole world (literally, I wouldn't leave for another job- anywhere). Yeah, you can make the big time wherever you are- wherever. I don't think coaching plays as much a role as getting the kids involved in what they should be doing. If you can get the kids to do what you want, it makes all the other things that much easier!
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Post by coachvenom on Dec 2, 2009 1:52:23 GMT -6
I coach in Staten Island. A lot of people don't know including the Staten Island residents but football on Staten Island is taken very seriously. It seems that a lot of people don't take any interest in the football here but I believe that is because of a lack of understanding of the game, but mainly I feel it's due to an overall attiude that football is just a game (I almost can't believe I said that). A lot of teams on our small Island are always very competetive and are highly ranked. Often it is the case that if one school isn't competing for a championship the other is. We also have a Semi-Pro team which I coached on as a Special teams coordinator a few years ago which has struggled to gain recognition despite it's phenomial success. Many of our schools run a wide varitey of offenses and defenses but strangely most of the head coaches of these respecitve schools come from the same system. To be honest Im not to happy with the support we get from the community which often seems to be devided. Getting back to the question I would say I would love to coach in texas. If football truly isn't a game but a religion in texas Im sure it would be the place for me.
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Post by superpower on Dec 2, 2009 3:47:48 GMT -6
Hard to beat Beloit, KS. We have great community and administrative support, our kids understand and enjoy hard work, there is great football tradition, etc. I am blessed for sure.
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Post by knighter on Dec 2, 2009 8:08:04 GMT -6
Where I currently am anytime I have been asked this question. I am a big advocate of "watering the grass" on your side of the fence. If you spend all the time looking for greener grass, the only reason the grass is greener is because you got your hose pointed there. Make the big time where you are, it is possible.
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Post by brophy on Dec 2, 2009 8:58:40 GMT -6
TEXAS
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Post by John Knight on Dec 2, 2009 9:24:03 GMT -6
Life is not a matter of having good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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Post by fbcoach74 on Dec 2, 2009 11:51:16 GMT -6
I think one big time game in texas to experience that environment.
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Post by brophy on Dec 2, 2009 11:54:21 GMT -6
Life is not a matter of having good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson isn't that like, when asked "who would you most like to sleep with?", a person responds, "my wife". All things being equal, it is who is the hottest sexpot (right?). |
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Post by poweriguy on Dec 2, 2009 12:08:33 GMT -6
I think most anywhere there is good support from community and administration would be a good place to coach, regardless of what region of the country.
When I go visit my family in Idaho, my sis tells me about the so called "problems" with the athletic programs at the school she works at. I just look at her and say " You guys don't have a clue how good you got it. Want to see bad? Come visit where I coach at." Then she says "yeah, I know." and we just chuckle.
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Post by coryell2009 on Dec 2, 2009 12:12:52 GMT -6
TEXAS!!!!!
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Post by John Knight on Dec 2, 2009 13:02:57 GMT -6
Florida has always been my dream!
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Post by lochness on Dec 2, 2009 13:59:30 GMT -6
Is there football in the Eastern Carribian?
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Post by aggie98 on Dec 2, 2009 14:00:44 GMT -6
Texas
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Post by IronmanFootball on Dec 2, 2009 14:53:47 GMT -6
I have a couple:
my alma mater, of course.
Pigeon Forge HS in Pigeon Forge, TN (to be closer to my parents)
Lake Highland Prep in Orlando, FL (my cousin goes there)
As far as just the area, I'd love to live in Portland, Oregon
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Post by coach31 on Dec 2, 2009 15:28:52 GMT -6
I honeymooned on St Thomas 4 years ago. One of the schools had a football team. I think I could make that work.
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Post by tye2021 on Dec 2, 2009 15:41:53 GMT -6
Pensacola, Fl at Pensacola Highschool. and yes its my alma mater.
Other than that, south Florida or Texas.
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Post by tye2021 on Dec 2, 2009 15:45:53 GMT -6
Then again, I would settle for any school that will let me volunteer here in Syracuse, NY.
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Post by thakatalyst on Dec 2, 2009 16:06:37 GMT -6
I have a couple: my alma mater, of course. Pigeon Forge HS in Pigeon Forge, TN (to be closer to my parents) Lake Highland Prep in Orlando, FL (my cousin goes there) As far as just the area, I'd love to live in Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon is an amazing city! And there is good football in the metro area. Inner city programs don't always do so well in football (basketball is a completely different story), but the suburban schools are usually stocked with talent. I coach across the river in Vancouver, WA (not BC), which is a suburb of Portland also. There is a ton of support in the whole metro area for football, but there are also pockets of great football throughout the Northwest. Washington: Seattle, Vancouver, Tri-Cities, Spokane. Oregon: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Medford area. I'm from Southern California and even with the number of athletes we'd get down there, the atmosphere up here is crazy for football. I don't think I could coach anywhere else. |
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