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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2012 20:10:47 GMT -6
Hey Coaches! Here's a random question and that's... Why do you want to coach high school football? Besides for the love of the game and making a little money... Tell me why?
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Post by Chris Clement on Jan 19, 2012 21:45:55 GMT -6
For me, and I think most coaches here, it's got the right blend of competition without being insane, no recruiting, the kids are old enough that you aren't babysitting and you can do more than 4 runs and 2 passes, job security is (slightly) better than college, and you can have the biggest impact in kids lives.
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Post by thehoodie on Jan 20, 2012 0:17:02 GMT -6
Rarely do you have a chance to impact a young man's life as much as you can through football. I teach a lot of subjects and I coach a lot of sports and by far football is my favorite because it really is all about the team.
When I was growing up I played both basketball and football. I was never any good at either, but looking back now, my football experience was far superior. When I was in HS, I wanted nothing more than to be "in" with the basketball team, but when the team would go play street ball, I was never invited because I was not good enough, the good players only wanted to hang out with good players. By contrast, I was always invited by my football teammates anytime they would play backyard flag or just to hang out, even though I was terrible.
I look at some of the kids we have now on our football team. We have a few studs, a few bigger O-line types, and then the rest. But the thing is, those other players that may not get that much playing time on gamedays, they love every minute of football, they can't enough of it because they know that they are always valued and we never exclude them from anything that we do.
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Post by shields on Jan 20, 2012 4:55:46 GMT -6
Who do kids remember twenty years down the road? It's not the Latin teacher, it's their coaches. Not to get too sensative on you, but there is nothing better than a former player walking up to you and telling you, "Coach, I'm a better man, a better brother, a better son, a better husband, a better father because of you." Those are powerful words.
Why do I impact the lives of high school kids instead of college kids? Early in my coaching career, I read Tom Osborne's book, Faith in the Game. My wife picked it up one day and read the acknowledgement in the front of the book. Coach Osborne dedicated the book to his daughters, appologized for not being there much during their childhood, and promised to be around more as a grandfather. When I came home from work that day, Emily and I discussed what she had read and we decided that if we wanted to have children of our own, I needed to stick with high school coaching--she didn't want her children growing up with an absentee father.
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Post by indian1 on Jan 20, 2012 6:57:41 GMT -6
I didn't know I wanted to until I started doing it. All I wanted to do was be a teacher, but I guess I had "Coach" written on my forehead. Once I got in I was hooked.
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Post by coachbrek on Jan 20, 2012 7:36:12 GMT -6
I have been around the horn coaching at all levels from youth to high school, I was offered a job as a college d-line coach but could not justify the time commitment.
I will be back as a position coach at the high school varsity level next fall, after 11 years as a youth coach.
I get great satisfaction coaching at all levels but the challenge and competition at the high school varsity level is hard to match.
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Post by fballcoachg on Jan 20, 2012 7:39:18 GMT -6
Kind of piggy backing off of dcohio here, but there is some pride that goes into looking at what you "built" and seeing how it stacks up. Most of us get kids with minimal football background or understanding so in the athletic aspect, you see what you put in. You constantly see the growth of those kids and that is something purely awesome when you have a 9th grader that "will never play" and you see him develop(partly due to you but also his drive) into a starter or contributor later in his career.
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Post by Yash on Jan 20, 2012 9:06:43 GMT -6
I'm one of the younger people on the board at 26 but I coach high school because I love the game, and I love the kids but I don't want to win based on recruiting. I had the opportunity to coach a year of college ball at the D3 level my first year of college. I was a student assistant which meant setting up bags and running the camera but I still learned a lot. The most important thing I learned that year was that I wasn't going to coach college ball my whole life. I didn't want to be away from my family (when I have one) for 13 weekends in a row. It was too much time and the benefits didn't out weight the negatives.
Sure you could do more schematically with college kids but I didn't want to spend that kind of time away from my family. Also high school kids are fun to be around and you have such an opportunity to make an impact on their lives.
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Post by mholst40 on Jan 20, 2012 11:24:16 GMT -6
Towards the tail end of college, I was positive I was going to become a GA and continue to climb the ladder in the college world. It had become my dream.
I spent one year as an assistant coach at my former school before returning home and pursuing GA jobs. After finally landing a job cold turkey, I found out my mom was going to have surgery and chemotherapy for a form of bone cancer. My mom and dad are divorced and my sister lives in New York. My mom needed someone to be there for her.
This instantly changed my perspective on coaching in college.
I would never sacrifice my family for football. So, I put the dream on hold and started coaching at my old high school.
I have been there ever since.
While there are times I pine for being a college coach and only having to do football related stuff while getting full access to whoever I recruit, I enjoy being able to spend time with my wife at night and on the weekends (during the off-season).
In the future, I like the flexibility coaching at the high school level allows for me to actually be a part of my kids' lives. I don't want to be a coach who misses their childrens' entire lives because he is on the road recruiting or traveling to away games.
We so often want our players to grow up and be better men, husbands and fathers, but the same guys preaching this are often not that themselves.
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Post by sdfbcoach on Jan 20, 2012 15:05:54 GMT -6
I had always intended to try and be a college coach but I spent a year coaching at a local high school and was hooked. I loved interacting with the kids. The atmosphere on game nights was great. I loved being able to work with and develop kids into young men, whether thats making them better physically, socially, maturity wise, etc. It is very rewarding and I love every minute of it.
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Post by rideanddecide on Jan 21, 2012 13:51:36 GMT -6
It's one of the best ways I can contribute to improving my community.
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Post by coachmitts on Jan 21, 2012 14:23:31 GMT -6
I love those Friday night lights!
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Post by gambler00 on Jan 21, 2012 19:56:13 GMT -6
I heard Jeff Fisher talk from the Titans and now the Rams and he said high school football is the purest form of football. I like the purity of the game.
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 23, 2012 11:04:11 GMT -6
I'd be intertested to know his reasons why it is "most pure"
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Post by blb on Jan 23, 2012 11:21:59 GMT -6
I'd be intertested to know his reasons why it is "most pure" Because Fisher didn't have to deal with parents in NFL and has never been fired from a HS job. Closest he came was having Bud Adams as an owner - kind of like a clueless administrator. |
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Post by wolfden12 on Jan 23, 2012 11:37:19 GMT -6
The opportunity to take part and contribute to an area that was so dear to me. Everything that goes into being a young man 14-18 and those experiences with having the ability to contribute positively both on and off the field.
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Post by dblwngr on Jan 28, 2012 14:22:57 GMT -6
First and foremost it's all the things already said. The honor of making a difference in a kids life, building men, and so on.
From the standpoint of the game, I just love the diversity of offenses ran at this level. In my career I've had the opportunity to coach the Oline in a double wing system as well as spread gun.
As a defensive cord., in any given season I'll game plan to defend spread, Wing-t, Flexbone, double wing, and a Fly team. I guess I just love the variety!
Not that the money wouldn't be nice, but the Pro game is just so vanilla to me. Zone left, zone right, boot off of zone.....yaaawwnn
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Post by passtowin8 on Feb 7, 2012 12:45:24 GMT -6
i coach high school despite being 19 years old i intend a coaching college career after i am done with college but right now i couldn't ask for anything better then what i am doing now i coach the freshman wrs and assist the dbs on the same level while also helping the j.v during games and also i am in the booth during varsity games. dont get paid but i really dont care bout that right now . i love being around the kids and the program its also my sixth year coaching plan being around the game for a long time
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Post by coachbrown3 on Feb 15, 2012 12:13:42 GMT -6
I also thought I would go the college route after my playing days. I even had an opportunity to follow one of our GA's to Okla. St. I was still in grad school at the time & wasn't sure about moving cross country (I live in Pennsylvania). While I sometimes dream about being at a Big 12 school, I do love HS football. Seeing the kids grow up from 8th/9th grade to graduation, helping them to learn how to be a man, providing a positive influence for kids who may not have one....what could be better than that? Oh yeah, and you get to compete every week. Nothing can beat it...I'll coach as long as my wife will let me  |
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