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Post by FlexboneOne on Mar 2, 2007 20:18:02 GMT -6
what can you tell me about the little nuances of college coaching? I just found out that I got the assistant's job at my local D-III school (defensive), and I am curious as to the overal nature of things that I should expect....WHAT SAY YOU?
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Post by tvt50 on Mar 2, 2007 21:58:44 GMT -6
Just wanted to say congrats!!!
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Post by dubber on Mar 2, 2007 22:57:39 GMT -6
I coached D III-----Every player wants to start, they were stars in high school, and most of them expect to be the man in college. Expect a low resitivism rate [that is not even close to being spelled correctly] after their freshman year. Once they are starters, then it becomes all about the team (in d3, these guys play for the love---no $), but up until that point, your second string NG will think he is better than the the starter. Not a lot of self-sacrificing guys.
Good news is, you get to pick out the groceries. Players are your guys, not just someone living in the district. You can be more cerebal with the kids. You can demand more. You can cut block down field (bad news for you).
I had a blast doing it, and someday would love to do it full time----it'd be nice to teach one class a semester and do nothing BUT football!!!!
Hoped I helped, what college is it???
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Post by fbairattack on Mar 3, 2007 9:47:26 GMT -6
I found kind of the opposite when I was at a D-III school in Minnesota....Players seemed to be there because of the love of the game and didn't have big attitudes about starting or not, they wanted to start but where very supportive of each other. They are playing for free and most were stars at their high schools but either lacked size or speed to go to bigger schools.
Biggest advantage I saw at D-III was the growth of the kids. You will get kids that others thought too small to play and they will amaze you with their growth. We had a kid come to school as a 6'3 210 pound TE and graduated as a 6'5 290 DE that went to play 3 years with the Buccaneers and Vikings.
Its a great opportunity....ENJOY!!!!
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Post by coachjblair on Mar 3, 2007 10:49:40 GMT -6
The key is the program you go to. Some schools will have a bunch of me 1st players like dubber was talking about and other schools won't have these players because they cut or get rid of these types of players. The key is the program you are in.
Also the big thing in D3 is that recruiting is more intense because there is no letter of intent which says that the player can't go else where so you have to recruit the player until the day he steps on campus.
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Post by coachjd on Mar 3, 2007 12:08:06 GMT -6
get ready to spend a lot of hours in the office and on the phone. At a small college there is no such thing as a signing date. You may have one, but you will be recruiting right up to the day you start practice. You will find you will have to re-recruit a lot of these kids and keep convincing them to honor their commitment.
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Post by kr7263 on Mar 3, 2007 12:24:14 GMT -6
I have coached DIII for the last 8 years. I agree with most of the posts. There is some turnover year to year - generally keeps pace with the regular student body. We usually bring in 30 - 40 kids a year and generally have 15 - 20 seniors. Academics always come first, we have kids miss practice due to academic committments etc. Time committment is huge 7 days a week in-season, 6 days a week off-season (on the phone nights from Dec - Mar; recruit weekends - every weekend Jan & Mar. Love the kids, love the attitudes, love the work ethic, we only recruit 25 act 3.3 gpa or higher. I have gotten to work with 3 guys now DI assts. 2 guys now pro assts and 2 guys HC at DII. Great experience.
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Post by playfast on Mar 3, 2007 19:50:42 GMT -6
Worked D-III ball and it was a great experience. Learned a lot. D-III might not get the pub. but it is solid football. Work hard and learn.
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