Coaching as a single dad..

kindergarten may help but during the day, they may have a after school program that will help, i am not a single dad, just make sure you watch out for him, i have 7 kids, six adopted, i have coached straight except for one year off since 1990, i think i have missed out on a lot, you have since you were in the military, you cant get back those years, but football will always be there

Just remember as I once heard a wise coach say "Your players and other coaches aren't going to be the ones who decide what nursing home you end up in some day."

Does his training include earmuffs?

Thanks guys.
Maybe just a little venting.
James and I are very very good. No worries about me being gone too much or any of that.

I like the, "Train him up as a water boy" idea.

Coach my wife passed away suddenly several years ago I had 8th / 5th / 3rd / 1st grade daughters. I was an OC at a big 6A school. I had no one to watch my kids and couldn't afford a sitter, so they HAD to come with me to work. I continued to coach and eventually took a head coaching job, all the while raising my daughters by myself. It hasn't been easy to say the least but it can be done. I just kept them involved in everything I did, they have just had to learn to love football, I know them and me have enjoyed all the time we spend together. They do whatever school activities they have going on then come to the fieldhouse each day do their homework then start helping with whatever needs to be done. During practice they help do all kinds of things Film, water, cleaning, laundry, really anything. My oldest daughter graduated last year, she is in college now she was homecoming queen, all-state in softball, 4.0 student, she worked out with the boys during morning lifts, would help around the locker room after her practices, help me break film down, heck she was better than 3/4 of my assistants. My younger ones are all doing great also, I still have a 10th/8th/6th grader, I got remarried this summer and honestly it has been harder blending the families. Kids are tough: they need love, discipline, and attention, you can still give them these things while you coach. I have asked my oldest daughter on several occasions if she has felt cheated by being raised this way, she says that she didn't feel cheated in the least and that she has spent more time with her dad and sisters than anyone she knows. Like alot of things situations are what you make of them.