European on your coaching staff

I wouldn't be opposed to have to having a European on the staff. As long as the guy has a passion for the game, loves developing young athletes, and doesn't mind working long hours for essentially no pay, I'm all for it. You would probably have to start out as high school coach, and maybe some college program would take you on as a grad assistant if you decided to further your education.

A couple things concern me about your post, however. You mentioned it would something fun to do in your spare time. In America, football is not a hobby especially to coaches. The good ones view it as their job and coaching has it's own lifestyle and culture. It is your professional and friend network. In my eyes I'm a ball coach who happens to teach a couple math classes ( a flipped class is awesome if you're a coach!) to round out the paycheck. If you commit to coaching and want to stay around in the states, be prepared to wake up early, stay late, and then spend some of your "spare time" watching film, going to staff meetings, going to camps and clinics, being in the weight room, pretty much year round. a lot of guys get out of coaching because in their eyes (or their wives or gf's) the work life balance is too hard to maintain. I'm an assistant lb coach and that is my schedule. The head coach has all of that plus meetings with administrators,vendors,has to deal with parents, the media, I can call him night or day, and he is most likely doing something football related. If all that sounds good to you, and you cannot picture yourself doing anything else, I would say hell yeah, move out of your country at 21 to coach ball. Sounds like a great opportunity.

Many high school coaches in America do the same thing. We teach classes from 8 until 3. Then we coach football after school. Most of us are paid far more for our teaching job than we are for coaching football.

I'll be honest here. I'm completely ignorant to what the quality of ball is over in Europe. I didn't even think that they would have organized American football there until I joined this board. Like most Americans, I felt like American was the greatest brand of anything there was. After reading the posts of some coaches on this board, I'm reforming my opinion of the sport in other countries. But, it's because I have access to their insights. Some coaches will not have had this exposure to such great coaches from other countries and will think the same way I did. It'll be like any other job, just harder to get your foot in the door. But, once you're in the building, you'll be able to prove your worth.