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Jul 15, 2018 14:58:50 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 14:58:50 GMT -6
Anyone here coach at the Division II level? If so what do you see as the pros and cons of coaching in it?
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 15, 2018 16:24:07 GMT -6
Cons: 1) Low pay for assistant coaches. 2) Uneven Scholarship distribution among conferences. Some offer the full 36, some as low as 10. 3) Many low academic players, be it JUCO or D1 bouncebacks, and with those come off-field problems. 4) Low budgets outside of the schools who could be D1 like Grand Valley State, so you will have to fundraise. 4) Recruiting and the view that D2 is even with High School teams.
Pros: 1) You can be very creative to how you create your roster with scholarship distribution. 2) You will get a ton of experience in all aspects of football as you will be the support staff as well. 3) You will get some great athletes that don't make the grades for D1. 4) There are real play-offs. 5) If you can get on the right staff it can be a great resume builder. 6) The fan base is small but very loyal.
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Post by Coach Vint on Jul 16, 2018 13:10:30 GMT -6
I spent a few years coaching at the DII level. If you are at a good school it is a very good experience. I was at a D2 with 6,500 students on campus and a well-run athletic program. We were a high academic school with a decent budget. The school paid for all of our recruiting travel and our trip to the AFCA Convention and if we visited another school to talk ball. Our head coach was well-organized and ran the program well. We were not fully-funded scholarship wise but the school was working to improve our scholarships. We had 24, and the school had a plan to increase that to 36 in a few years. The pay was not horrible, but position coaches made less than a high school teacher/coach.
If you are going to be a full-time coach, you have to consider the pay. If you are a teacher/coach at the HS level you probably make more than you will at a D2. Will you make enough to live? Is the head coach someone who is going to move up in the profession? Or, is he a D2 Lifer? Has he helped coaches advance in the profession. If you want to coach at the college level, then coach at the college level. I loved the aspect of coaching being 90% of my job. At some D2's you might teach a class or two. It is still much less than your high school teaching load.
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