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Post by rsmith627 on Aug 14, 2018 19:52:07 GMT -6
To lose 10-15 pounds each fall. It always seems to be one or the other (lose a lot or gain a lot). I am in the lose group as well, I am basically replacing a mid day snack with 2 hours of running around the field and coaching, gotta be at least a 500 calorie swing each day. Some seasons I lose 10, some I gain 10. Seems like in the more successful seasons I lose it (less beer is needed).
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Aug 14, 2018 20:26:11 GMT -6
My dad passed away before I got to HS and I personally needed the male role model those 4 years, so many kids today are growing up without that I want to be able to help anyway I can.
That and I love football and competition
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Post by jlenwood on Aug 15, 2018 5:43:50 GMT -6
For me (retired), I got into the coaching game because I loved coaching - no matter the sport - but I really loved football. Once in, I was devoted to the X and O part of the game but within about two-three years I was coaching for an entirely different reason. The comradery of coaches, the relationships with the kids you coach and so on.
I always felt a sense of purpose and like I was doing my job most when you would suddenly see it click for a kid. Something you drilled and taught and instructed, and then the light went on and the player REALIZED they could do it to me was priceless. Getting better at the craft of coaching was extremely fulfilling as well. I was a coach who LOVED practice and prep, so to me the game was a time for the kids to be rewarded, practice was where I got my reward.
I remember a post I made probably 6-7 years ago where I reminded guys to take even just a minute on Friday nights to look around and just soak in the environment. Just look around at the blessing it is and the privilege it is to be a football coach, there is nothing like it. It took me a while before I went back to any games at my school I coached at, and the first minute I was there in the stands was demoralizing. Man I wanted a set of head phones just to hear the back and forth and the ball busting us coaches used to give each other. But honestly, once I made it through a few games, I didn't miss it as much as I thought I would.
If you are a football coach because it is all about the game, you are missing the boat.
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Post by blb on Aug 16, 2018 11:58:37 GMT -6
Yes. There are tons of HS football coach groupies out there. They love guys who spend all their time worrying about how they’re going to block a squeezing 4 technique and get paid pennies!!! Actually, how many overweight football coaches end up with wives that are out of their league? Speaking from experience.
I always tried to take my wife along to head coaching interviews.
I might not be their first choice, but she would be.
I'm pretty sure she helped me get at least a couple jobs.
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Post by coachZL on Aug 21, 2018 14:55:50 GMT -6
When I got into coaching I was young and dumb. I figured what the hell why not do it for a few years. I figured it would be a couple of hours for practice and then game day. Little did I know I would be making less than 10 cents an hour and put in more time away from the field than I could possibly imagine at that time. (The guy who brought me into this great profession neglected to mention the commitment that was actually needed)
Another thing I did not realize is how much more rewarding coaching football would be than anything else I was doing at that time and that I would still be doing it 10 years later. Building friendships with fellow coaches, and seeing the range of emotions that, at times, overwhelm kids throughout a season. Watching kids literally mature year to year if not even month to month.
I met my wife while coaching football (she was/is a teacher on campus) and dammit she thinks its damn sexy that I choose to give my time to be apart of our community. I am definitely one of those coaches who got very lucky with the gal I ended up with. It takes a special person to be a coaches wife.
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