JoshC
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Post by JoshC on Mar 7, 2019 11:35:05 GMT -6
This whole hiring teachers thing is making it hard for me to stay at my current coaching job. Admin at my coaching job has been talking for 3 years now about bringing me on as a teacher, and for the 3rd year now, it's looking like I won't be brought on. I am currently teaching in a position that puts me in a bad mood on almost a daily basis and I'm looking for a change, especially because I'll be coming home to a wife next school year. Might have the potential to change schools in a new district, but then coaching at my current school would be difficult because of the drive / time school lets out. It's stressful because we are in year 3 of a rebuild and I really don't want to leave, but the (future) wife and my 7-3 job has to take priority over the 3-6 coaching. If the school I coached at would be willing to get me in the door for an interview (Admin can't seem to get the Department Chair to interview coaches) I feel like I would be able to land a job and life would be great. But it's hard holding on to a crappy job just to be able to coach a few months out of the year. I'm lucky that my future wife supports the idea of me having a long coaching career, but she won't support me too long if I'm coming home bitter about my job. Why aren't you coaching at the school for which you currently teach? I completely understand your situation. Not all spots are equal. I often tell people that while teaching may be a widespread profession, that does not mean there are many "good" jobs available. I just asked the above question to highlight the irony that someone in your position may be preventing another coach from getting a job at your current teaching school. It does highlight the irony of the topic. I don't coach at my school I teach at for 2 reasons - I'm the O-Line coach, Run Game coordinator (fancy word for getting to call the short yardage run game) and ST coordinator. If I were to coach at the school I teach, I'd be the assistant O-Line coach. I believe that more responsibility now will help me advance in my coaching career. Also, at my coaching school, one of my real good friends is the HC, my brother is the DC, and some other friends are on the staff. I have a hell of a time coaching with these guys and our program has grown tremendously in the two years we've been there.
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Post by coachcb on Mar 7, 2019 11:50:07 GMT -6
I would "yes" if club sports in this country would get their chit together. Soon might be the word making my statement incorrect. However, we seem to have many threads discussing "shortage of coaches" and yet club sports seem to show there are people out there that want to coach... These are just my observations, so take them as you will. Club sports draw coaches around here for two reasons: 1. They pay very well. I know Legion baseball coaches around here that make $20k per season. But, this causes another problem within club sports; they can afford to pay the coaches that amount because they charge through the teeth. This limits the number of kids that can play and also provides an incentive for the coaches to push specialization; they get another stipend for coaching "fall ball" 2. Club sports that are hard up for coaches will hire coaches that the high school programs won't touch. In one season of coaching youth football, the league made me take on an assistant that had been fired from an indoor league for grabbing a 10 year old by the facemask and screaming and swearing at him.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 7, 2019 11:56:58 GMT -6
Soon might be the word making my statement incorrect. However, we seem to have many threads discussing "shortage of coaches" and yet club sports seem to show there are people out there that want to coach... These are just my observations, so take them as you will. Club sports draw coaches around here for two reasons: 1. They pay very well. I know Legion baseball coaches around here that make $20k per season. But, this causes another problem within club sports; they can afford to pay the coaches that amount because they charge through the teeth. This limits the number of kids that can play and also provides an incentive for the coaches to push specialization; they get another stipend for coaching "fall ball" 2. Club sports that are hard up for coaches will hire coaches that the high school programs won't touch. In one season of coaching youth football, the league made me take on an assistant that had been fired from an indoor league for grabbing a 10 year old by the facemask and screaming and swearing at him. Don't get me wrong. I am not advocating for the switch from school based to club based. I am simply making an observation that it may be coming.
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Post by coachcb on Mar 7, 2019 12:15:44 GMT -6
These are just my observations, so take them as you will. Club sports draw coaches around here for two reasons: 1. They pay very well. I know Legion baseball coaches around here that make $20k per season. But, this causes another problem within club sports; they can afford to pay the coaches that amount because they charge through the teeth. This limits the number of kids that can play and also provides an incentive for the coaches to push specialization; they get another stipend for coaching "fall ball" 2. Club sports that are hard up for coaches will hire coaches that the high school programs won't touch. In one season of coaching youth football, the league made me take on an assistant that had been fired from an indoor league for grabbing a 10 year old by the facemask and screaming and swearing at him. Don't get me wrong. I am not advocating for the switch from school based to club based. I am simply making an observation that it may be coming. You're correct, it could be coming. I, for one, wouldn't be opposed to it if club sports were better run. I have a friend who was outsourced overseas for three years and his boy participated in all kinds of club sports and they loved it. They came back to the states and now his boy hates half of the sports he participated in. The kiddo has basically started to specialize in hockey as the club hockey program he's in does things the right way.
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