How to go about becoming a graduate assistant?

Contact college you are interested in and let the Head Coach know that you are interested in becoming a GA. Do NOT fax resume to him without first contacting (meeting in person) the Head Coach. Sometimes you may start out as student assistant if you are in college right now and work your way up to GA.

After teaching & coaching hs football for 4 years, I sent a basic form letter to 50 DII & DIAA schools and followed up with a phone call. This was 1995, I got 1 interview - studied and prepared my butt off and got a paid GA position at a DII school which included - in-state tuition, partial "academic" scholarship, room & board and $7000 stipend. I had to teach 3 classes per semester (intro/general pe), work in the ex phys lab 6 hours per week as a TA, & spend 10 - 16 hours in season, 8 - 10 hours off-season a day on football. As a GA we worked 12 months / 6 to 7 days a year - every camp / fund raiser / function all summer long. Lots & lots of hours - very high expectations from position coaches and head coach - very little to no recognition (verbally or monetarily). However, I got to coach my own position the last year and go on the road recruiting. I made great contacts (including one current NFL coach and 3 DIA coaches) and got to spring visit with many DIA and pro staffs. It was well worth the lack of sleep and the constant "harassment" by some of the full timers.

I just recieved a GA position. I would say if you played college ball talk to your coaches they will know some people who may be looking. If not look on footballscoop.com they have job openings posted daily. Apply to every job you see on there and hopefully you get an interview. In the interview i would suggest to have another copy of ur resume and references. If you have to present i would suggest to have a handout/powerpoint for the coaches to follow along with . It shows that you are organized and prepared for the interview. If you want to see my resume/powerpoint or anything else just PM me

Coach Europe,

Most high school coaches are teachers, but not all of them. Some districts really prefer to hire teachers as coaches. Some are more open to non teaching staff. It seems advantageous to have the HC in the building, but there are many successful coaches who are not. At most high schools the coaches are full time teachers but get paid a small amount to coach, like 2-5 thousand dollars lets say. I understand that in a few states they might have a head coach who doesn't teach many classes. At the larger college levels all the coaches are full time coaches. At the smaller levels you see some of them having to teach or do other things. I'm sure some of the college guys on here can give you more info on that. Good luck!

coacheurope...2-5 thousand a YEAR.

Generally in the U.S High school coaches are paid to TEACH CLASS, not coach football. The 2-5 thousand is simply a stipend for the extra work they do outside the classroom. Very VERY few U.S. schools have coaches who get paid a living wage simply to coach football.

At the college level, All Division 1A coaches are fulltime. At the higher levels, the probably make from 50,000 (low end position coach) to 4million (higher end head coach) a year.

At the 1AA level, there are a mix of coaching arrangements. There is a position called "restricted earnings" coach, who makes generally 10-20,000 a year max. They work full time, but don't get paid a great deal. Other position coaches and coordinators probably make in the range of 30,000-50,000 obviously with some schools falling outside the range.

At the lower 1AA levels, and all levels below, you will often see a coching staff made up of one or two full time coaches, one or two graduate assistants, one or two full time restricted earnings guys, and one or two coaches who teach high school (or work in the private sector) who come coach in the afternoon.