"wasting a spot" on video coordinator

Try one of the AV people?

Or one of the computer teachers may be a good option. If they know nothing about football they have no bias for anything I guess. Just tell them exactly what you want.

can you split a contract and pay a student to do this?

and/or get a managerial type kid (cough cough Stefan) to do this for credit (extended studies)

Unless you plan on filming every practice, it would seem that relegating a staff position for a guy that shows up once or twice a week would be a waste, no? I realize beggars can't be choosers, but you likely could find a FT game-night filmer among the boosters / dads, and just be responsible for dubbing the film yourself.

Will you be using Video Cataloguing / scouting via computer software ala DSV/ ProScout? If not, the VC title would be rather hollow, yes?

AIR---

Is the choice between either the VC getting the stipend..or the district saving the money? If so, screw the district, and pay SOMEBODY to help you out...

Hey Air,
I was hired in 02 to be the second film guy for varsity and coach jr high and freshmen plus I was the head coach of our sixth grade team. I did endzone that first year. The second year my wife filmed endzone and I coached on the sideline as a asst coach on the varsity. After that year, Coach Dunn said that Father filmers wanted to watch their kids play without having to work filming and asked me to become the fulltime video coordinator in which I film practice 3 days a week during the season,(Mon, Tues, Wed). I film all freshmen, JV, and varsity games. I have taught a couple moms to film middle school games. It is important I feel that your VC has football experience so he will know what he or she is filming. I dub the film onto a DVD then make copies using a duplicator so each coach depending on what level could have copies. I also make plenty of copies for the kids provided that they bring me their own dvds. I load all varsity games into a computer for tight,wide, and endzone on friday nights for film breakdown and we use DSV. I get all of that done by 2 am. By then, I normally have the opponents film for I send a asst coach to pick it up that night if the other team will agree to it. By 8 am I have made copies onto DVD for the coaches to take home to study during the week. I also load the trade copies onto the computer and ODK it for the coaches that walk in about 8.
I operate personally the tripod that shoots a wide and a tight and I taught a young lady that is a teacher at the school to shoot the endzone version which we use a cranking system from EndZone Video so she never has to get off the ground.
If you are having trouble finding CECPs that are student asst. I had good luck looking for them on the Texas 5A football forum. I had two kids come from Katy TX that helped us last year. One stayed for this next year and the other entered the military. I found another CECP student coach because I ran into him at Walmart and I coached him in jr high several years ago. I even made requests on Ken Ramsey board in La for student CECPs. They are your best bet. The video from the practices are really important so coaches can go back and review practice to see what they put in really works. A lot of the time, they can't see everything that is happening on the field. I am a paid VC, it would be very hard to ask someone to do all that I do for free. I suggest paying someone to do the job.