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Post by coachturel on Dec 3, 2008 22:53:04 GMT -6
At Eastern Michigan, they offer a coaching degree for prospective coaches. My dream obviously is to be a head coach one day but have any of you heard of this mentioned in an interview or attained something similar?
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 4, 2008 6:28:22 GMT -6
yeah, they usually just call it "phys ed"
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Post by hammerhead on Dec 4, 2008 7:04:56 GMT -6
Here in the state of Iowa you must have a coaching degree in order to be on the practice or game field. You do not have to have a teaching degree or be employed by the school district as a certified teacher in order to coach. My assistant coach is the County Sheriff and has a coaching degree. So yes my AD asked to see his coaching certificate before I could hire him. Also all our volunteer coaches have to have the degree also.
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Post by mib36 on Dec 4, 2008 7:57:47 GMT -6
United States Sports Academy. Alumni include Mike Leach and Mike Vollmar (Alabama). www.ussa.edu/ |
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Post by wingtol on Dec 4, 2008 10:09:25 GMT -6
Here in the state of Iowa you must have a coaching degree in order to be on the practice or game field. You do not have to have a teaching degree or be employed by the school district as a certified teacher in order to coach. My assistant coach is the County Sheriff and has a coaching degree. So yes my AD asked to see his coaching certificate before I could hire him. Also all our volunteer coaches have to have the degree also. Is that like a bachelors deg. or some kind of training that you need to take to get the certificate? I know when I was graduating they were starting a minor in coaching in the PE dept. I find it hard that they require an actually bachelors degree in coaching. |
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Post by hammerhead on Dec 4, 2008 10:51:24 GMT -6
No degree. You need to complete successfully 4 courses. Theory of Ethics of Coaching, Human Growth and Development, Physiology, Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries. Upon completion you must have transcripts sent to Ia Board of Examiners. You also must also have your fingerprints sent along with a background check. When everything clears, then you will receive a certificate.
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Post by Bill Vasko on Dec 4, 2008 18:22:39 GMT -6
I would not limit yourself to such a narrow degree. You can always take coaching or sports management as a minor or specialization area. If you think that getting a degree in coaching will improve your chances of getting a college coaching job, it will not. Want to improve your chances? Get a degree in a viable area and be a student asst. for your institution's football program. That will get you what you really need to become a college coach--EXPERIENCE!!
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Post by hammerhead on Dec 4, 2008 18:59:12 GMT -6
My bad, I misread the post. I was thinking of a person working in the community that was not connected to the school system and wanted to coach. I agree totally with MAXX.
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Post by coachdubyah on Dec 4, 2008 19:02:36 GMT -6
Sports Management is definitely the way to go. I have a H and PE degree. I am starting on my master's degree in the summer in Sports Management. With that you can be a Head Coach, Athletic Director, Both, general manager, or even an agent. Very broad. However, as far as the GM you have to take some other classes. But Sports Management is definitely the way to go for a Masters. A lot of coaches go with Administration (Principal). That is not for me. I have known a lot of coaches that go that route and they hate it, I have seen it and I don't want it.
The Sports Academy in Alabama is a great institution and very well known.
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Post by coachcb on Dec 5, 2008 8:53:11 GMT -6
Okay, so if you are coaching high school football, you need to be off of work for 2 solid weeks of 2-days, you need to be on the practice field by around 3pm during the week, AND you'll basically need to take every other Friday off from latre August until November.
The only profession where you are going to find that kind of flexibility (without using up all of your paid vacation) is teaching. Just getting a degree in "coaching" isn't going to cut it.
Also, if you want to be a head coachor a coordinator, chances are, the school is going to want you to be in the building during the day. Just having a sport's management degree isn't going to cut it; you'd btter have some sort of teaching degree as well.
Honestly, if you want to have a flexible degree that will basically allow you to teach/coach anywhere, get a math education degree.
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Post by coachturel on Dec 5, 2008 10:46:05 GMT -6
I should have mentioned it was a minor degree... 23 credits. The reason I ask is because I'm a double major (social studies and history) along with secondary teaching so I don't have a lot of room each semester to fit in other classes. That being said, if this degree would REALLY help me in the long run I would like to go for it. Thanks for the feedback so far guys.
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Post by coachdubyah on Dec 5, 2008 16:31:31 GMT -6
Okay, so if you are coaching high school football, you need to be off of work for 2 solid weeks of 2-days, you need to be on the practice field by around 3pm during the week, AND you'll basically need to take every other Friday off from latre August until November. The only profession where you are going to find that kind of flexibility (without using up all of your paid vacation) is teaching. Just getting a degree in "coaching" isn't going to cut it. Also, if you want to be a head coachor a coordinator, chances are, the school is going to want you to be in the building during the day. Just having a sport's management degree isn't going to cut it; you'd btter have some sort of teaching degree as well. Honestly, if you want to have a flexible degree that will basically allow you to teach/coach anywhere, get a math education degree. Coach, I was referring to Sports Management as a masters if you did not want to get into Administration (Principal). Sorry, I should have made myself a little clearer. It would be wise to get a Bachelors in: History, Math, English, or Health and PE. I agree with you, just having a "Coaching Degree" is not a wise choice. |
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Post by Bill Vasko on Dec 6, 2008 8:50:57 GMT -6
I agree with these last few posts---picking up sports management as a minor and also as a master's program--both great ideas!!
Coach Turel, if you are currently in school, I would scrap the extra classes in favor of being a student assistant with the college program if at all possible. That experience will be invaluable--both in your development as a coach and as a resume builder.....
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