Difficulty of landing a D3 College position??

Thanks for the reply.
I realize its all about who knows who in the college game. Im just asking these questions out of curiosity for now but you never know what the future might hold.

Actually this post reminds me of a story that explains how the world can work in weird ways and the significance of taking one last shot at getting an opportunity. I heard this at a clinic from Cincinnati Bengals OL coach Paul Alexander.

He was a senior OL'man at Cortland State (NY) and realized he wanted to get into college coaching. He spent a whole year writing hundreds of letter to college teams, looking to do anything for them; water boy, towel boy, ball boy, coffee boy, whatever it took. He got no replies. He knew he wanted to go to grad school and so he applied to Penn State and was accepted. During those two years, he would call, write, stop by Paternos office and seek a job doing ANYTHING. He never was offered.

He got a call from his old HS Principal with a job offer to be an assistant and teach physics. He told his principal that he would think about it over night, but he actually wanted one more chance to call Paterno. Well he called, and the secretary answered the phone and he said "Hello this is Paul Alexander, I am wondering if Coach Paterno is available to speak to?" Well, the secretary knew that Coach Paterno was looking to meet with a player on the team with a last name of Alexander, but she must have got the names conflicted and gave PAUL the phone number to Paterno's house. Paul called and Paterno went IRATE "HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER, WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME" and so forth. Paul hung up and said "well I ain't getting that job, and I dont know if I would want to coach for that SOB anyways."

Paterno finds out about the mishap in communication, calls Paul the next day, apologizes and asks PAUL to come in and gave him a video cut up task as an interview and hired him that day! Less than 10 years, he is in the NFL. He stated the most influential person in his life was that secretary (he stated her name, I forgot). But one hell of a story!

A friend who was a D1 Asst mentions the word 'trust'' a lot when I ask him about college jobs. He says that HC's tend to hire people they trust. That means established relationships and a familiarity with how they work - their loyalty, work ethic, ability to establish relationships with the players, recruiting ability, ability to think on the feet . . .

That speech by Uban Meyer at the 2005 AFCA proceedings was pretty informative. Among the things he outlined that he expected from his coaches were:

- he meets with the spouses of each coach he hires and he tells them that he expects loyalty
- they are expected to recruit 2-3 players per year, and they are held accountable for the success of their players - it determines their raises.
- they are expected to go the training room, study table, physical therapy with their players.
- they are in the weight room with their players