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Post by ycfootball14 on Oct 25, 2007 9:42:15 GMT -6
I am looking into moving to Colorado in the next few years. I am currently a head coach at a 4A school in MS. If you have any information about pay scale, good areas, or just some good info I would appreciate it.
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Post by semi-pro64 on Oct 29, 2007 9:26:31 GMT -6
Football in Colorado is probably not as serious as you are used too. While it is the most popular high school sport, it is not as big of a deal as it is in other states, especially in the south. Most city schools and larger schools have to share stadiums with other schools in their district, it is disappointing, you can play 8 games at the same place just switching sidelines/locker rooms for half of them. This stadium may be 10 or 15 miles from your school so you don't get the "community feeling" you would a lot of places. The smaller towns in Colorado can close the town down during games. No full-time coaches, I think head coaches make 3000 to 5000 depending on the school in addition to teaching. Asst make 500-1500. Colorado does allow non-teachers to coach, you just have to get certification via Colorado High School Activities Association (www.chsaa.org). No football coaches association but a state high coaches association colohsca.org.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Oct 29, 2007 15:43:04 GMT -6
I'll second what semi-pro said. I left CO 5A to return to tiny school football in Nebraska. It is a much bigger deal here (school of 72) than it was there (school of 2100).
Pay- better here (actually same, but when you factor in cost of living... I'm nearly wealthy here).
Teaching load- better here (teach 1/2 time... most of that is weights... there 5 English classes).
Support- no question... better here.
I had a bad experience in CO, though I am a native of CO and we won the league 4 out of 6 years (second the other two years)... I wouldn't trade my experience there... but I wouldn't go back to that either.
That being said, there are good athletes there, HS football is improving and there are good places to coach ("good" will depend on what you value). The state governing board is much more progressive in its support of football than it was when I was there.
It is a beautiful state, and if city life appeals to you... or life on the eastern plains, or life in the mountains... there can be good places to coach/teach there. Definitely some places to avoid though...
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Post by jraybern on Oct 29, 2007 16:10:34 GMT -6
This may be WAY off base, but I think CO is more strict on requirements for teaching licenses. What I mean by that is I am pretty sure that when I took my content test in chemistry, the passing score was higher for CO than for basically all other states. Is this correct? This may not be an issue for you ycfootball.
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Post by coachjimmer on Oct 29, 2007 22:48:56 GMT -6
What part of Colorado do you plan to move?
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Post by jsucoach79 on Oct 30, 2007 10:41:01 GMT -6
I am looking into moving to Colorado in the next few years. I am currently a head coach at a 4A school in MS. If you have any information about pay scale, good areas, or just some good info I would appreciate it. where are you in MS? I'm in MS as weell. |
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