head coach compensation

los,
that's par for the course at a lot of private schools, especially the small ones. your pay for coaching is all rolled into your regular salary. You're also expected to do a ton of things outside of just teaching and coaching.

As usual, tog, it is an attempt to say that coaching is overpaid in regards to teaching. What the article doesn't take into consideration are the total duties of everyone and the amount of time expected of everyone. Teachers do not put in the hours per day, or the days per year, that head coaches/ad/ac's are required to put in. Most teachers are on 10 month (187 days) contracts, where as the head coaches/ac are under 12 month contracts. Certainly straight teachers put in extra time above what is required, but not to the extent of coaches are other extra-curricular personnel.
What would you expect from the media?

Calande,

I was just about to say the same thing- I don't even consider it a pay check, I think of it more as a X-Mas bonus. With all the time I put in year round. It comes out to about .10 cents an hour, but for me, its not about the money, its about the LOVE for the game and what it did for me as a youngster growing up!

And that can't be the pay scale for all texas coaches?

No thats just the Dallas area.. But, the pay scale does seem to be similar throughout.. I know a couple of years ago the Longview coahc made around 110k and I know Dick Olin makes over 85k at Lee Bay Town. It wont be long before I myself leave Louisiana heading for Texas in search of more money.

i can t talk much about HC salaries since I am an assistant interviewing for the HC spot.

In NM, being a first year teacher, I make 30K, plus 3300 stipend for being an assistant.
Should i get the HC position, i will still make 30k as a teacher, plus a stipend of 6k for the HC position.

I don't think some of you understand. Coaches in the state of Texas are also employed as teachers or in other school positions. Only private schools are allowed to hire non-school employees as coaches. That means the head coach/ad is usually considered to be an administrator as well. At places like Southlake Carroll, Coach Dodge administers an athletic program that inludes many, many boys and girls sports. He must be in attendance at most of these events, check on the coaches and evaluate their performances, as well as take care of a lot of paperwork. It is not just about football. These coaches are almost always under 12 month contracts, so they actually work the year around.
Assist. coaches also teach classes, for which they are paid the school standard for teachers, then are paid a stipend for each additional extra-curricular activity they coach. Some schools will pay per activity; some only pay a lump sum.
Coaches might also be compensated for extra days they work in the summer, but not at all schools. The coaches at this school keep the book and clock for basketball game, but are not paid for it. Other schools I have been at have paid for that.
The most important consideration for the pay that a coach in Texas makes is the property value of the district they work for. Since everything except the base salary is paid from local taxes, the richer the school district, the more money everyone can expect to make, not just the coaches.