Post by wccoach on Nov 22, 2007 21:42:22 GMT -6
I am with a city school that has not been very good for a number of years, but has a proud and influential alumni. Last year's HC was recently let go after a winless season. The administration has told me that the rest of the coaching staff is also going to be let go, but they want me to come back next year. This season was a disaster for many reasons, but mainly because the HC "just wanted the kids to have fun". I voiced my displeasure with this direction and was instructed by the HC to follow his policy of fun and if I could not that I did not have a place on his staff. I kept my mouth shut and did as instructed. I was contacted by many of the alumni throughout the year and never once threw the HC under the bus. I am and have always been loyal to the HC and I was planning to leave after this year.
I am now being asked by both the alumni and the administration about being the new HC. I have been an assistant coach for over 24 years and never a head coach. I am NOT a teacher or at the school during the school day. I am confident in my ability to build a successful program and have experience coaching with a large school that won multiple state championships. I just don't see how a coach that is not in school each day can be an effective head coach. I have expressed this concern in a meeting with the administration and alumni that was held yesterday. They do not think that my not being in the building is that big an issue. I think they are wrong, but I had 6 calls today, 2 during Thanksgiving Dinner, from parents and alumni encouraging me to take the job. I really am concerned with this issue. Are there any of you coaches out there that have been the HC and not a teacher or administrator at the School? Have you ever heard of a program that had a HC that was not in the building?
Although I am not in the building during school, I am there after school each day to run the off season program. I also attend about 15 basketball games each year and an equal amount of track meets/baseball games during the spring. I am well known to the students and have never missed a single football activity during my 3 seasons with this team. I love these kids and drive many of them home after practice and games, as well as, I have walked out with 2 players on senior nite because their father's were not in the picture and their mother did not care to show up.
I am very conflicted with this situation. Please give me some opinions on what you guys think. Thanks
I am now being asked by both the alumni and the administration about being the new HC. I have been an assistant coach for over 24 years and never a head coach. I am NOT a teacher or at the school during the school day. I am confident in my ability to build a successful program and have experience coaching with a large school that won multiple state championships. I just don't see how a coach that is not in school each day can be an effective head coach. I have expressed this concern in a meeting with the administration and alumni that was held yesterday. They do not think that my not being in the building is that big an issue. I think they are wrong, but I had 6 calls today, 2 during Thanksgiving Dinner, from parents and alumni encouraging me to take the job. I really am concerned with this issue. Are there any of you coaches out there that have been the HC and not a teacher or administrator at the School? Have you ever heard of a program that had a HC that was not in the building?
Although I am not in the building during school, I am there after school each day to run the off season program. I also attend about 15 basketball games each year and an equal amount of track meets/baseball games during the spring. I am well known to the students and have never missed a single football activity during my 3 seasons with this team. I love these kids and drive many of them home after practice and games, as well as, I have walked out with 2 players on senior nite because their father's were not in the picture and their mother did not care to show up.
I am very conflicted with this situation. Please give me some opinions on what you guys think. Thanks
