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Post by bulldogoption on Mar 26, 2007 10:07:20 GMT -6
To any of you that are the head coach of 2 sports:::
What do you coach?
Why do you do it?
How do you do it?
Positives?
Negatives?
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Post by larrymoe on Mar 26, 2007 10:58:08 GMT -6
I am not currently, but at my last school I was a Social Studies teacher and the head coach of football, wrestling, and tennis.
Why?- I love football, I have an affair with wrestling, and they paid me really dang well to do tennis.
How?- I don't really know. I was only the head of all three for one spring. It was really hectic. I don't honestly know how I got through it. I resigned tennis that spring. I was planning on resigning wrestling within a couple of years to focus solely on football. It helped I was the head wrestling coach for 2 years before becoming the football coach so I was able to lay the foundations for the program and by year three it kind of ran itself.
Positives- They paid me alot. I was able to get alot of kids out for different sports. Got a lot of football players out to wrestle raising our numbers from 6 the year before I got there to 25 my last year of doing it (3 years). I also went from having 6 tennis players to 28 my second year of doing it. Also got some wrestlers and tennis kids to try football. A couple contributed for us.
Negatives- I would NEVER recommend anyone try this. It's way too much for someone to take on at one time. I was never home, I was way stressed and I was in a constant state of exhaustion. I have promised myself that I will never be the head coach of more than one sport at a time in the future. Unless it's a football/track deal. I went year round coaching sports. It wasn't healthy for me, my wife, or our daughter.
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Post by coachjd on Mar 26, 2007 11:13:42 GMT -6
The coach I just replaced was head basketball coach here for 30 years and head football the last 15 of those 30. I have no idea how he did it. The guy won a ton of games in both sports. He is already a member of the state basketball coaches hall of fame and will be in the state football coaches hall of fame. I was the head track coach, but now that I have been named head football, I dropped the track gig.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2007 16:09:42 GMT -6
A guy in Montana (in 2nd largest classification--roughly 800 kids) is the head coach in basketball and football. His football squad was undefeated state champs and his basketball team just equalled the feat. I think he won 2 state titles this year with a combined coaching record of 38-0.
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Post by fbairattack on Mar 26, 2007 19:10:01 GMT -6
Go Beavers!!
(Im not looking forward to coaching against him)
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Post by CoachJohnsonMN on Mar 26, 2007 19:49:48 GMT -6
Hey JD--love the picture. I was at Gopher practice on Friday when Tubby stopped by. He talked to the team for about 10 minutes. He gave an awesome speech (on the fly I'm sure) concerning dedication to U of M sports, Gopher pride, and developing excitement state wide. WHAT AN EXCITING TIME TO BE A FAN OF THE MAROON & GOLD!!
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Post by oldwarrior on Mar 26, 2007 20:47:38 GMT -6
Assistant Head Football Coach
Head Powerlifting
Head Golf
Offseason Coordinator
I moved to the district with the head coach/AD. He made me the Assistant Head Football Coach / Defensive Coordinator. He asked what other assignments I wanted and those were the ones I requested.
He told me I could just be Assistant HC and Offseason Coordinator, but I requested powerlifting anyway. Golf is just a bonus
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Post by coachstick on Mar 26, 2007 22:15:17 GMT -6
Head football coach
Head track coach
Because they said I had to and because i need the money
It can break up the monotony of the weightroom for me.
It always stresses me out because i cant focus on football.
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Post by fbdoc on Mar 27, 2007 7:34:10 GMT -6
Back in the day I was Had FB and Head Track. Dropped the head track several years ago but still coach hurdlers (picked up throwers this year as well). Good way to stay in touch with the kids.
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Post by scoopandscore on Mar 27, 2007 9:22:10 GMT -6
Head Football - Head Track -- I love coaching.
OK, going to sound like a prude here, but I'm disappointed how many replies dealt with $$ as being the reason. I have never coached a sport for the money. i have fired assistants in both football and track who were in it just for the money.
Positives of coaching two sports - contact with more of the students - after coaching just boys in football its a change of pace coaching girls. Also a different atmosphere in track. I think its a good way to recruit for both football and track. Have turned some track kids into football players and football players into track kids. I'd rather see a kid out for a sport than just afternoon weightlifting anyway. ( i may in the minority on that one in this board).
Negatives - i suppose you can get burned out - but I don't with a break between seasons. I did get burned out when I also was the varsity assistant in basketball - dang long season and as a varsity assistant/jv head coach I felt I was on a bus every night of the week.
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Post by donaldduck on Mar 27, 2007 9:41:23 GMT -6
Head Cross Country Head Softball They asked me to, and it was that or not get a job. I have to admit that I've gained a big appreciation for both sports, especially coaching girls (although its not my first time coaching girls). I can be involved with more kids. That's the reason I'm here is to be a positive force in a kid's life. Negatives - Cross country gets in the way of football sometimes with saturday meets. Especially if we get home on Friday night at 1:00 am and leave for CC at 6:00 am, then fb planning until 7:00 pm.  |
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Post by larrymoe on Mar 27, 2007 11:57:15 GMT -6
The only sport I ever coached for money was tennis. Never played tennis and my biggest pro in getting the job was I knew how to score it. Really they just needed someone to do it who could relate to the kids and keep it alive. That was really my only job.
Rarely is money even a factor in the sports I love to coach. Of my 8 years of coaching football I've only been a paid assistant or head 4 of them. About the same for wrestling. Certainly have never thought about accepting or declining a job just based on the money I'd make as a coach.
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Post by mib36 on Mar 27, 2007 12:13:25 GMT -6
There's a guy near Charlotte who is the Head Football, Head Basketball, Head Track, and Assistant Principal. Too much for me to even think about!
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Post by redandwhite on Mar 28, 2007 17:04:28 GMT -6
I am Head football and assistant track, in the past have also assisted girls' hockey. Can't even imagine now coaching three sports, and certainly can't see myself being able to do two programs full justice as a two-sport HC. However, there is a successful coach in our conference who is head football and boys' BB. His football team over-achieved this fall, and his BB team just played in the State Tournament.
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Post by exkicker on Mar 30, 2007 11:04:43 GMT -6
In my younger days, I did Little League, wrestling and football, all 3 year round for 15 years. Once I became the Head Football coach, I gave the other two up. But now 10 years later I am the Head baseball coach as well as football. At times it can be challenging, the key is being organize and being able to prioritize. Baseball is not as stressful as football because you can lose a few games and still make the playoffs etc. where as football is much more intense. I thought I'd try it and see if I can swing it, so far it has not been too bad. But if push comes to shove I'll give up baseball.
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Post by coachmacplains on Mar 30, 2007 15:31:37 GMT -6
Was head football, basketball and boys' track previous three seasons. Have coached girls' volleyball (6 years), when it was a winter sport here. Am in my 17th year of Head FB/Track (dropped the b-ball this year).
I like the process of working with young men to achieve goals. In 6 years of coaching gals I had a good experience, but there are some definite differences that I had to get used to.
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Post by coacher on Mar 30, 2007 17:04:56 GMT -6
I truly believe head football and head track coach go hand in hand. Spring offseason should be track, as long as you have a sucessful weightlifting program during school.
Coacher
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Post by coachdawhip on Mar 30, 2007 18:58:51 GMT -6
I truly believe head football and head track coach go hand in hand. Spring offseason should be track, as long as you have a sucessful weightlifting program during school.
I agree 100%
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Post by gunandrun on Mar 31, 2007 6:27:19 GMT -6
Head football, head Indoor Track, Co-Head Outdoor track (logistics, S&C, and throwers). I have coached at least one other sport than FB for 17 years now. Would not have it any other way. Love coaching, love the kids, and my wife and daughter are proud of me with no resentment. I had great coaches as a young man that did just what I am doing. Mentors and role models sure can make a difference. Could not ask for a better gig.
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Post by seagull73 on Mar 31, 2007 17:19:52 GMT -6
I don't think I am a great HC but I know I will never be one if I'm splitting my time between 2 sports. When I was an assistant I coached lacrosse in the spring but that all changed when I got a HC job.
In addition it is hard enough to stay married being the HC of 1 sport!!!
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