Winning FB Program's Value to School & Community

The benefits are innumerable. Football is the bell cow.
I see a lot more school pride in perennial winning programs. In my observations there are a lot more faculty, staff, and students who wear school apparel to school....because they have pride in the school and community. In the community it is lot easier to raise money because everyone likes to support a winner and wants that sign in their shop window saying the donated.

Old admin told me once, "As the football teams goes, so does the school year."

IMO, the value of a successful football team isn't able to be quantified. As Coachcb just said, the cascade effect of impacting all boys sports is incalculable.
I've been a part of 3 successful football schools, the amount of confidence those kids had allowed them to attempt more things in life in general(academics, athletics, etc.).

I'm currently at a football tradition poor school, and our kids have 0 confidence. THis applies in all aspects of life, sports, academics, weight training, etc. Just a total fear of failure.

So my question is how do you measure the value of confidence?

Football starts the school year. Like others have said school spirit is better at schools with winning programs. The schools I’ve worked at that had mediocre or bad programs were all really negative IMO

I’ve also noticed that the kids are really quick to talk sh!t about the football program being bad but other sports get somewhat of a pass. It may have been because it directly related to me so I noticed more or it.

@ Coachwoodall, If you read the previous sentence, that is exactly what i said. "I'm currently at a football tradition poor school".

Thanks' to all of you that were willing to share your opinions...

I was hoping that there would be some quantifiable data, or examples available that would illustrate the benefits of having a perennially successful high school football program...perhaps from an economics perspective, or perhaps from a self-efficacy/self-perception perspective.

I think you would have a hard time finding quantifiable data for several reasons. 

-There is a wide range of environments in which we coach. There are multiple high schools in the city I coach in, all within a couple miles of each other. Ergo, the city as a whole doesn't all attach itself to one school, so the community is not all united behind one school- but we are a bigger metro area.

-Lots of your benefits are difficult to quantify (ie happiness). I hate when I hear studies that claim people are 'less happy' than they have ever been. As its just based off opinions that don't have a standardized base measuring point. I guess you could look at test grades, but even the evaluations are always changing and not consistent enough to be viable. 

I had an old Admin tell me once that the football teams performance had nothing to do with how the school year went. Of course, he was an ex-basketball guy and hated football. Our AD and Supt were former music teachers. Do the math. I left after two years

I don't think it has any impact on the school as a whole, but I'm on a forum for football coaches so that isn't going to go over real well probably.

I think it probably has a bigger impact on your (the football coach) perception of how the school year goes.

Having the confidence and belief just to attempt goes A LONG WAY.
One of my most favorite quotes "Wheteher you think you can or you can't, either way you're right." Confidence changes everything about your mindset and attitude.

One would think that would be true... but I have been in the stands enough to know it just isn't so.     Have heard many complaints and criticisms watching  double digit state championship game wins. 

Absolutely. Winning programs lead to fans expecting to win all the time/being unhappy that you aren't winning even more. Losing programs that have always been losers by contrast come with a lot less criticism because no one really cares that much in my experience.