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Post by blb on Apr 27, 2023 12:04:56 GMT -6
I interviewed at my alma mater for a 2nd round interview that had a panel. The panel was- Superintendent, AD, HS Asst principal (former "HC" who quit the first day of two a days- the principal was never involved in the process), the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). I did not get the job, but they hired one of my assistants. I applied a year later after he quit and they hired another one of my assistants over me. They must have really not liked you as a student there! |
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Post by larrymoe on Apr 27, 2023 12:47:28 GMT -6
I interviewed at my alma mater for a 2nd round interview that had a panel. The panel was- Superintendent, AD, HS Asst principal (former "HC" who quit the first day of two a days- the principal was never involved in the process), the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). I did not get the job, but they hired one of my assistants. I applied a year later after he quit and they hired another one of my assistants over me. They must have really not liked you as a student there! None of the people, besides the board member, involved with the panel, or really the school, worked there when I went to school there. It was 20 years after I graduated. |
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Post by 19delta on Apr 28, 2023 20:22:52 GMT -6
The only reason for having a large number of people on the interview committee is so no one person shoulders the blame if the person who is hired doesn’t perform well.
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Post by echoofthewhistle on Apr 29, 2023 4:10:25 GMT -6
I interviewed at my alma mater for a 2nd round interview that had a panel. The panel was- Superintendent, AD, HS Asst principal (former "HC" who quit the first day of two a days- the principal was never involved in the process), the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). I did not get the job, but they hired one of my assistants. I applied a year later after he quit and they hired another one of my assistants over me. On the plus side if you ever have to build a staff again you can list them as former assistants that got head coaching jobs, but yes that panel sounds brutal. |
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Post by larrymoe on Apr 29, 2023 6:49:17 GMT -6
I interviewed at my alma mater for a 2nd round interview that had a panel. The panel was- Superintendent, AD, HS Asst principal (former "HC" who quit the first day of two a days- the principal was never involved in the process), the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). I did not get the job, but they hired one of my assistants. I applied a year later after he quit and they hired another one of my assistants over me. On the plus side if you ever have to build a staff again you can list them as former assistants that got head coaching jobs, but yes that panel sounds brutal. I will say, I thought I was pretty good at hiring assistant coaches. In only 9 years as a HC, 6 of my assistants went on to be HS HCs (1 at 2 different jobs) and another one went on to be a D1 position coach. I only had 17 assistants total in those 9 years. 3 of the 17 were previous HCs before working for me |
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Post by Down 'n Out on May 1, 2023 6:55:51 GMT -6
the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). Diversity and inclusivity. Putting people who dont have a clue at the head of things to show how progressive they are. |
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Post by larrymoe on May 1, 2023 8:03:13 GMT -6
the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). Diversity and inclusivity. Putting people who dont have a clue at the head of things to show how progressive they are. The real weird thing was the track coach asked all these weight program questions. Implied they had a program we were expected to adopt. Found out, they never lift. |
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Post by wolverine55 on May 1, 2023 8:42:22 GMT -6
They must have really not liked you as a student there! None of the people, besides the board member, involved with the panel, or really the school, worked there when I went to school there. It was 20 years after I graduated. My alma mater isn't my true alma mater, because it's a different consolidation of schools now. I actually served as varsity OL coach and special teams coordinator at this school in 2008-10. But, since then, I've applied to go back three times. Once to be HC and twice to be an assistant. Literally no response any of those three times, not even the "Thanks for applying, but..." letter or email. I must have done a bang-up job in those three years, lol! |
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Post by newhope on May 1, 2023 11:34:05 GMT -6
I interviewed for a head coach job recently. The interview committee consisted of two adults (AD+one admin) and two players. A current junior and a current sophomore. The whole panel took turns asking questions. I did not get the job and the reason I was told is the coach who got the job won out was because the players liked that he had coached a 5-star kid at one of his previous schools. The players liked the idea of being coached by "that guy's coach." Now in my mind I dodged a bullet. There were other red flags that came up in the interview. They kept talking about how talented the upcoming team was and my response was that it takes more than talent. When I said that the players exchanged a look. I can't see how the two adults could go against what the players wanted because it would get out that players chose one coach and the AD chose another. And if things started going to south they could do south in a hurry. So like I said I dodged a bullet. I can see the AD meeting with the most mature members of the team and polling them about what they would like to see/what's important to them. But then not giving them a place at the table. To me that is just asinine. Is this becoming more common place? Adults in admin positions allowing teenage boys to make hiring decisions? Hell no. If I walked into a situation like that I would have either said, "I'm sorry, I don't want to waste your time" or gotten to the end of the interview and removed myself from consideration. Those who hire you are the ones who can fire you. Never forget that. In any of those "committee" hirings, I've always asked "who is going to be actually doing the hiring here? Do these parents or teachers you've included have a say? I want to know who I'm working for" |
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