I need to make a VERY IMPORTANT decision

Form a guy in your position. Take it. Don't announce your resignation until the ink is dry on your contract though. Is there a teaching job involved? Just tell the kids this is a good opportunity for you to advance yourself in coaching and teaching. Good luck to you.

Coach,

If you are looking for a fresh start and feel that this opportunity is making a better career move, then take the coordinators positon at a larger school. You wouldn't want to look back this upcoming season and be wondering if you should had left the small school and regret it. The other thing is now you will have Head Coaching experience and coordinators experience at larger school, great for advancement in the future. Good luck.

I just left a school in a different situation, I took a Head Coaching position, after being a Coordinator for a long time and I will miss some of the players, but I will have more players to improve on and help mature in their futures. Best of luck again.

I've been at a large school that is outclassed in every sense of the word for the last 10 years. We are 1/2 the size of 3 schools in our conference and are the oldest suburb to boot--which leads to a vast socioeconomic disparity as well. In my 10 years under 3 different HC's, I've been a ST Coord or DC for all of them, we've won 18 games. I have been a DC for 7 years, have 2 young kids, and am 34. I've reached burnout. I've decided to take a payhit, go to a school within the conference (the district in which I live), and coach a position. I've talked to people that assure me it's a done deal just this week. However, I've told nobody about it b/c "the ink isn't dry."

However, it's only been 2 days since this has all come to fruition and can't describe how much happier I am at simply thinking about it. I'm excited about my coaching career again. Basically, my advice is: "Are you unhappy where you're at? Will you be happier elsewhere?" I've felt a change in two days, and I'm sure my family will soon notice as well. I didn't realize what the last few years has done to me until the last couple of day.

FYI we've won 1 of our last 27 games. O for the last 2 years.