coaching coaches

It is a good deal to give young coaches some of the things they will also get back from the kids.

Play dumb like a kid. Act like you know nothing and ask them questions. Make sure they can answer them. Kinda fun too at times.


Good topic.

Coach,

Good question. I'm putting a staff together now and have the same situation. I have guys that have coached for years and some guys that only have coached pop warner or just played HS/college ball and never coached, just getting into it. I'm trying to figure out my plan of action on teaching/showing them the offense and defense. I actually tried to find guys that were familiar in coaching and/or playing in my schemes. I'd like to see what other coaches do to teach your staff O or D.

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Originally posted by: Lou Cella
They must understand the two qualities that they must have are loyality and reliability.

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the third one of those two would be work ethic





a little Yogism for ya.


reliable and work ethic kind of go hand and hand

coaching football is not work

digging fencepost holes is work
cleaning toilets is work


coaching footbal takes some time, but if it is something you have a passion for, then it is not WORK, it is just what you do, and you know you want to be good at it.

that is how I look at it.

video taping your drills is a very good idea!! I always enjoy watching our drills as well during the off-season so I can evaluate my self and the drills I use.


Coach I will email you a copy of a manual I used to use when I was a head coach.

JD

Could I get a copy of your staff manual as well? If so, my email address is will9216@adelphia.net

TM-
If possible can you e-mail me I am not comfortable putting my address up on a message board. If you send me and e-mail at aztecfb@pacbell.net I will send you my address. Thanks for you help

aztec

not you of course

someone else

Just a dry guy at times.

Thanks.

TM and JD

I'd like to get a copy of your staff manuals if possible. If so, my email address is coachslaught@yahoo.com. TM, if you need my physical address I'll add it in my next post. Thanks in advance.


Mike Slaughter
Nansemond River High School
Suffolk, Va

tm-

shoot me your email.. i have something to send you.

Men
I left coaching at the HS school I was at after 10 years because the head coach did not know how to develop his staff/program. We had many guys on the staff that wanted to work to get over the hump AND make football a positive life experience for kids. All of the staff felt betrayed by the head coach, and his inability to motivate, delgate, and build a legitimate program with CLASS. The head coach seemed only concerned with the x's and o's, not the building of young men. So many are still there and extremely disenchanted.
SO, I went down the street to a smaller school where they were putting together a brand new staff. The head coach I had know for 10 years, and one of the assistants I played for in hs - he's in the Illinois coaches HOF. They are excellent mentors and DO coach Coaches!
It was the best thing I have done professionally in a decade. I took a paycut, but it's football the way it is supposed to be so the $ is irrelevant.
My point is that, HEAD COACHES, if you do not coach younger coaches and INVEST TIME in their development you will miss out on what they can do for you down the road. When I become a head coach I will take time to GUIDE my coaches.
Sometimes the grass IS greener!
I love the game again.

Exactly! I knew that I just couldn't work for him anymore. I didn't wan't to be a cancer (I detest these people more than anything), so i did exacly as you said. I met with him, respectfully told him I felt that I needed a change and to learn from others, thanked him for allowing me to coach, and wished him success. It helped telling the administration that I had an opportunity to work with my old coach/ a Hall of Famer!
The hardest part was leaving the kids, however many of them seemed to understand without my ever saying one negative word. I still work at that school, and still hope for their success (I care greatly about the assistant coaches, and want the kids to win), and wear my Green on Fridays.
Professionaly, it was a breath of fresh air.

this is a great topic. this is something that i wish my current staff did. i enjoy learning as much as i can about all football. clinics are good and articles are good, but talking it out with people you know and in a small group would be a great way to learn.