Becoming a coach

Andrew,

There's no real magic recipe to becoming a coach. If you are truly interested, simply get involved. With no experience, you may or may not be able to get a paid position right away, but vew coaches will deny someone who wants to volunteer. If you can't get a paid position, I will virtually guarantee that a coach will welcome you in as a volunteer as long as you are reliable and willing to learn. Just get your foot in the door...move along from there.

My first coaching job in football was as the head coach of a Junior High level program. It was 1964. I wanted to move up to the high school level and did the next season as a QB coach. After working through the ranks of being a QB coach, and OC, and head coach I will tell you exactly what coach Campbell did, MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU WANT TO COACH. If we all had a dollar for every hour we served as "volunteers" we would be wealthy men! Learn all you can under the leadership of a well established head coach who is A WINNER, PUT YOUR TIME IN AND ONE DAY YOU WILL GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR DREAM OF BEING A HEAD COACH COME TRUE.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

This is what I did. I had no playing or coaching experience before this. I contacted the local pop warner through an email to see if I could volunteer my time. I received a response back within a couple days. They said they could use some help with a new travailing midget division I talked with a guy off and on for two weeks and he told me to come to a meeting. The day before the meeting he told me he never told the Head Coach about me they filled the position. I also contacted the Head Coach at a local High School. Told him the same thing. About 2 mos after that I got a call from the new Head Coach at the middle school that feeds into the school I contacted. Last season was my first year as a 8th grade asst, Varsity scout. I started out as a volunteer, but when the Varsity HC realized I was not getting paid and another guy that was never there was I ended up getting paid. Now I am working with the freshmen through the summer and 8th grade when they start. When you get your foot in the door work your but off and good things will happen. I was always the first on at practice and the last to leave. I put in the extra effort. Not because I wanted to kiss some ass, but I love football and if I am doing anything that has anything to do with football I am one of the hardest working guys around. I am really lazy when it has nothing to do with football. Good Luck

For someone to depend on you they must know what is going on, you don't want to say you can do whatever and then when it comes down to it you wind up slacking because of financial commitments. Then things get bad.

After 42 years there aren't any things about football that you can't have strong insight on.

COACH DAN,

DIDN'T MEAN TO COME ON SO STRONG, THAT IS THE TROUBLE WITH THE WRITTEN WORD. I certainly hope I did not offend you and if I did, please forgive me. I am enjoying the discourse and hope you will continue to contribute to the discussions as we go along.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE