Job search process

When you say you want to be a coach, are you implying that you only want a head coach position??? In order to get the head coach position at most high schools, you will have to have some kind of assistant coaching experience on the high school level. I am finishing up school this June as well, but I have had three years experience at the middle school level (two years in which I volunteered) my services. No school would give me a shot at a high school assistant position untill now. Your experience playing the game and coaching at the youth level is definitely a plus. But it is important to remember that when you are applying for a position, it is usually an athletic director or school administration that makes the final decision. For this reason, you have to market yourself to those types of individuals. It is very different than marketing yourself to your peers. You sound a lot like I did a couple years ago. I knew I had the knowledge to be successful at the high school level. But what I found out is that your knowledge about the Xs and Os of football are almost meaningless to the ones doing the hiring. What they care about is how you develop the kids, how you build character, how organized the program is, what kind of impression you personally make on the staff and community, etc. This kind of knowledge is really only gained through experience and learning from the coaches already doing a great job. You just got to be patient and wait for you shot. You might have to begin your coaching on the middle school level and work your way up the ladder one rung at a time.