Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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I am about 4-5 months from college graduation with a BA in finance. My first passion is coaching and it is something i don't want to stop doing. However, i don't know what career path i can take which will allow me the flexible hours needed to work and coach. I don't wish to be a teacher either. So I was wondering how many coaches visiting this board do not teach. If you do not teach, what do you do that still allows you the time to coach???
any help would be greatly appreciated. i will start interviewing for various positions soon.
if you are passionate about coaching, then teach. i did. i got out of college and ran my own business for 7 years. i coached on the side and made room to do this in my schedule. after 2 years, i realized tha i needed to get involved with education and athletics. i went back to school, full-time, for 2 years and now am ready to graduate. Go for it. to be a good high school coach, you must be around these kids all day long. there are programs everywhere that will allow you to teach (even though you arent certified). check into it.
if you are passionate about coaching, then teach. i did. i got out of college and ran my own business for 7 years. i coached on the side and made room to do this in my schedule. after 2 years, i realized tha i needed to get involved with education and athletics. i went back to school, full-time, for 2 years and now am ready to graduate. Go for it. to be a good high school coach, you must be around these kids all day long. there are programs everywhere that will allow you to teach (even though you arent certified). check into it.
Post by CoachWilliams on Feb 16, 2004 12:14:20 GMT
Thanks for the advice coach, but I will not make it through another two years of school. I am currently in my sixth year of college and am dreaming of the day I finally get out. Are you saying that some schools would let me teach without going back to school??? Going back to school might be a possibility down in the future. Currently I am still working my way up the ranks, so I don't see myself getting a head coach position in the near future. Right now I am looking for my first Varsity (small school) or Junior Varstiy (big school) assistant position.
I am in the same situation and empathise with you. I will recieve a business degree in May (after six years) and love coaching and I too am not excited about teaching. In my state I can get a three year temporary teaching certificate that will allow me to teach while I take the few education classes I need to get my permanent certificate. Maybe you can persue this avenue and remain coaching. I hope to coach in college someday and if that means teaching high school for a few years then so be it.
I am in a similar situation. I am coaching, but I earn a living outside of teaching. I love coaching, and I have decided to go back to school to pursue a math degree, so that I can teach math. I've talked to several coaches, and this is the only way that I see as viable. I know in the short term, that I'll be sacrificing money. Heck, I've already done that over the last 4 years while coaching. However, sacrifices are necessary for the ultimate goal. I'm lucky that my wife is on board with the plan, and she backs me 100%. My ultimate goal is to be a head coach. It will take me a couple of years with my current work schedule to complete a degree. I've been lucky in the fact that I have a place on a varsity staff. I'm going to continue working towards my goal. Good luck to you guys!
Post by CoachWilliams on Feb 19, 2004 12:45:54 GMT
This is really a bummer though. I guess I might have to suck it up and look at teaching. A buddy of mine was in engineering for 4 years and then decided he wanted to teach and coach instead. I just had an interview yesterday and it went really, really well. The downside was that I am unsure of my future right now and he wants coaches who he knows will have the time. I could not guarantee him anything. I still might get an offer, but if I was a teacher I might have already landed a spot on his staff.
i hate to say this. hopefully i dont get bombarded. but i teach so i can coach. educational is a tough job, if you take it seriously. i do take it serious, and the harder i work at it, the more dissappointed i get and the more cynical i become. but coaching... it makes it worthwhile. these kids can sometimes let you down in the classroom, but for the most part, they never do on the field.
coaching is so rewarding. i cannot put a price on it.
if you want to be a good coach..... being around these kids all day long.... that is when you have the best opportunity to truly coach these kids.
they go hand in hand. both rely on the other to get the job done. I would never bombard a coach for saying that. We teach lessons on the field also, we as coaches know what they are.
I started coaching two years ago at the Pop Warner level. I own a remodeling business and was able to make it to practice by 5 PM. However, at this time, I am interested in moving to the HS level. This would entail being at practice by 3 every day instead of 5. I believe this is possible given my ownership of the business. I have always worked more than 8 hours a day anyway between being on worksites and customer calls, proposals, etc. at night. So I will still be working full time at night, just changing the hours I am coaching. Needless to say, I don't get a lot of sleep during football season between the two jobs. I think that whatever job you pursue, you have to have the time to coach football if that is your passion. You don't necessarily have to be a teacher in a lot of states, but it certainly helps in terms of the time for practices. The other thing that I feel is important is to try and get to know as many coaches as possible. I am aquanted with two head coaches in my city, as well as head coaches of teams in other neighboring towns. I go to any and all clinics in the area and have generally made a nuisance of myself so that people know who I am. I was offered the freshman DC job at a local catholic school simply from talking with the HC at a clinic! I believe Coach Campbell has said "it's not always what you know, but who you know."
With a degree in Finance think about becoming a Stockbroker. If you are on Pacific or Mountain time this will enable you to get out to practice on time (markets close at 1pm pst). Also, as a Stockbroker, your Supervisor will require you to be involved in the community and coaching is a perfect excuse to do this.
Consider the advice already given, if you've got the coaching bug its not going to go away, staying in some career you are not as interested in will only frustrate you, no matter how much money you are making. I've had the bug for 15 years and I am now finally giving in to it, after a career in engineering and finance, I am now getting my credential so I can teach and coach this Fall. There are many credential programs that will accomodate folks who work full time, but since you are still in school, just keep going for another year and get the credential. Start looking in to programs you want to be involved with now, and inquire with the Varsity HC if he would consider a walk on assistant in his program at any level.
thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about this SOOOOO much lately. Like you said, coaching is what i want to do, that is what will make me happy. Thus, i must make some sacrifices. I am seriously looking in to either teaching, or becoming an athletic director, or working in some administrative position within the school/school district. I am thinking about maybe being a full-time sub and maybe have some kind of assistant AD job for a year while getting my credentials to teach.
You talked about looking at possible programs and getting a voluntary job at any level. I have been coaching the middle school for 3 years now while in school. The school where i coached is in the process of hiring a new head coach, but the athletic director really liked me and my work and said he would give me a good word when the new coach is hired. I am ready to move up to the junior varsity or varsity level. I do hope that I get the opportunity at this same school. However, in order to open up more opportunities, I interviewed with another area school for a JV or varsity assistant position. It went really well. The only factor keeping me from possibly getting an offer almost on the spot was my inability to guarantee a schedule, since I did not know where i would be working after graduation. Therefore, i really feel that i am going to get an opportunity this year and want to be able to take advantage of it. That is why staying in school for another year might not be the best option.
Can you help me with this at all? Is my plan to sub, or find an hourly, job while coaching and getting my teaching credentials viable? My thinking was that i would not make enough money to support myself if i only substitute tought.
CW, I can only offer advice from my experience here in CA. What state are you in?
All states are a little different on their credentialing requirements. Subbing pays poorly typically, if you are living at home with the folks it would be enough, it might be enough if you are single... but $80 per day (at least here in my region) sub pay doesnt go very far!
If you are in CA then the teaching requirements have changed significantly over the last several years due to new legislation called NCLB (No Child Left Behind, aka no teacher left standing). Since you will be teaching secondary students you will need to pass a single subject exam called the CSET. The test is a racket to extort money from poor credential students, however, all my whining didnt make it go away. The test is difficult to study for and pass, but is do-able. You will need to pass this test before you can even enroll in a Credential program. Pass this test, and you are in good position. If you can get a job that pays better than $80 per day, then I would do it and coach and study and pass the CSET... then enroll in the Credential program.
I'm rambling here, let me know what other questions you have and I will do my best to answer them.