Does this annoy anyone else? I'm not even a distance guy and this bugs me to no end. Seeing someone with zero experience in the sport as a coach or a runner being the head coach of a distance program seems wrong and it happens quite a bit at lower levels in college. I think many of those positions could be great opportunities for recent grads looking to get into coaching.
Mac the knife wrote:
Does this annoy anyone else? I'm not even a distance guy and this bugs me to no end. Seeing someone with zero experience in the sport as a coach or a runner being the head coach of a distance program seems wrong and it happens quite a bit at lower levels in college. I think many of those positions could be great opportunities for recent grads looking to get into coaching.
Happens all the time in high school.
Texassss wrote:
Mac the knife wrote:Does this annoy anyone else? I'm not even a distance guy and this bugs me to no end. Seeing someone with zero experience in the sport as a coach or a runner being the head coach of a distance program seems wrong and it happens quite a bit at lower levels in college. I think many of those positions could be great opportunities for recent grads looking to get into coaching.
Happens all the time in high school.
And junior colleges. All the good coaches rise to the top of the coaching ranks. Juco coaches are there for a reason.
Mac the knife wrote:
Does this annoy anyone else? I'm not even a distance guy and this bugs me to no end. Seeing someone with zero experience in the sport as a coach or a runner being the head coach of a distance program seems wrong and it happens quite a bit at lower levels in college. I think many of those positions could be great opportunities for recent grads looking to get into coaching.
Low level college, are only looking to fill the position and recruit. So if they can get someone they are already paying to do it, great they only have to throw a little money at the position, and really don't have to take the effort to look for candidates. (Easy always, trumps putting forth effort).
Where would someone - who was a college runner - but didn't want to coach right after college find these positions? I'm in my 30's now and could definitely prepare kids for racing, not to mention talk about the college running experience, better than someone who was never an athlete.
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