Seems like out of the long time coach pool there are 2 types. The successful long time coach and the long time coach.
The successful long time coach loves coaching, and wins year after year. Then there are long time coaches who have managed to stick around and do nothing. They may have had some successes but those are few and far between.
In track the numbers don't lie. It's obvious how the first coach stays employed but how does the long time coach maintain a job basically doing nothing?
Lots of ways. Find a school where the AD doesn't expect anything beyond mediocrity from the track team's performance. Don't piss anybody off. Run a clean program. Recruit kids that will help the overall student athlete GPA at your school. Come in under budget. Have a few friends among the important alumni/boosters. Keep your athletes happy.
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In some cases finding someone wiling to give up many of their Saturdays, almost all their evenings and do it for three seasons isn't easy to replace. Throw in the fact that you spend so much time beyond practices and meets doing logistics, planning and whatever else that many people never realize or appreciate. To top it off you might be able to make more money at some minimum wage gig. It's really more amazing that a coach would want to hang around for a long time.
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