Reality Bearer wrote:
Ground round wrote:
Rather than developing them.
No where is "development" in any P5 coach's job description.
Exactly! Their high school coaches should have that covered, what with the $2500 stipend they receive and all.
Reality Bearer wrote:
Ground round wrote:
Rather than developing them.
No where is "development" in any P5 coach's job description.
Exactly! Their high school coaches should have that covered, what with the $2500 stipend they receive and all.
false statement wrote:
Kevin Hadsell wrote:
I can tell you for 100% certainty that she was offered P5 jobs. More than one of my coaching friends offered her the job. They, nor I, have any reason to lie.
Contrary to what you may think, the Toledo job is a great gig for someone that would like some stability. The program can be very successful on the national and international level. The track is right in the middle of campus and just had a massive upgrade. The indoor facility is perfect for training distance runners and there are no less than 50 miles of wooded, dirt trails within just a quick drive from campus. The home cross country course has hosted the NCAA Regionals and is gorgeous and right across the street from campus as well.
In addition, the administration is incredibly supportive, the team of doctors is also the same team of doctors for the US Women's Figure Skating Team (many of the same exact injuries). They believe in systematic ferritin testing and have a specific protocol for liquid iron based on ferritin levels. The strength and conditioning coaches let us plan our own program and the non-revenue sports have their own weight room.
If you look at the administration and the other coaches, most coaches stay for a long time. Says a lot about how they are treated. Had I not messed up, I would have likely stayed there forever. No matter how good we got, I only ever applied for one job in my entire 15 years. That was the Vanderbilt job.
Andrea has a family. She is a great coach and an even better human being. She may not stay forever, but that place would welcome her there for that long and she will see tremendous success.
To the main point: Yes, absolutely it is accurate she was offered bigger and higher-paying positions. I have zero reason to lie. Yes, Toledo may not sound appealing at first to an outsider, but for the reasons mentioned, it is a great setup for a distance program.
Flame away boys. I know you cannot wait....
~Kevin
I think pretty much everyone knows Toledo is a great opportunity. Makes it kind of pathetic that you never placed higher than 21st at NCAA's with everything you mentioned working in your favor.
How does it feel to be out of the know, wrong 100% of the time while all the women you were ripping on were able to turn down multiple 6 figure offers this summer?
How does it feel? wrote:
false statement wrote:
I think pretty much everyone knows Toledo is a great opportunity. Makes it kind of pathetic that you never placed higher than 21st at NCAA's with everything you mentioned working in your favor.
How does it feel to be out of the know, wrong 100% of the time while all the women you were ripping on were able to turn down multiple 6 figure offers this summer?
I wish I was so crappy of a D1 coach that someone would light me up on here for only taking a bunch of mid-major teams to the NCAA and for only being able to finish as high as 21st.
I’ve known him since he coached at Coastal Carolina and he was responsible for taking that school from nowhere to nearly qualifying for the NCAAs as a team when they finished 3rd in the old District III. That’s when the district meet had over 70 schools in the same race. Nobody outside that conference ever heard of them and the only reason they didn’t make it was there were only 23 teams going back then. Would be great to see him do it all again at the next job.
Jumps job open at TN Tech. Good opportunity for someone with good facility. Saw on NCAA Jobs website
What happened to Ed Loyd?
He was previously at Tenn Tech.
Did he follow Wayne Angel to Northern Colorado?
An old District III coach wrote:
How does it feel? wrote:
How does it feel to be out of the know, wrong 100% of the time while all the women you were ripping on were able to turn down multiple 6 figure offers this summer?
I wish I was so crappy of a D1 coach that someone would light me up on here for only taking a bunch of mid-major teams to the NCAA and for only being able to finish as high as 21st.
I’ve known him since he coached at Coastal Carolina and he was responsible for taking that school from nowhere to nearly qualifying for the NCAAs as a team when they finished 3rd in the old District III. That’s when the district meet had over 70 schools in the same race. Nobody outside that conference ever heard of them and the only reason they didn’t make it was there were only 23 teams going back then. Would be great to see him do it all again at the next job.
Mid major teams have won NCAA championships before....but continue to worship disgraced coaches with mediocre results.
Mid majors will never win a track championship again.
Trackfeels wrote:
Mid majors will never win a track championship again.
It can only happen in cross country and only if you dump all your money into distance like NAU, Iona, Providence etc. you would have to completely sacrifice track but it’s better to be great at one sport and good at the other two than to be average in all three.
Normally I would agree with you but this is a different circumstance. They just combined the program and all the previous coaches on the women's staff left. The Director, Greg Roy, is a great coach but he hasn't coached women in more than 30 years. In this situation, it's really important to have a woman on staff to help with the integration process and to help the men's coaches adjust to coaching women.[/quote]
Perhaps, because UCONN is in deep $hit financially, they are using this as an opportunity to save a lot of money? Combine programs and hire an entry level coach to satisfy Title IX. Two birds, one stone. Couple that with move back to big east and zero interest in developing female distance runners for that conference.
$2,500 HS stipend? When I coached at the HS level I had a teacher pay of $45,000 a year +$6,000 for Head XC and $4,800 for Assistant Track. This was in MO.
Anyone have any info or insights on the U MO St Louis job or the Western Illinois Assistant Opening?
Looks like it’s too late for Marquette to hire a coach so are just promoting the volunteer assistant to interim HC. I feel bad for the incoming freshmen.
Rumor out of Macomb...they cut the assistant position.
What’s the Word on Fresno State who did they Hire for Head ?
Drake
Trackfeels wrote:
Mid majors will never win a track championship again.
Why?
Fastboyzzzzzz wrote:
Drake
Other posts said otherwise. Where's the proof JD was hired?
Bad Badger wrote:
Looks like it’s too late for Marquette to hire a coach so are just promoting the volunteer assistant to interim HC. I feel bad for the incoming freshmen.
What are the freshman going to miss out on?
Panthers I wrote:
Bad Badger wrote:
Looks like it’s too late for Marquette to hire a coach so are just promoting the volunteer assistant to interim HC. I feel bad for the incoming freshmen.
What are the freshman going to miss out on?
Having a coach who can actually coach...?