2019 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Wait? Does Sarah know she actually has to coach and can't tweet about her own running 24/7?

All Mine wrote:

https://nsudemons.com/news/2019/8/27/lady-demon-cross-country-jones-rejoins-track-and-field-program-as-cross-country-distance-coach.aspx

Omg good grief this is horrible!

Groyyy wrote:

All Mine wrote:

https://nsudemons.com/news/2019/8/27/lady-demon-cross-country-jones-rejoins-track-and-field-program-as-cross-country-distance-coach.aspx

Omg good grief this is horrible!

do you think she will have the XC team come out of the blocks for the start of races?

Another UNDER-qualified hire.

Are all these poor hires the beginning of the end of quality collegiate distance running ?

This has been the worst year yet for this quota filling. A female only needs a pulse to get a collegiate coaching job. Hate to say it, this is really sad.

I was told she is only GA and the head coach is still over the program. Don't think their distance can get any worst then what it is. Seems to me they aren't really concerned about that portion of the program.

I was told she is only GA and the head coach is still over the program. Don't think their distance can get any worst then what it is. Seems to me they aren't really concerned about that portion of the program.

I don't normally comment on this thread, but this attack on Coach Batten, whom I've never even met, is rather out of hand. If you actually read through all her information, she has a decade of experience wearing what seems like a lot of hats across a variety of programs. At a school like WMU, which is women's only, she likely was able to speak to experiences handling a wide array of administrative things. Probably a large selling point in a department that will likely supply limited staffing to support her in the office. She has Olympic Trials experience as an athlete and a pro coach in addition to the NCAA, and a decent personal athletic history. While the NSU hire and press release is bizarre, to continue on dumping on Coach Batten is racist and blatantly biased; I know white coaches who were contacted. If someone threw a middle aged white man's name on her bylines this board would be all over it, particularly with championship wins in the throwing-strong GLIAC. She'll hire event specialists like we all do to oversee areas she does not personal specialize in -- like every other head coach in America. There have been under-qualified hires of both men and women this summer. For this particular university and program, she's not one of them. Enough already.

Wayne State University (6 years)

1 x All-American

4 x NCAA Championship Qualifiers

2 x GLIAC Individual champion

7 x All-GLIAC

-handled included recruiting and program travel operations and administrative duties

Saginaw Valley State (3 Years)

3 x NCAA Qualifiers in direct event group

20 All-Americans as part of the coaching staff

-program management and athletic facility projects, coordinating team travel, managing uniform and equipment contracts and purchase, meet management, liaison to compliance

Marygrove College (1 year)

-Strength and conditioning

Professional Coaching

1 x Olympic Trials Qualifier (2016 - Nia Henderson)

1 x African Games Champion (2018 - Chioma Onyekwere)

Personal Resume

NCAA All-American

USA Olympic Trials Qualifier

3 x NCAA Championship qualifier

2 x ACC Individual Champ

This is very well written but I want to respond by saying makeba didn’t do anything for Chioma or Nia. They just trained at her facility.

Enough already wrote:

I don't normally comment on this thread, but this attack on Coach Batten, whom I've never even met, is rather out of hand. If you actually read through all her information, she has a decade of experience wearing what seems like a lot of hats across a variety of programs.

I'm an old white male coach and I completely agree. I don't know Coach Batten, but her resume is more than strong enough for this position.

And in general, decades of "experience" in coaching is not all that important. The job of head coach is not rocket science--it involves being a good technical coach, having good interpersonal skills, being organized, and being an effective recruiter. And being hungry and ready to put the time in. You don't need 25 years to learn these things. (In fact, after 25 years most of us aren't nearly as hungry as we used to be.)

If I were hiring for a position at a mid-major, I would prioritize somebody with energy, somebody who could recruit well and connect with athletes, somebody who wanted to build something, and somebody who wanted to stay for 10 years. Whether they have 8 years or 38 years of prior experience wouldn't matter much to me. Whether they had prior HEAD coaching experience would barely matter at all.

Enough already wrote:

If I were hiring for a position at a mid-major, I would prioritize somebody with energy, somebody who could recruit well and connect with athletes, somebody who wanted to build something, and somebody who wanted to stay for 10 years. Whether they have 8 years or 38 years of prior experience wouldn't matter much to me. Whether they had prior HEAD coaching experience would barely matter at all.

Most places don't think that way. Reality is ...

Stats say average coach lasts 4 - 5 years.

Easier to get a job when under age 40. Then federal age discrimination rules kick in.

Head coaching level is hard to crack.

Nothing like hiring a guy that married a girl that was his conference rival for a women’s only program! (Wmu asst)

What does that have anything to do with it?

And yet she was the 4th choice....just saying

stanford staff announced

https://gostanford.com/news/2019/8/28/track-field-assistants-added.aspx

How insulting. We continue to complain about women attaining positions that pay likely under $35,000 and are statistically under represented in this field.

allminesucks69 wrote:

stanford staff announced

https://gostanford.com/news/2019/8/28/track-field-assistants-added.aspx

Odd they only announce 3 hires? Will they not have a full staff?

First JJ ran sub-4 and now Santos graduated from Columbia?

At best, Stanford SID’s are incompetent. At worst, it’s a conspiracy to misrepresent staff’s pedigree.