2020 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

What is Michigan Tech doing? Pretty high profile DII program with some recent success. That school might be among the most isolated in the country in terms of location and distance to a major airport/metro area, but there have to be some coaches who are in to that.

Distance focus with no indoor track program and a lot of cross country skiers on the XC/track roster makes for a very interesting dynamic and unique recruiting environment,

Any update on some of the openings like Kenyon and Michigan Tech?

couldn't continue waiting at least 5 minutes wrote:

WinnytheBish wrote:

You should be allowed to spend your scholarship however you please as long as you are under the decided limit.

You are correct. The problem is not with the coaches who make what they feel to be the best decision for their respective programs. They are just utilizing the structure that exists.

The real problem is the existing structure. XC/distance should never have been set up as a subset of track. This set up weakens both track and XC since you have coaches and programs having to make a decision between the two. Unfortunately, now no one is willing to make any changes because many have a reason to keep the status quo. (Just my opinion.)

Yes because events that take place on the actual track are super irrelevant to the sport good idea.

I do agree though we should be getting rid of field events that are just there to give people stuff to do. The decathlon can go as well absolute time water

Start with the dec, triple and hammer throw and go from there

time waster*, aka anything I don't understand!

Nope the Dec is literally a waste of time. If it wasn't they wouldn't have to have special meets for it and basically have an entire seperate meet during conference time.

Any pole vault coach can also teach scrubs how to compete in 10 events at a level that would lose most middle School meets.

The Dec at the NCAA level isn't good

Ok Einsteins now let’s get back to job openings.

The decathlon is one of the most exciting events in track and field It sounds to me like you hate Sport.

As is the Hammer Throw! Incredible to watch

Who said anything about getting rid of events?

Yeah, start a new thread if you all what to talk nonsense. Keep this thread for coaching openings. Thanks!

I hope this is true. Good for him if so!

Sounds like Garden City CC should be finalizing and announcing assistant soon.

They seem to have insane turnover coaching staff wise every year

midwest insight wrote:

Sounds like Garden City CC should be finalizing and announcing assistant soon.

Heard some names including atleast one who is a head coach in the region. Should be interesting. Can they get back to the glory days of before? Can they attract kids to the middle of nowhere? Lots of those schools on the conference are small towns but close to larger cities... should be interesting. If they can be successful there then big props to the staff

Sacred Heart position filled

As a former GCCC Head coach I can tell you it will be difficult. After the great coach Delgado Finish second in the nation in XC The president of the college decided that track and field and XC should be about numbers. I came in soon after that. We did what we could but it was difficult with lack of scholarship and the requirement of carrying 80 athletes. With two full-time coaches 80 athletes is extremely difficult. The program will not reach It’s formers prominence as long as the college is numbers oriented instead of results oriented. This is been an issue with track and field in a majority of the programs in the country.

track is on the track wrote:

Nope the Dec is literally a waste of time. If it wasn't they wouldn't have to have special meets for it and basically have an entire seperate meet during conference time.

You’re clearly a distance douche.