2010 COACHING OPENINGS

drtysouth wrote:

They definately should give the job to Paula Ogunbanjo, she has put her time in and is a great coach who could make them better plus the kids respect her.

I don't think she has the knowledege of overall track and field to be a head coach of the team. She may be good at coaching jumpers but at this point in time i think thats where she should stay. good person, but not head coach material. They need a proven head coach who can recruit and train a decent D1 team in ul lafayette. Their guys finished 3rd last yr for indoors, they aren't the worse louisiana track program.

Would be good if said future head coach could bring in top notch distance runners as this by far seems to be their greatest weakness... bring john Mcdonnell out of retirement!! lol

Paula doesn't have enough time coaching to move into a head coaching position...but if you look on the 2010-2011 coaching staff they only have the distance guy listed....mayb he is the next man in line. He can bring in his Romanian distance kids becuase you know there aren't any in the state of Louisianna, Mississippi, or Alabama to pull from...maybe a few from Texas he could get.

Although I don't think this distance guy has enough experaince either...

jnsdglkjngs wrote:

Although I don't think this distance guy has enough experaince either...

Maybe not college experience, but he did coach an Olympic Champion.

No one knows/cares about Northern Colorado?

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When do we get to start the 2011 coaching openings thread?!?!?

?????? wrote:

No one knows/cares about Northern Colorado?

I have heard that the position is only paying in the mid 30's. What a joke for a D1 program. That is low for NAIA, D3, or D2.

Northern Colorado pays 35k. I think that is a pretty average salary, not great, but not terrible either. What do you expect a Track coach to make...a couple million like the football coaches?!?!

The South Alabama distance job has been filled. they hired mike barbee, who was a grad assistant this semester at mcneese state unversity.

blah blah blah wrote:

When do we get to start the 2011 coaching openings thread?!?!?

As soon as the Univ. of Alabama Head TF Position job gets posted, the 2011 Coaching Thread will begin...

The Bama job already has it's coaches picked out....and it will be a Director of Xc and Track.

war eagle. wrote:

The Bama job already has it's coaches picked out....and it will be a Director of Xc and Track.

Since you've got the drum roll started now, would you care to deliver the good news?

Santa Clara University is hiring...its on their website, but not posted anywhere else. Anyone know if Service is retiring? I wonder if they are going to promote their assistant coach to the head coach position? Says it pays starting 51k!!

I hear the Houghton College job will be open again in the near future.... anyone know whats going on seems the team was doing well this year

That would not be the first time Doughtry (sp?) left after only one year at the helm. He did the same thing at Eastern Mennonite.

That's interesting since he told me last weekend that he was looking to build a house there. He's got a nice gig and I'd wonder why he'd want to leave unless he and his wife are a two for one deal for HC.

An AMC coach wrote:

That's interesting since he told me last weekend that he was looking to build a house there. He's got a nice gig and I'd wonder why he'd want to leave unless he and his wife are a two for one deal for HC.

He has a five year contract not going anywhere seriously! Wow where did that start ? I coach near Houghton and talk with Matt often he is Happy at Houghton and he and his wife are excited about building the program there.

Heard the salary was actaully mid 40's to 50 range... seems decent especially given its not a huge program etc...