KD was let go...the new director didn't see a purpose of having redundancy at the distance position (KD and whatserhername). Apparently there was a pretty odd set up between the men and women's programs and which coach had responsibility for which runners - athletes maybe even got to choose a coach
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GCU distance? Any news on that position?
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Didn't see this one coming on July 6:
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who left Ohio state?
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Here are my thoughts on hiring HS coaches. Biased but I think there are a number of take aways to consider311
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Banta22 wrote:
Here are my thoughts on hiring HS coaches. Biased but I think there are a number of take aways to considerI feel like most HS coaches complain that they could easily coach at the college level but then complain when they have to collect physicals from the high schoolers each year.
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Imagine getting paid to do a fulltime job of coaching as opposed to doing a fulltime job of coaching for basically free.
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coachy wrote:
Imagine getting paid to do a fulltime job of coaching as opposed to doing a fulltime job of coaching for basically free.
Then… do it? If it’s that simple and that much more appealing. I could leave my D1 head distance coach job today and before the school year starts I’d find a HS teaching job that pays me double what I’m getting as a college coach. I’d no longer spend all my free time making recruiting calls and on the road every weekend for meets. I’d be with my family and get to take vacations with them and be there for my kids’ own sporting events.
Being a college coach is not as glorious as people make it out to be. I do it because I love it, and my athletes are an extension of my family. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I consider leaving the profession for a simpler work schedule and better pay on a monthly basis. I genuinely don’t think high school coaches understand what they’d be giving up, what they’d be taking on, and how hard it is to even crack into the profession. Stop over-simplifying it.
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Purdue Northwest
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Clown Comment wrote:
coachy wrote:
Imagine getting paid to do a fulltime job of coaching as opposed to doing a fulltime job of coaching for basically free.
Then… do it? If it’s that simple and that much more appealing. I could leave my D1 head distance coach job today and before the school year starts I’d find a HS teaching job that pays me double what I’m getting as a college coach. I’d no longer spend all my free time making recruiting calls and on the road every weekend for meets. I’d be with my family and get to take vacations with them and be there for my kids’ own sporting events.
Being a college coach is not as glorious as people make it out to be. I do it because I love it, and my athletes are an extension of my family. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I consider leaving the profession for a simpler work schedule and better pay on a monthly basis. I genuinely don’t think high school coaches understand what they’d be giving up, what they’d be taking on, and how hard it is to even crack into the profession. Stop over-simplifying it.
Here we go again, who tf cares. Take this to a different thread. Let’s keep this thread for the subject of open coaching positions ONLY
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Then don't do it. See it's really not that simple. Colleges don't hire HS coaches. Not all HS coaches are teachers and thus coach for (almost) free. Yes they do it because they love it or there would be no reason to do it. For those HS coaches that do a good job there are not free weekends and a whole bunch of free time as you may indicate.
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Banta22 wrote:
Here are my thoughts on hiring HS coaches. Biased but I think there are a number of take aways to consider…With a straight face equates college recruitment with grabbing kids in a high school hallway and talking them into joining the team.
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Jay promoted, will still need to replace the outgoing HC with an assistant.
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I’d no longer spend all my free time making recruiting calls and on the road every weekend for meets. I’d be with my family and get to take vacations with them and be there for my kids’ own sporting events.
Fixed it for you... "I'd no longer spend all my free time making recruiting calls, on the road every weekend for meets, and posting on LR message boards."
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Interesting move.
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Who is IUPUI hiring? Who left Butler?
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B1G Bombsheller wrote:
Didn't see this one coming on July 6:
Tonja Buford-Bailey maybe?
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coachy wrote:
Then don't do it. See it's really not that simple. Colleges don't hire HS coaches. Not all HS coaches are teachers and thus coach for (almost) free. Yes they do it because they love it or there would be no reason to do it. For those HS coaches that do a good job there are not free weekends and a whole bunch of free time as you may indicate.
I'd say at least 25% of college head positions go to high school coaches.
If you're expecting to get a D1 head from high school that's not going to happen most of the time ( it's hard to do even with a lot of college experience) but if you're actually interested in giving college coaching a go there are a bunch of opportunities.
Most don't want to take advantage of them and get a pay cut to get their foot in the door at a school that might be more interested in numbers then success.
There's a bunch of opportunities right now even that you'd probably be looked at if you wanted...
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Anyone can be motivated to recruit 4:20 millers it's the 4:45 kid when your working in a hick town in north Dakota making 25k trying to work your way up that makes it a grind
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RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
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Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
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