Yeah well they have the worst budget in the big ten and their previous HC was absolutely horrible. Too big of a mess for coach Turk who is too good of a throws coach for that all.
Oregon- Director UConn - Director Tennessee - Assistants x 3 (bluetrich hired) Notre Dame - Mens XC Southern Illinios - Head Coach Drake - Head Track/Cross Country Coach Stephen F Austin - Director Kent State - Director Boston College - Women's HC/Director? Holy Cross - Head XC Montana - Director Utah - Director Central Arkansas - Director Towson - Head Coach Wisconsin - Women's Distance JMU - Head XC Coach VMI - 2x sprints/jumps/multis Miss state: Distance UT Tyler - Distance Cincinnati - Head XC Hawaii - Throws Sac State - Distance Cal State Northridge - distance San jose State - distance American - distance Columbia - jumps Idaho - assistants UTEP - dir. of Ops IU - distance coach Hofstra - distance Temple - distance High Point - Jumps/multis McNeese State - jumps/sprints South Dakota - throws Miami (OH) - multis/jumps Tulsa - Assistant Distance Purdue University Fort Wayne - sprints/hurdles Ohio University - Assistant Saint Francis University - Assistant Coach Utah State - sprints/jumps DO/Assistant CoachYale - Illinois State- Assistant XC New Orleands- Head Track/XC Western Illinois- Assistant University of Nevada, Reno- Assistant Director of Ops - UGA Director of Ops - Utah GA/Director of Ops - New Mexico State Director of Ops - Univ of Minnesota UNCP - Assistant coach Shenandoah Univ. - Assistant Haverford College - W HC Bates College- HC Southern Virginia - jumps/Sprints Minot State - Head Track Coach Slippery Rock - Distance Huntington - HC Black Hills State - HC Post - HC UC San Diego - Head m/w Quincey University - HC Stevenson Univ of technology - HC Iowa Western- HC Hires: Ohio State Director - Rosalind Joseph Tennessee Director of Track- Duane Ross Tennesse XC - Sean Carlson Auburn - Director Leroy Burrel/Kindt/Harnden/Ebel/Newman Kansas State Head XC- Randy Cole NC A&T - Director - Allen Johnson Georgia Southern - Director David Neville Holy Cross - Director Egetta Alfonso Cal Poly- Ryan Vanhoy North Texas - Director- Doug Marshall
I'm guessing that Eastern Washington (mens & womens head coach, though I'm hearing second hand info that it's going to the director model) isn't listed because the school still hasn't officially posted it?
Oregon- Director UConn - Director Tennessee - Assistants x 3 (bluetrich hired) Notre Dame - Mens XC Southern Illinios - Head Coach Drake - Head Track/Cross Country Coach Stephen F Austin - Director Kent State - Director Boston College - Women's HC/Director? Holy Cross - Head XC Montana - Director Utah - Director Central Arkansas - Director Towson - Head Coach Wisconsin - Women's Distance JMU - Head XC Coach VMI - 2x sprints/jumps/multis Miss state: Distance UT Tyler - Distance Cincinnati - Head XC Hawaii - Throws Sac State - Distance Cal State Northridge - distance San jose State - distance American - distance Columbia - jumps Idaho - assistants UTEP - dir. of Ops IU - distance coach Hofstra - distance Temple - distance High Point - Jumps/multis McNeese State - jumps/sprints South Dakota - throws Miami (OH) - multis/jumps Tulsa - Assistant Distance Purdue University Fort Wayne - sprints/hurdles Ohio University - Assistant Saint Francis University - Assistant Coach Utah State - sprints/jumps DO/Assistant CoachYale - Illinois State- Assistant XC New Orleands- Head Track/XC Western Illinois- Assistant University of Nevada, Reno- Assistant Director of Ops - UGA Director of Ops - Utah GA/Director of Ops - New Mexico State Director of Ops - Univ of Minnesota UNCP - Assistant coach Shenandoah Univ. - Assistant Haverford College - W HC Bates College- HC Southern Virginia - jumps/Sprints Minot State - Head Track Coach Slippery Rock - Distance Huntington - HC Black Hills State - HC Post - HC UC San Diego - Head m/w Quincey University - HC Stevenson Univ of technology - HC Iowa Western- HC Hires: Ohio State Director - Rosalind Joseph Tennessee Director of Track- Duane Ross Tennesse XC - Sean Carlson Auburn - Director Leroy Burrel/Kindt/Harnden/Ebel/Newman Kansas State Head XC- Randy Cole NC A&T - Director - Allen Johnson Georgia Southern - Director David Neville Holy Cross - Director Egetta Alfonso Cal Poly- Ryan Vanhoy North Texas - Director- Doug Marshall
Part of the job is recruiting. In a high school where the number of kids is small, have numerous interests, and many with no connection to track. Thus must be done every year where your reputation of a successful program has little weight until they get to know you. Then you have to get them to join over sports they have played all there life. Yes somethings have parallels and some do not. Some are more challenging. Additionally, a high school teacher must teach! That is the majority of our pay and thus must be given the time plus effort you would give as a coach. I am aware of all of the phone calls for recruiting and paperwork. However, the teaching in the classroom and every that comes with it cannot be understated in its challenge to balance with running a successful high school program year in and year out. If you can't see that level of work and the challenge it creates you underestimate the job. My point. High School teachers that are also head coaches with long term success have the skills and fortitude to do the job and be quick learns. Of course in my humble opinion COULD be a better option if given the chance and respectable compensation.
Yes there are many capable and intelligent teachers who coach high school that could quickly learn and be successful college coaches. But there are very few that have the experience level and record of success that they could immediately be considered for $80k+ jobs in the NCAA. Those positions make up at most 5-10% of all the available jobs in college track and those coaches will be fully expected to hit the ground running. You can’t expect to move to a different (thought related) sector and immediately be the CEO. So if the high school coach wants one of the hundreds of $35k jobs I’m sure they’ll be strongly considered, but most don’t want the pay cut. The issue, therefore, is not so much that HS coaches don’t get considered, it’s that their salary needs don’t match the position.
Given that I have coached both HS and College. To run a good program both require hard work period. There is a big misconception about HS and College coaches on both sides. A good coach is a good coach. At the College level recruiting and a lot of overnight trips. HS 75 plus kids, lesson plans for 4 or more classes, additional school duties, putting in entries for every kid and not necessarily having 5 assistant coaches who enjoy Track and Field. When I was coaching HS I trained the athletes from August-May. I had to work hard at both levels. In College, I have had regional and national qualifiers. Many of my high school athletes would have scored points in most D1 Mid Major conferences. It just depends of the HS and College that you coach at. Some HS don't have standards for winning and don't care. Some D1 AD's don't have a standard for Track and Field. Most of you guys know Latif Thomas a HS Coach there is no doubt that he could Coach at the College level if he wanted too. Carmen Jackson Miami Northwestern HS, June Viller Former Desoto TX HS Coach. If a HS Coach wants to make that jump, you have be okay with a pay cut and starting off someone modest instead of thinking you're going straight to Power 5
Anyone know why this is a volunteer position? He is one of the better throws coaches in the nation
He's coming from Tennessee where, for better or worse, they didn't retain some of the best staff available in the country. This is a way to stay in the game and be ready for whatever the next opportunity is. He's a good coach, he'll end up some place more permanent soon.
I agree with you on that point. The pay gap is to large and honestly the biggest problem in the first place for all college coaches. They need a respectable wage first. No matter who is applying.
It's my understanding that Doug & Erica Fraley left WSU partly because of their private pole vault facility in Louisiana. I'm interested to find out why Yogi Teevens left, considering that her twins were on the team. Does that mean that the twins are in the transfer portal?
I don't know who the "twins" are, but Yogi's children have moved on to EWU and Utah State.