I've noticed a lot of coaches... UVA, Iona, Wisc etc. have left and/or switched programs. Why have all these coaches left? Obviously money has played a big issue... but why now?
Also, can anyone make a list of all the coaches that have left/their replacements?
many ask why... I ask why not?
I coached high school and college. It's many more hours than you think, and it's alot of weekends. Some of us get tired of it. We want to see our kids games. Spend time with our family. And, many of us make contacts that provide us with oother job opportunities that are 9-5 monday thru friday, and pay better.
It happens every year, some years bigger jobs open up over other years.
The top three jobs this year were the Arkansas, Stanford and Wisconsin jobs. Arkansas' McDonnell retired. Arkansas filled their position quickly with the Northern Iowa coach, who was replaced by one of his assistants.
Stanford filled their vacancy with the UVA coach after Tegen retired.
Wisconsin lost Schumacher to Nike, who is paying him nearly double the salary he earned at Wisco. Wisco hired Iona's coach.
This happens every year. There are 20-25 top distance positions that hundreds of coaches apply for. Then it starts an ongoing rotation of coaches when one coach takes over a major program, he leaves a job open at another school. It all comes down to more money, better resources and a large recruiting budget.
It's not really different than any other sport. In fact, in many respects it's 2 sports, Cross Country and Track. The last poster was right about the changes in the distance coaches, but several high level track jobs have also changed.
The coaching carousel.
Do you feel that your post will be missed among all the rest unless you put the title in caps to make it "louder" than everyone else? Did you grow up with no one listening to you, and have a low self-esteem?
Because everyone wants this job!
yes.
runner1234 wrote:
I coached high school and college. It's many more hours than you think, and it's alot of weekends. Some of us get tired of it. We want to see our kids games. Spend time with our family. And, many of us make contacts that provide us with oother job opportunities that are 9-5 monday thru friday, and pay better.
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WRONG...
As someone pointed out, SEVERAL BIG, BIG jobs opened. They were filled by people from BIG jobs. Those were filled by people with GOOD jobs, and so on... This cycle is not done...
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