2009 Coaching Openings?

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any predictions on first school to cut track because of economy? adding more coaches to the jobless ranks

Job is safe... He just won the men's conference title and was named coach of the year.

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hot flash wrote:

Job is safe... He just won the men's conference title and was named coach of the year.

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Depends on who you talk to. He certainly had nothing to do with that NEC title and everyone knows it.

BAC hired Bill Hodge who most recently was at Mount Olive College...who coincidentally was beat by BAC multiple times this season....

Supposedly they were looking for someone younger than Brother Paul (Hodge is a year younger at 58 years old) and someone who could build the program for years to come...

From the sounds of it and from what I have heard this was a good ole' boys deal...not what athletics wanted but the VP did...some things never change.

I thought of applying since I coach at a XC only program that I built out of nothing, but I was afraid there would be no commitment to facilities or the development of the team. However, if I could just convince my AD to add track we could establish a very powerful program where I am now. We'll see. I've always been open to a change since there is NO commitment from this administration I work for. So, I'll be keeping my eyes open for any job openings.

Bill Hodge will do a great job at Belmont Abbey. He is known for building programs from the groud up. They are adding track and field. He was only at Mount Olive for less than two years and brought in a huge recruiting class for track and field. MOC just added track and field last year. The new Mount Olive coach will be inheriting a good nucleus of freshmen. Look for Belmont Abbey to have a great track and field program in 2-3 years.

but the whole point seemed to be finding someone that would be there for a long time, like many at BAC. Instead, they hired a guy who will likely be out of the business in a few years.

Jim Spreecher at North Carolina-Wilmington as the NCW adminstration is sick of all of his phony claims that he coached Michael Johnson when he was a GA at Baylor in the PE Department.

There are lots of coaching positions out there- problem they pay nothing- I saw two of them listed for "part time head coach xc - 10 months" they pay between $2-7 thousand. Yes, these are not the top colleges, but most AD's feel that they can get a former runner to coach for a few years and then get another one. I thought that the NCAA and Fair Labor Act had closed this loophole, but I guess not. Most of us never entered the coaching ranks to become rich, but the two above mentioned programs are setting themselves up for failure. Anyone who takes these positions will have to have another job. When will they have the team train at night after they get off from the job that pays the bills? I feel sorry for those of you who are just now coming into the coaching business. A wonderful profession that is more of a labor of love than a occupation.

I'm sure the UNCW administration is very happy with Jim Sprecher winning the Colonial Athletic Association men's outdoor track title almost every year, with only 4 scholarships.

old coach wrote:

I thought that the NCAA and Fair Labor Act had closed this loophole, but I guess not.

The act of paying whatever the pool of applicants is willing to accept is not illegal. The problem is what all the jokers who are trying to break into the biz are willing to take from the AD's who offer the jobs. The law that was broken, which forced the NCAA to pay restitution, in the late 80's/ early 90's had to do with the NCAA limiting the earning potential of member institution's employees in assistant coach positions. Nobody forces anyone to take a low paying job, they do it willingly.

There was really a law passed a few years ago that told school that they had to pay coaches $455 a week. The same law stated that if the coach was required to be "working" (meetings, meets, practices, etc) he was to be paid for the entire week. I know several coaches who saw a payraise from $3000 to $10000. At the same time the schools had to establish a schedule of when the individual was required to work. They may have found some way around it- unless it only applies to DI programs. It was established to prevent schools from hiring an individual at a low pay (saying it is part time and only a few hours a week) and then working them for many other hours by having them attend clinics, meeting, fund raising activities, etc.

I've heard from some sources that the head coach at Saint Francis University (PA) will not get his contract renewed in May. Keep checking the NCAA site.

Saint Francis doesn't tend to fire coaches unless the teams are terrible for a long period of time. Sometimes even those coaches do not get fired. The expectations are not high from the administration because of the low resource situation. Considering their men won last weekends Northeast Conference Track and Field title--I would say Felix is safe for many years. Congrat's to all the coaches and the team.

get a clue wrote:

Wetmore will never get fired

It wasn't implied that he would. He might be in line for a position with better income prospects.

old coach wrote:

There was really a law passed a few years ago that told school that they had to pay coaches $455 a week. The same law stated that if the coach was required to be "working" (meetings, meets, practices, etc) he was to be paid for the entire week. I know several coaches who saw a payraise from $3000 to $10000. At the same time the schools had to establish a schedule of when the individual was required to work. They may have found some way around it- unless it only applies to DI programs. It was established to prevent schools from hiring an individual at a low pay (saying it is part time and only a few hours a week) and then working them for many other hours by having them attend clinics, meeting, fund raising activities, etc.

Source? It sounds like you are describing a version of what I am talking about, except, it wasn't a "law." The NCAA doesn't pass laws that the general public has to consider or even care about. It has bylaws that it imposes on it's members. The problem was that they thought they would get into the salary regulation business. In summary, the courts said this imposed on the pursuit of the individuals happiness/success- a guaranteed right. It was struck down and everyone who was an assistant coach during this era, and who was limited, had the right to file a claim for a set amount of restitution. Basically during this time, you had many coaches making around $15,000.00 for full time work, and they were capped at that amount and couldn't make any more, no matter the circumstances. By the way, there is no way you could do the job justice by doing it part time for "only a few hours" a week.