I am getting a degree in exercise physiology and want to coach xc/track (collegiate hopefully). However I know there isn't good money in coaching until you have success and get to a big university.
How do some of you make a decent living while coaching? Coach privately on the side? Just want to make good money.
write letters, become an assistant. stab ur head coach
You don't. You get a regular job and coach on the side. If you are good/lucky enough, you get a full-time job coaching and quit the regular job.
potential vin replacement wrote:
Just want to make good money.
You are in the wrong business buddy. If that is even part of the equation you can't justify coaching as a career.
You are never going to make good money coaching. There are a handful (probably less than 10) coaches in the country that make really good money. There are a fair amount who are doing well depending on your definition but they are all head track coaches at major universities. Most people work their way up to head coach either through being a successful high school coach or an well known assistant coach that takes over after an older head coach retires on top. If it is really your dream to be a successful coach get a job as a head coach at a high school that has had success in the past and has a student population that is some what above average in monetary standing (it is far easier to win and have good numbers at theses schools.) Then coach your but off and win a couple of state titles then apply for college coaching positions that have vacancies. Once you are a college head coach recruit recruit recruit did i mention recruit. The key to coaching in college is getting great runners to run for you from there everything else is gravy. Once you are well know apply at high level programs i.e. ones with a lot of sponsorship like oregon, stanford, LSU etc. Then win a few national titles and should pull down a fair salary. If you just want make money get in to the medical field (educated position doctor, pa ect.) or the real estate field. Both of these fields statistically make far more money than the average job.
Why not just coach at CU and then take your foot that the head coach has so kindly placed in the door for you and shove it up his ass instead via Runnersworld...?
The coach who goes from HS to collegiate track and field jobs is disappearing quickly.
If you want to be a college coach you need to do your best to get a college coaching job early and work up. Jumping from HS to college doesn't work much these days as colleges are looking to hire people with recruiting experience.
potential vin replacement wrote:
I am getting a degree in exercise physiology and want to coach xc/track (collegiate hopefully). However I know there isn't good money in coaching until you have success and get to a big university.
How do some of you make a decent living while coaching? Coach privately on the side? Just want to make good money.
That's what I was looking to do. I know a few high level coaches that I could contact to be an assistant. I was thinking I would try and open up a personal training business on the side, but not sure what else I could do with my degree.
Would it help if I got as many coaching certificates as I can? I do know that championships matter the most.
I opened my own coaching service backed by a quality resume in a small city with heavy demand for this. I gave so much for little cost at first and essentially drowned out most of the competition. I raised my rates the next year and still grew. I raised them again and still grew. Eventually I opened up groups to manage the inflow and those in turn built up my client base for more personal training.
At one point, I was doing two to three clientele a day for a total of 16 clients meeting one-hour per week at $150 dollars per month. I offered the best micro-management coaching service around, possess a motivating personality, and have very fast times to back me up. Coupled with my groups, I was able to pull in about $35-$40k a year working additionally in a gym to build a bigger client base.
The gym I worked for actually bought my services to do it exclusively for them full-time, salary of $45k per year, full-benefits. I'm completely secure as this salary affords me plenty in the city I live. I probably coulda made more on my own had i continued, but the steady pay check and security is nice and now being able to do it full-time, I offer a stronger service against my prior competitors.
People ask me all the time: "Do you ever think about coaching at a High School?" and I think: Hell no. I make more than a lot of teachers and I didn't even have to go back to school for the damn graduate degree. Add to this about 10 hours of my 40 hour work week is devoted to actually running with my runners. I'll never be rich, but I have a pretty rewarding, fit, secure gig going. Add to this, if I ever lost my job, I can always return ever more experienced to what I was doing before. I'll probably never be without work again. Evey year I'm worth more in this field.
Do you have an email? I'd like to stay in touch so I can seek advice for the business side of personal training or any other questions.
ProCoachguy wrote:
I opened my own coaching service backed by a quality resume in a small city with heavy demand for this. I gave so much for little cost at first and essentially drowned out most of the competition. I raised my rates the next year and still grew. I raised them again and still grew. Eventually I opened up groups to manage the inflow and those in turn built up my client base for more personal training.
At one point, I was doing two to three clientele a day for a total of 16 clients meeting one-hour per week at $150 dollars per month. I offered the best micro-management coaching service around, possess a motivating personality, and have very fast times to back me up. Coupled with my groups, I was able to pull in about $35-$40k a year working additionally in a gym to build a bigger client base.
The gym I worked for actually bought my services to do it exclusively for them full-time, salary of $45k per year, full-benefits. I'm completely secure as this salary affords me plenty in the city I live. I probably coulda made more on my own had i continued, but the steady pay check and security is nice and now being able to do it full-time, I offer a stronger service against my prior competitors.
People ask me all the time: "Do you ever think about coaching at a High School?" and I think: Hell no. I make more than a lot of teachers and I didn't even have to go back to school for the damn graduate degree. Add to this about 10 hours of my 40 hour work week is devoted to actually running with my runners. I'll never be rich, but I have a pretty rewarding, fit, secure gig going. Add to this, if I ever lost my job, I can always return ever more experienced to what I was doing before. I'll probably never be without work again. Evey year I'm worth more in this field.