College Track/XC Coaches Salaries - post your pay!

1. D1

2. VA / Shoe store employee

3. $7000

Lots of canned foods for dinner. Check back on me in 10 years, I may have made money.

rojo wrote:

In my 10 years of coaching, I probably made a total of 200k but it was a great gig for me as I could still do LRC and was young and unmarried.

And had a nice trust fund to live off of

D2

Part time assistant (really the xc head and track assistant) + part time running store

$14k + around $10-12k = ~$25k

It's manageable, but a bit of a struggle living in a more expensive area of the country.

Single, a few roommates, nothing too crazy for student loan debt.

Lots of cheap dinners, save some money by walking to and from work. Bike to the running store and only get running shoes from reps when they offer.

Only made $6k coaching last year, so I'm confident that it will SLOWLY get better over time.

I used to be a D3 head coach. Topped out at $32K with benefits after 10 years.

Then I decided to become a HS teacher. Now I make $72K with full benefits plus another $5K for head XC coach, $8K for track head coach, $3K for soccer assistant coach, and I get $5K for helping the football team as a trainer/assistant.

So now I am making roughly $93K with full benefits. If you are thinking about coaching, high school is the way to go.

High School

Head T&F

Head XC

~25 yrs experience, private school, state with low cost of living

Teach 4 classes

$72K

JuCo

Head XC/Asst Track

$10,000 a year, no benefits

D2 Head XC/Track Coach

15 years of experience (37 Years old)

10 years as an d2 Assistant, I topped out at $29,500 and was teaching classes as well

I've been in my current position for 5 years and my current salary is $90k plus full benefits.

High school head track and XC. Also teach History

$98K plus benefits and amazing pension

1. D3 in Boston

2. Head track coach/asst. cross. Also worked in a running store

3. $7,500

1. D2 in northwest

2. Asst. cross, although head coach attended maybe 5 practices a year

3. $48,000 + university covered all my housing and utilities and provided the staff with a vehicle that the head coach occasionally let me use.

1. D2 in the Southeast

2. Asst. cross/track

3. $25,000

some numbers are depressingly low. sorry for you lads.

I also work in an office but am considering moving to coaching. I moderately like my job, but love running. Really split between the two. I would be losing money becoming a GA or assistants coach but may enjoy my job much more.

Any advice/thoughts?

1. D1

2. Head XC/TF

3. $70,000 base + bonus and benefits (car stipend, etc)

1. D1- Mid Major

2. Part-time Assistant XC/TF coach

3. $14,000/year

24 years at D1; most at power 5 conferences

Assistant coach - Men and women's programs

Topped out at started out at 26K, topped out at 52k

Coached for several years at both levels. Had another flexible full-time job that allowed me to coach. Wanted to move into college coach, but realized there is no money it. Still happily coaching HS as an assist track coach while fully employed in private sector.

HS

Asst Track Coach

$5,000 for outdoor season only (3 months)

NAIA

Asst Track/XC Coach

$4,500 / year !

somebloke wrote:

some numbers are depressingly low. sorry for you lads.

Seriously. I'd be interested to hear how some of you justify this for yourselves. You are intelligent, hard working, dedicated, competent individuals with a track record of setting/achieving goals....yet you are working for peanuts. I mean this all in a good way, not trying to be a troll, you are all just leaving tons of money on the table.

RHCP wrote:

somebloke wrote:

some numbers are depressingly low. sorry for you lads.

Seriously. I'd be interested to hear how some of you justify this for yourselves. You are intelligent, hard working, dedicated, competent individuals with a track record of setting/achieving goals....yet you are working for peanuts. I mean this all in a good way, not trying to be a troll, you are all just leaving tons of money on the table.

There are more important things than money. Such as: actually enjoying what you spend the majority of your time doing.

RHCP wrote:

somebloke wrote:

some numbers are depressingly low. sorry for you lads.

Seriously. I'd be interested to hear how some of you justify this for yourselves. You are intelligent, hard working, dedicated, competent individuals with a track record of setting/achieving goals....yet you are working for peanuts. I mean this all in a good way, not trying to be a troll, you are all just leaving tons of money on the table.

Oh my gosh that made me laugh when you said intelligent. That is a good one.

- DI Head XC/Asst Track

- Mid-Major

- $50,500 + Perf Bonuses, Benefits, Phone