Coaching job with no experience necessary

It is nice that a commitment to diversity is important but coaching experience is not.

I also like how they are biased against people from D, DIII and NAIA schools. So much for a commitment to diversity there.

Sounds like a good opportunity for a runner just out of college. How much coaching experience did someone like Robert Chapman have before he got his first coaching job?

Based on the job description, I am guessing that not only are they looking for DII graduates (what an odd requirement!), but that it's basically a lead pipe cinch that the job will go to a female or a minority.

This is not just a Track/XC thing. It appears that the NCAA is pushing this Coaching Enhancement Grant Program at the DII level this year. My school just posted almost the exact same job description except for Women's Ice Hockey. Similar salary numbers. I think there's some sort of administrative component connected to Life Skills programs or something like that connected so it's not just coaching ice hockey. The ironic thing is that our head Women's Ice Hockey coach IS NOT fulltime. So we're going to have a part time head coach and a full time assistant coach and the assistant coach will be making double what the head coach makes (although that's speculation on my part because I don't know exactly what the head coach makes). I'm not sure what planet that makes sense on. Next year should be an interesting dynamic around that program.

$18,000 is below poverty level....why would I want to be the loser who takes that job?

Because you are an entry level coach and you realize that for your background, crazy as it may sound, $18,000 is pretty damn good.

Anyone can make $18,000 retard. Go work for UPS and you'll make that much your first year with no experience.

KevinM wrote:

Based on the job description, I am guessing that not only are they looking for DII graduates (what an odd requirement!), but that it's basically a lead pipe cinch that the job will go to a female or a minority.

I would also assume that maybe they'd "prefer" someone who has had some experience operating under Division II guidelines/regulations? (even if only as an athlete).

This is the only "logical" reason I could come up with for that stipulation.

So aspiring coaches, who really want to get into the collegiate coaching biz, should go work at UPS? Entry level coaches with a goal of a career in the profession might be just a tad better off actually coaching than just slapping labels on packages. But what does a retard like me know?

You can only go sofar without a degree stupid. I would assume you need some degree to make more than $18,000 as a coach. Plus if you looked at the credentials of most coaches you notice they have degrees. Stop trying to be lazy...go to school.

i thought saginaw valley dropped their track program?

Randy wrote:

$18,000 is below poverty level....why would I want to be the loser who takes that job?

Wow. Do most of the people on this board live in Cali or NY state?

What is the poverty level:

Family of 1: $ 9,570

Family of 2: $12,830

Family of 4: $19,350

I sure hope someone who's married w/2 kids is well into his or her 5th-10th year of coaching experience and not look for an ASSISTANT POSITION.

Alan

All it says is this: "This position is funded by the Division II Coaching Enhancement Grant Program designed to aid Division II member institutions in enhancing gender and ethnic minority representation in intercollegiate athletics."

The way I read it...The Division II Coaching Enhancement Greant Program is looking for anyone...DI, DII, DIII, no experience in intercollegiate track...but was made to to help these DII member institutions have greater minority representation...no where does it say you have to come from a DII program.

yea go be an assistant and take orders and make close to nothing and barely get by. Yea don't aspire to be much and don't try to hard in life. That's fine...marry some fat ugly pig and then have fat ugly pig kids and then get bitched at because you don't make enough cause you took some stupid job that made you $18,000 5 yrs ago and now, because of inflation, you make $19,000 with 2 kids. yes people aspire to be a loser.

Right you are! Take that $18K so that one day you can get a $25K head coaching gig that's always in danger of being axed.

won't happen unless your coaching 2 yr olds...can't be a head coach with a high school diploma stupid.

In other words,

We are committed to selecting someone who meets are gender and racial profile.

The irony is overwhelming