2019 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Dumb donkie hire wrote:

https://wmubroncos.com/news/2019/8/26/womens-track-field-makiba-batten-named-head-track-field-and-cross-country-coach.aspx

Took them this long to hire someone with no head coaching experience....

An assistant at a low level D2 school to head of both XC/track at a D1 school.

I can see a power 5 asst to mid level D1 head.

The head XC coach at WMU is a throws coach?

Looks like Milwaukee found their new part time throws coach. Any news on the other throws openings?

EIU and Villanova both pulled their ads so they must be in the interview process.

UC Davis, FIU, and Standford are still posted among a few other jobs, but the teams are all on campus already or will be soon.

Not to mention all the part time, GA, intern, and volunteer positions that are sought after by all those looking to pay their dues.

UMBC throws coach to Nova via his Facebook.

Did UMBC hire anyone yet? Looks like they only posted to their school website which makes me think they had someone in mind. Preferred application deadline is August 14th but open until full. I wonder why the old coach left. They did pretty well.

http://listings.umbc.edu/cw/en-us/job/492967/assistant-coach-track-field

Javy wrote:

UMBC throws coach to Nova via his Facebook.

Outstanding hire by Villanova. One of the best hires this summer by any school, a very big steal. Koumlelis produced several national qualifiers and All Americans at a school that nobody ever heard of - lower than a mid major.

He is just heavy international. Will have a hard time at nova.

Stanford distance done. Team informed.

The year of mediocre/shittay throws jobs. What’s left USF, Stanford seems deadset on hiring inexperienced female, and UConn?

No surprise wrote:

Stanford distance done. Team informed.

Well spit it out there junior

Big East isn't overly competitive in the throws, and wont be overly difficult to pick up points in the throws. Aside from the few at the top, the bottom end is only a matter of getting respectable talent into your program. It looks like Nova is trying to pick up points in the jav and went with someone with the most experience in that department. Foreign or not having a 74m jav thrower on your resume wont hurt.

Bucking bronco wrote:

Dumb donkie hire wrote:

https://wmubroncos.com/news/2019/8/26/womens-track-field-makiba-batten-named-head-track-field-and-cross-country-coach.aspx

Took them this long to hire someone with no head coaching experience....

An assistant at a low level D2 school to head of both XC/track at a D1 school.

I can see a power 5 asst to mid level D1 head.

The head XC coach at WMU is a throws coach?

Yes she is head coach. Head Coach of the entire program. She will just hire a distance coach. Same as when a head coach is a distance coach and hires a jumps, sprints and throws coach. No different to when a head football coach is a defensive guy and he hires a running backs coach or receivers coach.

You distance guys are idiots......yes you Bucking bronco.......idiot

His top throwers all entered the transfer portal towards the end of the season and left for power 5 schools. It’s been a problem for him the last few years so he decided to leave the program. Gods coach and even better guy. Word has it that Umbc has hired a throws coach but no name has been said yet. Emphasis is on multis coach that can work with throws as well.

*good coach

No surprise wrote:

Stanford distance done. Team informed.

Yup. Ondrasek just like I have been saying for many weeks.

Questionable1 wrote:

Bucking bronco wrote:

An assistant at a low level D2 school to head of both XC/track at a D1 school.

I can see a power 5 asst to mid level D1 head.

The head XC coach at WMU is a throws coach?

Yes she is head coach. Head Coach of the entire program. She will just hire a distance coach. Same as when a head coach is a distance coach and hires a jumps, sprints and throws coach. No different to when a head football coach is a defensive guy and he hires a running backs coach or receivers coach.

You distance guys are idiots......yes you Bucking bronco.......idiot

She checks TWO boxes for Human Resources; that is all the admin cares about.

Questionable1 wrote:

Bucking bronco wrote:

An assistant at a low level D2 school to head of both XC/track at a D1 school.

I can see a power 5 asst to mid level D1 head.

The head XC coach at WMU is a throws coach?

Yes she is head coach. Head Coach of the entire program. She will just hire a distance coach. Same as when a head coach is a distance coach and hires a jumps, sprints and throws coach. No different to when a head football coach is a defensive guy and he hires a running backs coach or receivers coach.

You distance guys are idiots......yes you Bucking bronco.......idiot

then they should specify she is the DIRECTOR of XC/track and will focus on the throws events as opposed to the label of head coach

The head coach of XC coaches XC with an assistant(s) and should have some clue about distant running

The director of the program who is a throws coach or a sprint coach - hires a Head coach for XC

WMU frustrated wrote:

Questionable1 wrote:

Yes she is head coach. Head Coach of the entire program. She will just hire a distance coach. Same as when a head coach is a distance coach and hires a jumps, sprints and throws coach. No different to when a head football coach is a defensive guy and he hires a running backs coach or receivers coach.

You distance guys are idiots......yes you Bucking bronco.......idiot

then they should specify she is the DIRECTOR of XC/track and will focus on the throws events as opposed to the label of head coach

The head coach of XC coaches XC with an assistant(s) and should have some clue about distant running

The director of the program who is a throws coach or a sprint coach - hires a Head coach for XC

I’d rather have her coach XC than the kid they hired

So, if a distance coach is the head of a track and field program, should that person be the director of track and field since they can't coach many of the events there? Your logic stinks. She'll hire a distance coach and run the overall program. Or maybe, she's read a book or two on exercise science and can coach other events as well. Quit being such a candyass and give her a chance.

To the Disgruntled,

Move on. You're digging rather deep to find wrong in a title...Of course someone else will cover XC/distance. She'll build HER staff and move the program forward.