Coaching Resume

[gatorman-uf]

Since we are in the hiring and firing season.

As a community member (low level booster, a Friday night fan, maybe a parent of a former player) what are you looking for in your coach in terms of resume, experience, personality, criteria?
Do you have different things that you are looking for as a current players' parent? Teacher? Administrator? High Level Booster?
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Additionally, coaches what are you looking for from a school?

[nolebull813]

I would like a coach who just coaches. Preferably not some former college or NFL player who is just bored or wants an introduction to coaching. I would prefer a coach who wants to be a high school football coach only. That’s his job. Not some teacher.  Not some parent. Not some volunteer. An old ball coach. And X’s and O’s guy who is a leader of young men. A man who is of Christian faith and can teach young men valuable life lessons to help them be better teammates, husbands and fathers. 

[Dan in Daytona]

17 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

 A man who is of Christian faith and can teach young men valuable life lessons to help them be better teammates, husbands and fathers. 

LOL, Why am I not surprised that you , an exclusionist, would omit a few billion humans from the coaching profession. Same old tried, ignorant Nolebull. SMDH

[DarterBlue2]

8 minutes ago, Dan in Daytona said:

LOL, Why am I not surprised that you , an exclusionist, would omit a few billion humans from the coaching profession. Same old tried, ignorant Nolebull. SMDH

He is who he is. But at least he's consistent. A true believer. I do respect that about him. 

[nolebull813]

30 minutes ago, Dan in Daytona said:

LOL, Why am I not surprised that you , an exclusionist, would omit a few billion humans from the coaching profession. Same old tried, ignorant Nolebull. SMDH

Hate to break it to you but there are aloooooot of Christian coaches. If I was looking for a Cricket or Soccer coach, maybe those billions of humans might be of more interest. But culturally I’m looking for a Christian. Nothing to do with politics. Just want to know where the man’s head is at. And he was asking everyone “what are YOU looking for…” 

Also new flash but people who follow most other religions are fringe here, and they either don’t play American HSFB or don’t excel at it. Some do but it’s such a Small number that it wouldn’t make me change my entire philosophy and outlook. 

[Beek]

I will say this for myself. I am a coach who had to find a way to teach. In my opinion you must be on campus to be an effective head coach. You need to be able to mingle, see the students, recruit the halls. Be there for the students in their time of need. If you are not a teacher or a district employee. How can you be in the halls all day.  I teach Auto shop. Im not a college educated educator, who has never been outside the walls. I have seen what reality looks like. I have coached kids from 4years old up. I have dedicated my life to coaching. I really enjoy teaching automotive technology to my students. But the main reason I am there is to be a coach!  Unfortunately it also hampers my ability to coach at every school. Only a very few have automotive. 

 

But to answer the question originally asked. If I was an AD. What would I look for in a head coach.

1. Why did you leave your previous job? (If this is your first time as a head coach, why do you think you are ready to make that leap. This will involve a whole different set of added questions)  (is this an upward career move? Were you fired? why? )

2. How long were you at your previous job?  (do you move around a lot. Can I count on you staying to build/rebuild a program. Or will you be jumping ship for the next latest greatest. Towards your career advancement)

3. What is your vision for this program? (Have you done your research, Do you know the community, do you know the accolades and the pitfalls of the program. Demographics, are these kids you can work with and make successful? )

4. What do you bring to the table? (What sets you apart from all other applicants, What skills or accolades do you have that would make you the best candidate for the job?)

5. Can you assemble a staff? ( who do you know, what is your plan to put coaches in place. Cannot be just rehire the previous staff. But retaining some or all of them could be a benefit if they are good at what they do!

6. How do you handle off season work outs? (what was the prior participation, can you maintain or improve the participation? How will you achieve that? )

7. fundraising!, program budget. (if the coach doesn't ask these questions there may be a big problem, As we all know football programs are not funded by districts, What is your plan, past experience and researched goals for the new program. )

8. Recruiting?  ( what have you done, college contacts? how many kids from your previous place obtained scholarships? )

 

I will continue to edit this post as more thoughts come to mind

[h8r]

15 hours ago, Beek said:

I will say this for myself. I am a coach who had to find a way to teach. In my opinion you must be on campus to be an effective head coach. You need to be able to mingle, see the students, recruit the halls. Be there for the students in their time of need. If you are not a teacher or a district employee. How can you be in the halls all day.  I teach Auto shop. Im not a college educated educator, who has never been outside the walls. I have seen what reality looks like. I have coached kids from 4years old up. I have dedicated my life to coaching. I really enjoy teaching automotive technology to my students. But the main reason I am there is to be a coach!  Unfortunately it also hampers my ability to coach at every school. Only a very few have automotive. 

 

But to answer the question originally asked. If I was an AD. What would I look for in a head coach.

1. Why did you leave your previous job? (If this is your first time as a head coach, why do you think you are ready to make that leap. This will involve a whole different set of added questions)  (is this an upward career move? Were you fired? why? )

2. How long were you at your previous job?  (do you move around a lot. Can I count on you staying to build/rebuild a program. Or will you be jumping ship for the next latest greatest. Towards your career advancement)

3. What is your vision for this program? (Have you done your research, Do you know the community, do you know the accolades and the pitfalls of the program. Demographics, are these kids you can work with and make successful? )

4. What do you bring to the table? (What sets you apart from all other applicants, What skills or accolades do you have that would make you the best candidate for the job?)

5. Can you assemble a staff? ( who do you know, what is your plan to put coaches in place. Cannot be just rehire the previous staff. But retaining some or all of them could be a benefit if they are good at what they do!

6. How do you handle off season work outs? (what was the prior participation, can you maintain or improve the participation? How will you achieve that? )

7. fundraising!, program budget. (if the coach doesn't ask these questions there may be a big problem, As we all know football programs are not funded by districts, What is your plan, past experience and researched goals for the new program. )

8. Recruiting?  ( what have you done, college contacts? how many kids from your previous place obtained scholarships? )

 

I will continue to edit this post as more thoughts come to mind

I ll ask you questions 4 thru 8......

what are you doing for these things, since you seem to be on the board as a known coach.....

ill wait

[Manatee Magic]

How do you learn the science of the game like all the plays and code words to get to be a coach?

[Beek]

On 12/17/2023 at 9:21 AM, h8r said:

I ll ask you questions 4 thru 8......

what are you doing for these things, since you seem to be on the board as a known coach.....

ill wait

4. 10 years of high school coaching experience. Took a perennial 0-10,1-9,2-10 program and rebuilt it from the ground up.  I bring stability to the program.  I don’t move around. Coming from coaching in a community that has almost no youth football. Being able to teach the game and how to play it safely to the first year player as well as the seasoned player. 
 

5. I know a lot of coaches from being in the high school game for many years.  I have built relationships with a lot of coaches at every level.  I understand what it takes to coach a football team effectively. How to mix personalities and coaching assets for the betterment of the program.  I would interview the past coaching staff to see what they could bring to the table.  What they thought about the previous administration.  Good and bad and what they thought could be done to improve it. I would also research the program from the outside. See what others thought of it. Its strengths and weaknesses. On and off the field.  All of those would be a factor in the staff I would hire. 
 

6. we work 4 days a week in the offseason. I encourage players to participate in other sports.  The advantages of being a multi sport athlete help with recruiting as well as work the body in different ways.  Not all schools can have 4 day a week workouts because of player culture and outside influences.  Would have to study that and see if it could be changed.  But no matter what we would still work out physically and mentally with the kids who could participate. And hope that a little peer pressure and raising expectations can increase attendance.  
 

7. fundraising.  That totally depends on the schools culture and whether there is a booster club or not.  In some schools raising 50k a season is easy.  In others raising 5k is an issue.  There are so many avenues to fundraising it would be a studied decision based on the aforementioned factors.  But we would set lofty goals and strive to achieve them.  While trying to always give something back to the players from their efforts in fundraising (cloth etc)

 

8. 10 years of coaching contacts at the next level.  I have built relationships with numerous programs.  Not trying to oversell an athlete to a higher program that they can be successful at.   In my 9 years at my last school EVERY player who was looking to play at the next lever received an offer.  Not necessarily the d1 offer they thought they deserved.  But a good fit academically, athletically and financially.  
 

there is more that that even. But that’s a quick synopsis of my answers.