coaching

[D.J.55]

im a high school senior right now im trying to break into the caoching field. i have played varsity football for my high school, but right before my senior i tore my shoulder. so i quit playing football and picked up coaching football. i helped coach a pop warner team in my area and now im coaching a middle school team. i coach the LBs and TEs. i hope to gain on-the-job trianing that way i have exprience when i move up to the high school level or college level. i hope to be coaching in the NFL one day but i kno its goin to take hard work to get there. i got to wondering how many people on this board are trying to break into the coaching field to?

[maruske845]

i had that dream

but football didnt work out with me
not enough control

maybe that sounds werid

[Calif. Bronco]

im a high school senior right now im trying to break into the caoching field. i have played varsity football for my high school, but right before my senior i tore my shoulder. so i quit playing football and picked up coaching football. i helped coach a pop warner team in my area and now im coaching a middle school team. i coach the LBs and TEs. i hope to gain on-the-job trianing that way i have exprience when i move up to the high school level or college level. i hope to be coaching in the NFL one day but i kno its goin to take hard work to get there. i got to wondering how many people on this board are trying to break into the coaching field to?

I'm not but a very good friend of mine is/has. He started by helping with his former high school team (unpaid)while he went to college. Then his last few years of undergrad he helped out with his college team (again unpaid.) Finally, he became a GA (Graduate Assistant - still unpaid) but that landed him a job as a special teams coach (I think) at a very small college.

If you look at the resumes/histories of most coaches, I think they took a very similar path.

[CinnaMunMun]

I also know you can start your way up from little league. Thats where I am going to go. Or at least try.

[D.J.55]

I'm not but a very good friend of mine is/has. He started by helping with his former high school team (unpaid)while he went to college. Then his last few years of undergrad he helped out with his college team (again unpaid.) Finally, he became a GA (Graduate Assistant - still unpaid) but that landed him a job as a special teams coach (I think) at a very small college.

If you look at the resumes/histories of most coaches, I think they took a very similar path.

that is awesome. she im still in high school so im tryin to learn bout the business. when i graduate i plan on majoring in phyiscal education. while im at the college i want to talk to the football coaches there and see if i cant help them out. i know i wont get paid but i'll have on-the-job trianing with colleges coaches.

[cadet04wrs]

it helps to play in college too. most of our coaches played ball at some point in time.

[SmithOverTO]

that is awesome. she im still in high school so im tryin to learn bout the business. when i graduate i plan on majoring in phyiscal education. while im at the college i want to talk to the football coaches there and see if i cant help them out. i know i wont get paid but i'll have on-the-job trianing with colleges coaches.

This might sound wierd, but I would suggest buying Mike Shannhan's book about coaching. He wrote about his journey through the coaching world and he literally started with nothing. It's a good read and you'll pick up some great stuff.

[BVP]

I am gonna coach. Talk to your high school coaches and try to learn a few things from them.

[D.J.55]

This might sound wierd, but I would suggest buying Mike Shannhan's book about coaching. He wrote about his journey through the coaching world and he literally started with nothing. It's a good read and you'll pick up some great stuff.

what the name of the book? i want to check it out.

[D.J.55]

I am gonna coach. Talk to your high school coaches and try to learn a few things from them.

i have been doing that. I played LB at my high school and my LBs coach coached at FSU. so i have been trying to pick things up from him.

[Jaws]

This might sound wierd, but I would suggest buying Mike Shannhan's book about coaching. He wrote about his journey through the coaching world and he literally started with nothing. It's a good read and you'll pick up some great stuff.

Lol, great minds think alike. I bought that book a few weeks ago and have read a few chapters. It's a really good read. I might even get into coaching myself

Is the Bolts position filled yet?

[Jaws]

what the name of the book? i want to check it out.

It's called "Think Like a Champion". I bought mine cheaply from one of the Amazon marketplace sellers.

[D.J.55]

It's called "Think Like a Champion". I bought mine cheaply from one of the Amazon marketplace sellers.

thanks! i will be on the look for that book.

[Nick7]

I also know you can start your way up from little league. Thats where I am going to go. Or at least try.

That's a MUCH harder route, though.


Little league coaches are almost always the dad of a player that has enough time on their hands and played HS football at one point.

The chances of going from HS to College are fairly slim. Unless you are the HC of a top 20 (nation-wide) team. Your best bet is to be a GA.

[foolio2000]

Well, I am trying to be a coach too. The thing is I am starting too late I am a sophmore in college (Sac State) and have never played organized football - *was homeschooled through high school* But I did catch a break last year and helped coach a local middle school team, I don't know if I will have the same opportunity though this year. I am thinking of trying out for the Sac Sate football team but my chances are extremely small - even though we're not very good.