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Ben James Whitten (Bjw5711)
Junior Member
Username: Bjw5711
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 7:11 am: |       |
I am a college athlete in Track and Field, a sport that i want to coach someday. Is being a college athlete in that sport enough or is a coaching minor still necessary? |
Christopher Kwolek (Airforceone22)
New member
Username: Airforceone22
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 10:37 pm: | |
I think that the coaching minor should give you an advantage in job searching and applying for a coaching job of your choice. As a minor most people say well you could get hired as a coach anywhere, true but if you have the appropriate background that should be to your advantage. |
Meaghan Craig (Cwustudent21)
New member
Username: Cwustudent21
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:28 pm: | |
I was also a college athlete who wants to become a coach, but I am not pursuing a coaching minor and I believe that I am still going to get the coaching job if it is open because most districts would rather higher a coach within their district, if not more specifically within their school. My mom coaches middle school softball and she does not have a coaching minor. |
Christine Bolger (Cbolger)
Junior Member
Username: Cbolger
Post Number: 8
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 28, 2007 - 7:58 am: | |
The world of coaching is getting more competitive as we expect more from our coaches (more wins, better judgement, more knowledge about the sport, etc.). A coaching minor would give you a great foundation from which you can build even MORE of a coaching resume including sport-specific training (from USA Track and Field for instance) because just having BEEN an athlete is no longer adequate "experience". Visit www.NASPEinfo.org for information about what coaches should know, value and be able to do - things listed in the National Standards for Sport Coaches. |
andy Padulo (Apadulo)
Junior Member
Username: Apadulo
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 12:07 pm: | |
No, it is not enough! You need to take classes and attend any workshops or hands-on camps. I did a football camp in Chicago with the Bears and it looks great on the resume! |
Jonathan D. McCune (Joner1414)
New member
Username: Joner1414
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 1:31 pm: | |
I think there should be a coaching minor needed. I hope that the salary of coaches keeps rising because it's becoming a year round job for some. i agree with Cbolger, coaches have a lot of the spotlight and should get their due. I think it'll help people who know a lot about the sport but don't compete D-1 still be able to be a D-1 coach. |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
Moderator
Username: Summit5
Post Number: 160
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 2:56 pm: | |
Being a fantastic athlete does not make one a fantastic coach. There is so much more to coaching than knowledge of the sport. Having a coaching minor would acknowledge that you have had training and/or certification in coaching. It certainly would help on your resume. |
Lyndsay Michele Burneisen (Lburneisen)
Junior Member
Username: Lburneisen
Post Number: 5
Registered: 9-2010
| | Posted on Monday, October 04, 2010 - 7:18 pm: | |
I don't think that you need a coaching minor if you want to be a coach. I think that experience is more important, than schooling. You can take all the classes, but that doesn't make you a good coach. |
Amanda (Mandynpaul2002)
New member
Username: Mandynpaul2002
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 7:52 am: | |
If you are a physical ed teacher, most of the times schools would just ask if you would like to take a chance on coaching a certain sport you are probably good in. If you can coach, i believe it would help with finding a job and save the school district on trying to hire another person when you can do both jobs. |
Matthew Robertson (Mjrob)
Junior Member
Username: Mjrob
Post Number: 4
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 7:35 pm: | |
I think that a Coaching minor would help you get a job if you were not a teacher at that school. If you are a teacher at the school I think that a school would prefer having someone from the school be the coach. My brother doesn't have a coaching minor and he became an assistant in one of the schools top programs his first year. |
George Santel (Gjs4002)
New member
Username: Gjs4002
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 10:26 am: | |
Knowing that sport well is a great advantage to coaching but having the coaching minor gives you the basics and understanding athletes and how to approach different types of athletes in different situations. You may have been the type who responds well to a coach basically yelling and pushing you. Not every athlete is like that and can respond the opposite of what you want. |
Ashley Buchanan (Ashleybuchanan)
Junior Member
Username: Ashleybuchanan
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 3:54 pm: | |
In my experience, we've had coaches at my high school, that have never even played the sport that they are coaching. I feel that if you have played the sport it would make you more qualified than some of the people we've had go through. However, I feel that if you have that coaching minor, a school would be more likely to hire you than someone who has just played before. |
Lynzee Panchik (Lpanchik21)
New member
Username: Lpanchik21
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 10:55 am: | |
I am in the coaching minor and have learned many new things from coaching styles to players attitudes. I think being in the minor is an advantage when going to look for a job. If a district see that you have coaching experience, then it could help getting a teaching job as well as being a coach. |
Nickolas Endres (Nikkoendres)
Junior Member
Username: Nikkoendres
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 12:22 pm: | |
I believe a coaching minor certainly does supplement coaching talent however, not being a coaching minor and being a coach myself I don't believe it's a necessity one must have to do well coaching. I've been coaching 4 yrs now in the sport of wrestling and feel I have been doing it very successfully, both in coaching the athletes in the sport and being a mentor to them off the athletic field by personally connecting to them and relating to them. No, I'm not saying having a coaching minor is worthless; all I'm saying is that it isn't a necessity. I mean it can't hurt to have it, right? |
