Obviously every place is different but it's so weird to hear athletic directors are coaches. I have never once seen or heard of that around here. They are in charge of the coaches (and all athletic stuff) but are never coaches themselves.
Our AD was the head football coach. But I only had probably 500 kids at my HS.
Obviously every place is different but it's so weird to hear athletic directors are coaches. I have never once seen or heard of that around here. They are in charge of the coaches (and all athletic stuff) but are never coaches themselves.
Our AD was the head football coach. But I only had probably 500 kids at my HS.
Yeah in small schools I can see that. In the metro and metro area though it's unheard of. Heck even in the district I teach in they won't do that. Too much of a conflict since the AD controls where the sports $$ goes and needs to be fair about everything across the board.
ETA I had 800+ in my CLASS! So over 3,000 kids at my high school alone.
Obviously every place is different but it's so weird to hear athletic directors are coaches. I have never once seen or heard of that around here. They are in charge of the coaches (and all athletic stuff) but are never coaches themselves.
It depends on the size of the district. We live in a very large district and the athletic director is a separate position. It is typically filled by someone who was a successful coach but they have to give up coaching to take the job. In smaller districts, like the one I taught in, it's a double position just due to money and probably because there is less to coordinate when you only have one or two high schools. My district had 2 enormous high schools (now 5) and offered a huge array of sports, down to water polo, so a separate AD position doesn't seem crazy.
Our area is definitely not football crazy. I'm sure the parents of the players are but I live in a 'burb, not a small town, so it's not the same at all. I had a few football coaches as teachers but they all taught things like health and electives. Some were great, some were terrible teachers. I did have some coaches of other sports that were fantastic for primary subjects (the softball teacher who taught American History comes to mind, she was absolutely excellent at both of her jobs) but I went to an academically competitive school so poor teachers in primary subjects were not tolerated.
Coaches that are not certified teachers are a whole other thing. Gymnastics, rugby, and lacrosse are the ones I know of that are coached by someone that is not a certified teacher and only comes to campus to coach that specific sport. They have to have a teacher sponsor, which is generally not a coaching position, just someone to be the certified employee.
Don't worry, the majority of HS sports, even football in TX, are not covered by major networks or talked about on anything other than local radio. Only the really big schools. I would get excited to see my little high school mentioned in the Houston Chronicle, and it was usually just the score.
Do yall not do the Thursday Night Lights in your area? Everywhere ee have lived they have broadcast games on TV.
I think they used to broadcast the games when we had a local to our burb station but I haven't seen that in years.
Another blackmarkagainst reason to move to Canada.
FTFY.
Glad someone fixed it.
I don't get the love for this show. I barely made it through the first season and they lost me for good with one particular storyline later on. Everyone says to forget that storyline because the following seasons are amazing, but when season one was a bore and season two was just ridiculous, I was done wasting my time.
I admit, I hate football with a deep, burning passion and I may be biased, but I love tv, and this was just not worth it.
ADs aren't allowed to be head coaches here. So now we have "activities director" positions for the head basketball coaches -- a whole FT job for scheduling the gyms, fields, and weight rooms. AKA a made up job since we can't pay you to be a FT basketball coach.
Shops close on Friday evenings and girls make cookies did the players???
Twilight zone.
(I do realize that the show is essentially one big hyperbole).
Eta: Hyperbole is the wrong word here. Generalization might have worked better.
Football was big in my high school in the northeast. Shops didn't close but each cheerleader was assigned a player and did things like make cookies, signs, etc. for that player.
I don't get the love for this show. I barely made it through the first season and they lost me for good with one particular storyline later on. Everyone says to forget that storyline because the following seasons are amazing, but when season one was a bore and season two was just ridiculous, I was done wasting my time.
I admit, I hate football with a deep, burning passion and I may be biased, but I love tv, and this was just not worth it.
FTR, I love FNL!!!! I just don't like the way sports are connected with schools in this country.
Yet another reason we are leaning towards private school, sigh. I can't handle this weirdness.
That might not save you. It's massive at my private high school. In my home city and state all of the biggest and best football programs are Catholic schools that offer athletic scholarships to attend.
Here (not football country), the head varsity coach is usually a teacher. Asst/JV coaches often not, and paid a measly stipend by the boosters. My cousin is one and has a regular job, coaching is a hobby he loves. My H would do it too if the timing worked out.
We have an Activities Director, which is a separate position paid by the district, and overseas clubs and student govt and stuff besides sports.
You pay to get in, pay for food, and they have fundraisers. Plus players usually have some kind of fee (though boosters will cover if you can't afford it).
Little to no media coverage. I think there's some local cable channel that maybe televises highlights once/wk, and a blurb in the newspaper.
Here (not football country), the head varsity coach is usually a teacher. Asst/JV coaches often not, and paid a measly stipend by the boosters. My cousin is one and has a regular job, coaching is a hobby he loves. My H would do it too if the timing worked out.
We have an Activities Director, which is a separate position paid by the district, and overseas clubs and student govt and stuff besides sports.
You pay to get in, pay for food, and they have fundraisers. Plus players usually have some kind of fee (though boosters will cover if you can't afford it).
Little to no media coverage. I think there's some local cable channel that maybe televises highlights once/wk, and a blurb in the newspaper.
this is how it is in my area (CT) The cheerleaders made scrap books for rhe players but it wasn't the institution of TX and the Midwest.
We don't even have high school football here coaches for other sports are all unpaid volunteer teachers. The athletic director is generally the gym teacher (who is also expected to coach).
People barely care about college football in the maritimes.
No one follows the CFL because there are no teams east of Quebec.
I am not trying to be an ass, it's just so foreign to me, we have nothing like this here. Nothing.
In a lot of schools, the sports bring in a lot of money to the school. They pay for their salaries plus provide funding to the schools. And sports are good for kids, too. eta: plus our booster club raises money for them.
Our coaches make about 2-3k for coaching. It's not a ton of money. It's probably a lot more in Texas
I am not trying to be an ass, it's just so foreign to me, we have nothing like this here. Nothing.
In a lot of schools, the sports bring in a lot of money to the school. They pay for their salaries plus provide funding to the schools. And sports are good for kids, too.
Our coaches make about 2-33k for coaching. It's not a ton of money. It's probably a lot more in Texas
?? to the bolded. Did I ever imply that sports weren't good for kids?
Post by irishbride2 on Aug 1, 2015 12:23:30 GMT -5
Oh and our AD, assistant AD, and all of our PE coaches are required to coach 2 out of 3 seasons as part of their contract. They aren't paid extra. (they teach less classes). So that helps cover costs, too.
In a lot of schools, the sports bring in a lot of money to the school. They pay for their salaries plus provide funding to the schools. And sports are good for kids, too.
Our coaches make about 2-33k for coaching. It's not a ton of money. It's probably a lot more in Texas
?? to the bolded. Did I ever imply that sports weren't good for kids?
Did I ever say you said that? It was just an added reason for it
Hockey is a bad sport for concussions. PDQ Dh had 3 of his students get concussions this year in the local 18+ rec league. One of the kids it was his 3rd in 3 years. He missed his last 2 weeks of his grade 12 year because he was in a dark room recovering. Latest word was he might not be able recovered enough to come back in September he's likely never going to be able to play any active sports again.
Concussions aren't good for anyone. TBF, football isn't the worst sport for concussions, soccer is. Wrestling is up there too.
Eric has been in HS football for 7ys plus plus the years he played himself. He never had one and has only had a very small number of athletes that have had one. The only one I think that happened this year was to my partner teacher's son during a basketball game.
I had 5th grader who had 2 in a 1 month period due to a backyard slip n slide.
My point is: Yes concussions are horrible but it's not just a football only thing or even a sports only thing.
I read that as concessions and was so very confused by your response.