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Originally posted by kddani
As often happens, James tries to talk like he knows everything. I don't agree at all with what James said, for the record, since he is trying to speak for everyone. I doubt that he spoke to ANYONE who posted in this thread. Sure didn't talk to me, and I know that there's a lot of other people that certainly wouldn't talk to him about it.
I don't give a shit which way you play. It might not be very endearing towards a potential fraternity and might hurt you with a bid, but I really couldn't give a flying duck. And though I do agree with James that you come off here as very effeminate, that has nothing to do with what i've posted. And again, I disagree with pretty much all James said.
Good luck with coaching. It's a VERY tough field to get into, especially for someone who hasn't played the sport on a college level (which i'm assuming you haven't, since you've transferred so much there's no way you could even be eligible to play an NCAA sport). High school jobs are part time (and pay, literally, peanuts), some college jobs are as well. What sport do you want to coach?
I thought that for most coaches, it was a hobby, not a profession. I don't mean to knock your dream, but it doesn't seem like a practical thing.
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Either soccer or basketball. My coaching experience thus far has all been in soccer, though. I know it's a tough field to get into, but I know I can make a go of it with determination, hard work, networking, and luck.
Most coaches do have coaching as a part-time job and do something else in the offseason, but that depends, at least collegiately speaking, on what division you're talking about and what position you're talking about. I know lower-division assistant coaches, which is probably where I'd have to start out and then work my way up, usually make about $10,000 a year... so I'd have to work two jobs until I work my way up the ranks to a position where I can afford to have coaching as my only full-time job.
If I was going to go the high school route, then I'd get licensed as a teacher, since most school districts have the rule that if a teacher and a non-teacher both apply for a coaching job, the job goes to the teacher, qualifications be damned.
I almost took a junior varsity soccer coaching position a couple years back and that would have paid $1,000 for the season, so I have some idea of salary regions there too. I wound up not taking it as it would have meant three hours a day commuting and with my class schedule at the time, it would have been taking on too much without having schoolwork suffer.
But thanks for the well wishes.
