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Since I spent my entire career in Texas, I need to ask you guys from other states a question because of this statement in the article.
"In public schools, the vast majority of our coaches are professional educators," THSCA executive director D.W. Rutledge said. "They have to have a teaching degree. The coaching staff works at the school, so they're around the kids every day ... and in most states that's not the case."
My question is, what licensure/certification, etc does a person have to have in order to coach at the junior high/high school level in other states?
You gotta have a fiddle in the band
Same in Louisiana when I was in HS. My Algebra II teacher was one of of my football coaches. Several years after, he became principal of the HS. Back then teachers were required to have an Education Degree. Don't know about now.When I was in school all the coaches were also teachers and taught other classes. .
I don't know if it's changed because it's been a while since I coaches but South Carolina required the head coach to be a certified teacher. Some assistants could be from the outside and be compensated and any volunteer coaches could be from the outside. We had certifications on coaching ethics, etc. we had to maintain. Usually we did them either in a weekend long class (early on) or an online class (towards the end). Not sure if that was a school district requirement or state level though.
Only reason I clicked on this thread, was to post that.You gotta have a fiddle in the band
Florida was/is very similar to that.
The Coaches from the outside could be compensated, if there were enough paid slots available,
BUT that meant they could only be paid the coaching supplement...not a teacher's salary. Thus an assistant wasn't
going to be making very much money at all.
The Private school's flourish a great deal using many outsiders.
Soooooooo, I'm assuming in some states there are no specifically required credentials to coach. Surely they have to go through some kind of background check, etc?
Guess that explains some of the points made in the article.
Sounds like college football is heading in the same direction as college basketball...sleeze 2.0. Handlers/AAU coaches/trainers are going to be calling the shots a lot more now than they have in the past. And we in Texas are the last domino to fall.
Well, we're last at a lot of shit anyway. Just add one more.
Oddly enough, in WV, you also get first crack at a teaching job once you prove you can spell your name.In WV you can get certified to coach at any level but teachers get first crack at a job when it opens up. It’s usually teachers but there are some non teachers that do it.