A question for coaches?

[spartan23]

Do you have to be a certified teacher within the state of Tennessee to be named a High School head coach?

[SportsEd]

Here's the coaching rule from the TSSAA handbook. I keep it saved on my computer for just such an occasion. You're looking for Part 3, sections B and C in particular.

 

Coaches

Section 9. All coaches will fall under one of the following categories:

1. Full-time employee (a minimum of 100 school days) of a board of education with a Tennessee state teaching license or the equivalent.

2. Retired educator (five or more years' experience) with a valid Tennessee state teaching license or the equivalent.

3. Non-faculty coach - - Anyone approved by the principal, superintendent, and/or local board of education in the normal course of employment procedures in accordance with applicable state law. All non-faculty coaches shall be submitted to the state office annually. Use of a non-faculty coach who has not met all the requirements listed below or who has not been submitted to the state office shall result in a fine of $500.00.

A. The position shall be advertised and no full-time employee with a teaching license who meets the qualifications required for coaching the specific sport in question is available.

B. Head coaches in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track and field must be full-time employees or a retired educator (see #1 and #2 above).

C. Head coaches in girls' volleyball, cross country, golf, wrestling, tennis, girls' soccer, soccer, and bowling may be full-time employees, retired educators, or a non-faculty coach. A non-faculty head coach must take the ASEP Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of assuming the head coaching position. He/She must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session within the first year of assuming the position.

D. Assistant coaches may be full-time employees, retired educators, or non-faculty coaches. If a school is using a non-faculty coach as an assistant, they are limited to three assistant coaches in football, and two assistant coaches in basketball, baseball, softball, and track. Two non-faculty coaches, one of whom may be a head coach, may be used in golf, cross country, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, bowling, and tennis.

E. A person who has served as a non-faculty assistant coach in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track may become a head coach in that sport if that person has five or more years of experience as an assistant coach and has taken the ASEP Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course and completed the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session.

F. All non-faculty assistant coaches must complete the ASEP Coaches Education Program in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of his/her employment and must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session within the first year of his/her employment.

G. All non-faculty coaches and all first-year teachers who are coaching are required to complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session during their first year of employment. Failure to attend will result in a fine of $50.00 and the coach must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session immediately or the school will face further disciplinary action.

H. All coaches are subject to the TSSAA rules and regulations and must conduct themselves in a manner becoming of a coach and representative of the school. All coaches are responsible to the principal of his/her school. Coaches must be paid entirely from funds approved by the board of education or the governing board of the school.

[ELA]

In short, YES! See rule B

 

"Head coaches in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track and field must be full-time employees or a retired educator."

[spartan23]

Here's the coaching rule from the TSSAA handbook. I keep it saved on my computer for just such an occasion. You're looking for Part 3, sections B and C in particular.

 

Coaches

Section 9. All coaches will fall under one of the following categories:

1. Full-time employee (a minimum of 100 school days) of a board of education with a Tennessee state teaching license or the equivalent.

2. Retired educator (five or more years' experience) with a valid Tennessee state teaching license or the equivalent.

3. Non-faculty coach - - Anyone approved by the principal, superintendent, and/or local board of education in the normal course of employment procedures in accordance with applicable state law. All non-faculty coaches shall be submitted to the state office annually. Use of a non-faculty coach who has not met all the requirements listed below or who has not been submitted to the state office shall result in a fine of $500.00.

A. The position shall be advertised and no full-time employee with a teaching license who meets the qualifications required for coaching the specific sport in question is available.

B. Head coaches in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track and field must be full-time employees or a retired educator (see #1 and #2 above).

C. Head coaches in girls' volleyball, cross country, golf, wrestling, tennis, girls' soccer, soccer, and bowling may be full-time employees, retired educators, or a non-faculty coach. A non-faculty head coach must take the ASEP Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of assuming the head coaching position. He/She must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session within the first year of assuming the position.

D. Assistant coaches may be full-time employees, retired educators, or non-faculty coaches. If a school is using a non-faculty coach as an assistant, they are limited to three assistant coaches in football, and two assistant coaches in basketball, baseball, softball, and track. Two non-faculty coaches, one of whom may be a head coach, may be used in golf, cross country, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, bowling, and tennis.

E. A person who has served as a non-faculty assistant coach in football, basketball, baseball, girls' softball, and track may become a head coach in that sport if that person has five or more years of experience as an assistant coach and has taken the ASEP Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course and completed the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session.

F. All non-faculty assistant coaches must complete the ASEP Coaches Education Program in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of his/her employment and must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session within the first year of his/her employment.

G. All non-faculty coaches and all first-year teachers who are coaching are required to complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session during their first year of employment. Failure to attend will result in a fine of $50.00 and the coach must complete the TSSAA Online Coaches Training Session immediately or the school will face further disciplinary action.

H. All coaches are subject to the TSSAA rules and regulations and must conduct themselves in a manner becoming of a coach and representative of the school. All coaches are responsible to the principal of his/her school. Coaches must be paid entirely from funds approved by the board of education or the governing board of the school.

 

 

Ok- So correct me if I am wrong. If Coach a has been coaching for 34 years, at a private school without a teaching degree. Moves to Tn. this year and is an assistant coach in the state of tn. Next year after completing the online courses would be elgible to be a head coach correct?

[bugaboo]

Ok- So correct me if I am wrong. If Coach a has been coaching for 34 years, at a private school without a teaching degree. Moves to Tn. this year and is an assistant coach in the state of tn. Next year after completing the online courses would be elgible to be a head coach correct?

 

Coach a would have to be an assistant for 5 years at that school before he would be eligible to be the head coach, or at least thats the way it used to be.