New Coaches

[mssherwood]

Which schools will be looking for new coaches?

[Football Man]

Blackman is looking for coaches.

[region6-4AAAAfan]

How do you all feel about head coaches not being school system employees? Should a head coach belong in the school through out the day? How about the assistant head coach and coordinators? Just wondering! What schools are looking other than Blackman, Munford, Clevland?

[beethoven]

Blackman is looking for coaches.

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Coaches or a head coach and assistants?

[cybercoach]

I was under the impression that TSSAA required head coaches in Football and Basketball to be school employees. Is this a misconception?

[Hiker]

I was under the impression that TSSAA required head coaches in Football and Basketball to be school employees.  Is this a misconception?

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If they are being paid by the school system, then they are school employees. I don't know if a head coach is required to work in some other capacity. I know assistants are not. Many schools have volunteer assistants as well as paid assistants that have other full-time jobs outside of education.

[ELA]

Head coaches in the major sports must be certified school teachers in public schools unless they are retired teachers or have worked within the system as an assistant coach under the TSSAA program for at least five years and there is NO CERTIFIED TEACHER WHO WANTS THE JOB!

 

From the TSSAA HANDBOOK:

 

Coaches Section 7. 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 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 NFHS Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of assuming the head coaching position. He/She must attend the TSSAA 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 two assistant coaches in football and one assistant coach in all other sports.

 

Non-faculty coaches who have completed the TSSAA Coaches Training Session, the NFHS Coaches Education Course, and have three years experience do not count towards the limit of two in football and one in all other sports. Schools must continue, for insurance purposes, to send the names of all non-faculty coaches to the state office.

 

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 NFHS Coaches Education Course in a TSSAA-approved course and attended the TSSAA Coaches Training Session.

 

F. All non-faculty assistant coaches must complete the National Federation High School Coaches Education Program in a TSSAA-approved course within two years of his/her employment and must attend the TSSAA 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 attend the TSSAA Coaches Training Session during their first year of employment. Failure to attend will result in a fine of $50.00 and the coach must attend at the next opportunity that the meeting is held 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.

Edited November 30, 2004 by ELA

[Rocking Chair]

Can anyone tell me what qualifications one must have to be an asst. football coach if any. And could a person be hired as an asst. if he only liked a semester or 2 to get his degree. Thanks

[Rocking Chair]

Thanks ELA .But can a person be hired if he or she likes a semester or 2 having their degree ?

Edited November 30, 2004 by Rocking Chair

[cephus23]

Usually depends on the system. You could be hired if you lacked only a semester or two only to be an assistant coach and be paid only a coaching suppliment in my experiences. You could not be hired as a full time employee.

[WesTNFootball]

Can anyone tell me what qualifications one must have to be an asst. football coach if any. And could a person be hired as an asst. if he only liked a semester or 2 to get his degree. Thanks

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Yes, I worked as an asst. coach for 3 years in college. You have to take a National Coaching class and a safety class. They are offered through TSSAA and cost about $50. Some colleges used to offer the classes for credit, don't know if they do anymore. If your college offers a coaching class it would be worth taking. Usually your coaching job will be considered voluntary and you will not get any money (maybe a little from booster club). You also have to go throught the school system and have a background check and drug test. Go talk to the head coach who you are interested in helping, tell him you would like to volunteer.

Edited November 30, 2004 by volover

[ELA]

Can anyone tell me what qualifications one must have to be an asst. football coach if any. And could a person be hired as an asst. if he only liked a semester or 2 to get his degree. Thanks

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In football, each school can hire up to TWO non-faculty assistant coaches; however, they have to take the NFHS and TSSAA classes. Teaching is a very different matter. With NCLB Law, almost all emergency certification in tennessee will end in 2006, so you can work as an assistant coach but you had better finish your degree before you move into the classroom.