Have you coached before?

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At any level. Have you coached a sport before? Team sport or individual (like golf or tennis)?
Did you coach Rec league ball? Travel ball? Youth? Coach pitch? YBOA?
Adult league softball?
Did you coach girls (soccer, basketball, softball, track)?
Or boys? Both?
Have you coached in a public school? What level? High School? Middle/Jr. High?
Did you or are you now a coach at the post-secondary level? Ju-Co? College? University?
Were you an assistant coach or head coach? Maybe both depending on the sport?
How many years have you coached?
Did you or are you now a football coach?
Baseball?
Basketball?
Do they still call you “coach”?

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1 year coaching a 5th grade girls’ basketball team. I had played high school ball. I was a terrible coach but the girls were even worse. I had a father come to me after a game and give me a piece of his mind about how the team could be better. After I offered him the chance to be head coach and I’d be his assistant, I told him that the girls had absolutely no fundamental training—couldn’t shoot or dribble. My goal was to teach them the game and let them have fun.
 
I coached a church league youth girls team for 3 years in college.

The first two years, we lost a total of two games across both seasons and won the tournament both years. I thought I might be a young Dean Smith who should possibly consider a career as a basketball coach.

Then, the 3rd year, my awesome PG had graduated and the twin sisters who were my starting C & PF had moved to a different church.

We finished middle of the pack and lost in the tournament semifinals.

I adjusted my expectations accordingly.
 
Coached rec league middle school basketball when my boys were that age…mainly to spend more time with them at that time. It was fun.

It was rec league so in theory wasn’t supposed to be super competitive but the parents were challenging. It was a fairly wealthy area in Northern VA filled with overachievers so all the parents thought their kid was better than they were. I joked with my assistant one time during a game that “there’s about $2,000 worth of sneakers on that court right now, and probably not one future high school varsity starter”.
 
I coached my son’s town travel bball team the last 2 yrs. We were a combined 5-24.

It was fun and stressful and incredibly time consuming. I stopped playing in 8th grade, so I spent a lot of time finding the drills I wanted to run. Planning practice, etc

My son can play but put so much pressure on himself that it was tough on both of us.

This summer I recruited 2 young guys that had coached a team in the rec league (same age kids). Currently we’re sitting at 5-1 and first in the league. My son has had a great season (1yr more mature and not wanting to act the fool in front of the cool young coaches has made all the difference). We picked up a couple of new kids, coaches actually have them playing a decent press and the kids are actually scoring.

It’s been fun to watch them improve.
 
Player-Coached Chapel Hill Rec League basketball 5 seasons. Won it all in ‘82. Second best team in Chapel Hill that year.

Coached one season of youth league. Couldn’t take the parents or the weird rules.

Player-Coached 4 seasons (over several years) of Rec League basketball in Guatemala. International rules drove me crazy. It was good for my Spanish.
 
OldWHEEL said:
1 year coaching a 5th grade girls’ basketball team. I had played high school ball. I was a terrible coach but the girls were even worse. I had a father come to me after a game and give me a piece of his mind about how the team could be better. After I offered him the chance to be head coach and I’d be his assistant, I told him that the girls had absolutely no fundamental training—couldn’t shoot or dribble. My goal was to teach them the game and let them have fun.
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My granddaughter played on a team at the Y here in Burlington with some of her friends during high school. They were terrible. If they reached double digits in points I considered it a victory. But, and this is the main thing, they had fun. Also had a softball team that wasn’t going to win any championships. They had a ball. One of the fathers coached both teams. I told him one time he was the coach of lost causes. He said at least there was no pressure to win. We both laughed.
 
donbosco said:
Player-Coached Chapel Hill Rec League basketball 5 seasons. Won it all in ‘82. Second best team in Chapel Hill that year.

Coached one season of youth league. Couldn’t take the parents or the weird rules.

Player-Coached 4 seasons (over several years) of Rec League basketball in Guatemala. International rules drove me crazy. It was good for my Spanish.
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One of my grandsons gave soccer a try when he was in the second grade. One night they were playing a team made up entirely of Latino kids. One of the fathers was constantly out on the field screaming at their team. One of their players came by us with the ball and my grandson was guarding him. The father said something and my grandson started laughing. He was in Spanish emersion. I asked him why he laughed. He said, “Well Pop, he said some words I’m not suppose to know. “
 
Youth (Elementary thru High School) Church League Basketball - 10 years Asst Coach
LL Baseball - 2 years (4 seasons - spring and fall ball x 2)
Men's Softball - player only for 15 years, player/coach for 5 years

Some good years, some not so good. Won one league championship in each sport. Craziest season was middle school boys basketball when we went 0-8 in the regular season. Got hot in the tournament and won the whole thing.

Personal high was walk off grand slam I hit as player/coach to cap a 10 run bottom of the 7th and win city ASA softball league tournament. I led off the inning with us trailing 19-11 and flied out. We batted around and my GS made it 21-19.
 
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Football. 15 years. Public high school and middle school; pop warner and youth flag. I hope to get back into it once our twins graduate high school. I don't teach where my kids go to school so I took their high school years off to be there for their games, meets and events.
 
SnoopRob said:
I coached a church league youth girls team for 3 years in college.

The first two years, we lost a total of two games across both seasons and won the tournament both years. I thought I might be a young Dean Smith who should possibly consider a career as a basketball coach.

Then, the 3rd year, my awesome PG had graduated and the twin sisters who were my starting C & PF had moved to a different church.

We finished middle of the pack and lost in the tournament semifinals.

I adjusted my expectations accordingly.
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Kinda like when Ray, Rashad and May left in 05. Ole Roy didn't look quite as smart in 06. Did you have a freshman Hansbrough on your middle of the pack team?
 
I’ve helped out with one of the local mountain biking teams and will likely be more involved this year since I’m planning on doing more races. The kids think I’m cool and it’s great to see them improve immediately with proper technique.

My own kids are young but seem to lean more toward the artsy side of things, so it looks like I’ll get out of doing team sports for them- not mad about that.
 
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