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I know some of the Gigs in GA...pay will rival some small colleges...Yes, Yes and Yes
I met one coach on Shaq's recruiting trail and he told me during the season... he cut a deal so that he could come to work late 7:30am so he could wake his kids up to have breakfast with them and drop them off at school... so during that time and a couple hours after each home game was the only time he had with his kids. And doing the recruiting season he was on the road more than he was home. On a visit to UGA the coaches hung out with me and the other coaches from Shaq's HS until 1:30 in the morning... We got up at 5:30am (a few hours later) to head over to Auburn. When we got down to the lobby two of UGA's coaches were there waiting on us with coffee in hand... I expressed my appreciation as said that .. they didn't need to wake up to see us off.. and the one coach said its all in a days work... I know a guy that would make a great college coach... he knows it too. He has the connection to have a job tomorrow, but he said he would rather coach at the HS level until his kids grow up, because he knows the sacrifice... I here it in the tone of a lot of posters on this site.. as if I'm just a parent of recruit so I really don't know what really goes on and just hop on the Hurricane ban wagon... I became a Hurricane fan because a black kid from Daytona (my home town) was given an opportunity to play QB in a D1 program... so ever since Kenny McMillian (the QB before Jim Kelly and Mark Richt circa 1977) was given that chance at UM I have been a fan.
College coaching is a freakin' grind!
I know guys who have coached high school, college and even a little NFL. I think college is by far the most demanding. Those guys don't stop working.
I don't think the casual fan understands everything that goes into college coaching. NFL and High School guys don't have to travel around the country and recruit. NFL guys don't have to babysit. College guys do EVERYTHING.
I've met (and worked for) quite a few guys who chose to come back to high school coaching because they'd rather teach for (around) $45k a year and coach high school kids than coach college, possibly make more money but have no life.
Some high school HC jobs ain't bad gigs, especially if you're coaching in Georgia or Texas.
Yep: At least 17 Georgia high school head coaches make $100,000 a year or more - FootballScoop
Ohio ain't bad, either ... At the right schools.