What Constitutes A Good Coach?
- Ability To Recruit
- Ability To Coach
- Good Personality
Ability To Recruit
- Knowledge of recruiting region
- Good work ethic
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to find “diamonds in the rough”
- Ability to communicate with recruits, parents, and high school coaches
- Ability to recognize and evaluate talent
- Vision: “Look into Tomorrow”
Ability To Coach
- Technical knowledge of position
- Communicate with players
- Motivate players
- Poise, “ability to handle pressure”
- Belief in discipline
- Bright and imaginative
- Up-to-date with state of the art coaching trends and techniques
Good Personality
- Compassion for game and profession
- Compassion for athletes
- Honest with staff and players
- Obligation to be fair and loyal
- Family values and positive role model
- Ability to communicate well with boosters, alumni, press
Qualities Expected From Coaching Staff
- Loyalty: United we stand, divided we fall
- Consistency: Preach and teach what you do
- Confidence: Believe in self, staff, philosophy, and players
- Pride: Show pride in everything you do
- Effort: Give tremendous effort, have a great work ethic
- Humility: Check your ego in at the door
- Poise: Work well under pressure
- Openness: Be Open to new Ideas
What The Coaches Expect From The Players
- To be disciplined
- To be tough
- To be competitive
- To have a burning desire to become a great college football player
- To be a team player
- To never surrender
What The Players Can Expect From The Coaches
- To be loyal (we will build and practice loyalty to this School, the administration, the faculty, the coaches, and our teammates)
- To teach you how to become the best football player possible
- To coach with enthusiasm
- To never ridicule or question your courage
- To listen to you
- To be demanding of you
- To make team decisions
- To be fair (no special treatment)
- To assist you after graduation
- To make college football exciting and the best experience of your lifetime