Wildwildcat Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Only in the great city of Detroit can you have no degree, no experience, and walk in and become a Varsity Head Basketball Coach. What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Wildwildcat said: Only in the great city of Detroit can you have no degree, no experience, and walk in and become a Varsity Head Basketball Coach. What a joke! Things that make you go hmmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fademaster Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKTiger06 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 in a town like that im pretty sure the pay reflects it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowdawg3 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Wildwildcat said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomuser Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Wildwildcat said: Only in the great city of Detroit can you have no degree, no experience, and walk in and become a Varsity Head Basketball Coach. What a joke! I’m sorry they passed over you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildwildcat Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 I retired from this business long ago randomuser. My thoughts were if you are looking for the best teachers and coaches for your kids it's not hard to find a quality coach that has worked their way up and has the desire to be a head coach. The girl who checks me out at stop and go is handy on the register, but that doesn't mean she should be teaching algebra 2 over at the high school. My perspective as a retired AD, you search high and low to ensure you are getting the best for your kids, not just what is easy and convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blesseddaily Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Sadly we will see more and more of this type of situations occur. Small schools and poorer districts are caught between a rock and a hard place as related to experienced/quality coaches and teachers. If you are still a member of THSCA go to their job board and check out how many job vacancies there still are at this late date. The last time I looked there are still over a thousand job openings and this isn't all of them. The bigger, richer districts can offer so much more (money wise) not to mention private industry, especially the oil industry offering 30-40 thousand dollars more than someone would make teaching and coaching. Then throw in the number of hours, poor working conditions, parents and administrators second guessing everything you do...why would someone NOT take the better job. The bottom line is there is a tremendous shortage of qualified coaches and teachers and unfortunately there is a limit to what the smaller districts can pay...the result is, you have to take what you can get...which is sad for the kids but that's the environment we are in now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blesseddaily Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 4 hours ago, NATUREBOY98 said: Are they teaching a subject. I thought you had to be certified and all that. This guy just walk off the street and get a job with no degree or anything? Can't be a teacher but can be a head coach as long as they are classified as full time employ...can be the janitor (saw that one time), bus barn employee or whatever they want to label the person as...just has to be full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88YoePride Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Economy's doing so well, and state/local governments are continually restricting how teachers can discipline students, they're choosing better-paying private sector jobs. Info from a small-town HS AD I recently was in a conversation with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillonpanthers Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, blesseddaily said: Can't be a teacher but can be a head coach as long as they are classified as full time employ...can be the janitor (saw that one time), bus barn employee or whatever they want to label the person as...just has to be full time. See it quite a bit with para professionals 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastTexan903 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Y’all will never be satisfied about anything. That is a great hire for Detroit TX. Detroit ISD hiring of Alumni Da’on savage is no different than a teacher working on an emergency certification. I’m sure he will be working towards gaining certification, and I’m sure he will not be teaching a tested subject. pe/credit recovery/ISS/RTI/para Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogbacker78 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Da'on is an outstanding person and will do a fine job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centexdad Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 How about let's wait and see how they do first before we criticize? Got to be better than some of the people I see. Sometimes a small school district with low pay and a bad program will not get any applicants for their opening. I know a small school that had ONE applicant for its open girls basketball position. What choice did they have? The district had to hire her. They tried to run with a top 5 team and were it not for the restraint of the other coach, it would've been 120-30. I bet this gentleman will be better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStepp Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Da'on is a good man....I am sure he'll work hard to do what needs to be done and be a positive impact in Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillonpanthers Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Was he at Paris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattStepp Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I know his son was the QB at Paris last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastTexan903 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 48 minutes ago, dillonpanthers said: Was he at Paris? As a teacher/coach no, but as a mentor to the youth yes. He is a Coach Steed product and very active in that community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSTANGMANIA Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 5:48 PM, NATUREBOY98 said: Are they teaching a subject. I thought you had to be certified and all that. This guy just walk off the street and get a job with no degree or anything? Same as having a teachers aid coach a sport. Not a fan of it, but it happens. And sometimes successfully. Besides you probably wont get a much better candidate at a school that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodFellas Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I wouldn't say this is a joke. The job was posted for some time. What is unusual is that last year's coach is still on staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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