Coaches,

Just wanted to know how many of you are teachers at the school you coach at, the subject you teach and how many of your ballplayers are in your classes. In my area, I am one of the few Frosh coaches who is on staff at my High School (I plan to continue building the program up to Varsity Level).

By the way I teach Junior ROTC at my HS, and almost all of my ballplayers will be in my program next school year. My High School coach was my Drafting Teacher.

I have been teaching history at my school for the past 9 years (once this school year has completed in two weeks) and head coach for the past 8 years at season's end.

This school year I have had 5 kids on my team (all freshmen since that is the grade level I teach) in my classes. I usually don't have that many of my players in class and to my knowledge there is no reason as to why - just works out that way.

At our school, we have a mix...

-Our head coach teaches PE at the junior high
-Our varsity pitching coach teaches 6th and 7th grade math
-Our varsity assistant is retired and volunteers his time. He taught History I believe before retiring. He was the head coach back in the 1980s.
-Our JV coach works at a quarry
-Our freshmen coach is the CEO of our local electric co-op.

Scribe,
I no longer coach, but I can tell you that being on campus FT is highly preferred to working elsewhere, even though the pay scale is usually a negative.
Being able to communicate with students and teachers about off field issues in a busy, often chaotic HS environment is best done if you're right there among them.
Having players in your class or ROTC program can be a plus, but sometimes you can see too much of your players. Better too much than too little.
Sounds like you're still pretty new to teaching. You've obviously got a lot of passion for it. Feed those kids your passion and they will thrive. I hope you get that varsity job someday soon.

I teach U.S. and World History. All of my assistants teach at the high school. I have about 7 kids in class.

For 10 yrs of Juco and high school I never worked on campus. I did remain in contact with school admin and teachers via phone and recently by e-mail. I have been in real estate for many years, so I had flexibility to be at the school if need be.

I teach physical education at an elementary school in the district where I coach. I think the more you can get your coaches from within the district, the more continuity the program will have. E-mail is a lifesaver these days!

I teach World History at the high school where I coach. One of my assistants teaches at the high school with me, while the other is a retired teacher.

I teach in the jr. high, but we are under the same roof. My 2 assts both teach in the high school... a very fortunate situation for us. I really like having us full time at the school for all things.

All coaches at Texas Public High Schools must be certified to teach and teach at their school or within their school district.