I don't like the idea of a coach being an AD and being an administrator. But if a school wants a HC to be an AD, then I see nothing wrong with it, as long as they are not an administrator.

I don't like the idea of a coach being an AD and being an administrator. But if a school wants a HC to be an AD, then I see nothing wrong with it, as long as they are not an administrator.

 

By "administrator", do you mean "assistant principal?" I think most would consider the AD job to be an "administrative" job...

^ Yes. When I mean "administrator" I mean like Principal, Counselor, etc.

I agree!

I don't, no matter how small the school is, ever think a Coach should be an AD also. There are to many times that games will conflict and they cannot be in two places at once. As a Coach/AD, I think most people will either give breaks to their team or be unfair to their team by overly showing favoritism to the other to look fair.

I don't, no matter how small the school is, ever think a Coach should be an AD also. There are to many times that games will conflict and they cannot be in two places at once. As a Coach/AD, I think most people will either give breaks to their team or be unfair to their team by overly showing favoritism to the other to look fair.

 

I would have agreed with you many years ago...but today, I've seen so many people succeed in both roles at the same time that I no longer feel this way.

 

That said, I certainly agree it is PREFERABLE for the AD to not be a head coach.

With budget issues and schools starting to struggle financially we had better get ready for it because there is going to be a lot of job sharing in education soon. As always it will be athletics and other extra cirricular activities that will take the brunt of cuts. I do believe it is tough on an AD to coach and vice versa. I like the thought of the AD also being an tier 2 administrator. By that I mean a counselor, asst. principal, transportation director and such. Not a principal, instructional supervisor, DPP type administrator. It's coming so be prepared to wear many hats if you don't already.

It can be done, but like previously stated I'm not sure they can put forth the effort needed for BOTH jobs.

It can be done, but like previously stated I'm not sure they can put forth the effort needed for BOTH jobs.

 

Sometimes it's hard to tell (if they are putting forth enough effort to be successful at both jobs).

 

It's like an aspirin - you may still have a headache after taking an aspirin - but you really don't know for sure if it's helping, because you don't know how much WORSE you might feel if you HADN'T taken it!

 

Likewise, while I've seen a number of successful AD's who were also head coaches - you wonder how much more successful the school might have been had those two posts been held by two people...???

 

Regardless, SAFE AT HOME is right...this is definitely not going away, particularly for the more budget-strapped districts...