It sure isn't public schools in Illinois. Some may make over $100k, but that's because of their teacher's salary and not what they make for coaching.
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And Rice and Rita and many other schools......they all have other duties such as admissions, school development, recruiting, fund raising, ect. But there main job is coaching.
And that, in a nutshell, is one of the major differences between Catholic high school football and public high school football.
And Public schools receive a Pension and Union backing which Catholic Schools do not
Head coaches AND their varsity assistants who have a full academic load in one of the "solid" subjects have a tough job worthy of an extra stipend. The daily preparations and assessments for the classroom and the field make for a crazy few months.
The first-year Division Chair for Health, PE & Drivers Ed at Sandburg, Sheamus Murphy, came over from Blue Island Eisenhower after a few seasons of decent results as Head FB Coach there. Maybe he has some candidates in his pipeline.
The Sheamus Murphy move to Sandburg last year and now this seemed to have perfectly lined up....
I almost want to agree, but it's not like Sandburg was pushing McAllister out, at least not from what I hear.
I guess he primary responsibility will be whatever subject he is teaching! Crazy since Coaching isn’t a profession in Illinois. At least that’s what I’m being told.
Yes, his primary responsibility is, and should be, the subject he is teaching. This is high school football in Illinois. It is an extra circular activity and it's coaches are paid as such, not a living wage. This isn't something these men spend 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year focusing on. This isn't college or the NFL like you seem to think it is
Maybe ESL pays Sunkett 100k to coach football and do nothing else. He would be the exception in a public school setting.
I never said he do nothing else. He is the AD as well. At one point did I ever say they did nothing else?
My comments are in response to coaching football not being a profession.
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I never said it was any of those. I said it’s a profession. Kids leave college wanted to be a football coach. They know the requirements like any other profession and they do the necessary things to achieve that goal. Whether you respect it as such is up to you! To make it not a profession because you don’t agree with it or because we live in Illinois is why I responded.
I’m done with it. Enjoy.
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