Question to any paid coaches out there

[Izulde]

Is a coaching minor sufficient to get started in collegiate coaching?

Because I can only find a handful of schools that offer coaching majors and I'm pretty sure all coaches don't come from those colleges.

On the most of the athletic association sites I've looked at, a coaching major or minor is sufficient for certification, but what I really want to do is end up being a college basketball head coach, hopefully Div. I (Yeah a real long shot I know, but I can always dream! )

So I was wondering if a coaching minor would work for getting my foot in the door as an assistant coach somewhere.

[st.cronin]

I know two people who have coached at the collegiate level, one as a DI basketball head coach. Both started out as full time teacher/part time coaches at the high school level. I assume that's the standard path, unless you have really good connections.

[Chas in Cinti]

Most coaches will tell you it's all about networking. Your best bet is to go somewhere where you can network a lot and hope to get on as a manager, then develop into a grad asst. If one of those places overlaps with a "coaching" minor (something I've honestly never heard of until just now) then I'd say go for it. But I'd back it up with a degree in education.

Good luck!!

Regards,
Chas

[Young Drachma]

Izude, surely you can get on as a manager with one of the Cowboy teams. I can't imagine they wouldn't want the help.