Calgary Minor Football/HS Coaches?

[Trojan97]

If there are any coaches involved in Calgary minor football (any level) or highschool ball out there on CP, can you please fire me off a quick PM? I have some questions about breaking into coaching (mostly where to start/who to possibly contact). I played for a number of years and football is a huge passion of mine, I'm looking to start at the bottom doing whatever needs to done and work my way up.

Anything is appreciated! Thanks alot guys.

[Da_Chief]

High school option would be just go back to your high school and talk to the head coach and ask him for a guest coach spot.

[CaptainCrunch]

Da_Chief has the best solution. I turned that conversation into a three year assistant coaching position at a high school level.

Be prepared to go through a voluntary background check though.

[Locke]

Coaching is a bitch. I wouldnt recommend it for anyone. And I say this as a 5 year soccer coach, I dont know how anyone could coach football, theres like 50 fataing players! How can you possibly coach that many people? I have trouble with a third of that.

[tvp2003]

I'd like to coach, but just don't have the time

I'm curious though -- is there a lot of "politics" that happen in minor football (i.e. bantam) like there is in hockey? I can't imagine parents would be as hardcore (i.e. expecting their kid to be the next Crosby). I guess playing time and position is always an issue (i.e. skill positions versus O/D line), but I always hear horror stories about minor hockey and the politics involved.

Originally Posted by Locke

Coaching is a bitch. I wouldnt recommend it for anyone. And I say this as a 5 year soccer coach, I dont know how anyone could coach football, theres like 50 fataing players! How can you possibly coach that many people? I have trouble with a third of that.

There is usually a head coach and then offensive and defensive coaches; there can also be position specific coaches, which really narrows down the numbers and allows for more specific instruction. However, if there aren't enough coaches (or you have players playing multiple positions), I would imagine it takes some effort to keep things organized.

Plus, coaching football tends to be a little more structured than having 25 kids chase a ball around the field

[cSpooge]

http://footballalberta.ab.ca/web/coaching/ is the place to start. They sent out an email recently to all us members (I'm an official) saying that coaching clinics will be running over the summer.

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Locke

Coaching is a bitch. I wouldnt recommend it for anyone. And I say this as a 5 year soccer coach, I dont know how anyone could coach football, theres like 50 fataing players! How can you possibly coach that many people? I have trouble with a third of that.

even with kids as young as 12 years old there is 6-10 coaches. But yes, it's a much larger commitment and logistical exercise than soccer.

In other football news, Calgary won the Alberta Summer Games, again, earlier today.