New XC Coach
Yesterday, I made my decision final. I resigned from coaching football and will be taking over XC coaching duties for our high school.
I have been coaching football for a long while now (I think 13 years), pop warner and then high school. It is a blast and intense, but the drama got to me last year (player and parent). It certainly was not fun. My youngest will be a junior and I spoke to him about it. His only thing was "you will still come to my games correct?"
I got voluntold to coach track and field 3 years ago now. It has been great and I love it. We are a small school and I have one assistant coach who is very knowledgeable but older (76). My boys sprint and hurdle, so I have focused on that but learning all events. I recently finished USATF Level 1 coaching.
We have had a revolving coaching door at cross country, so I decided to make the switch. I have a bunch to learn, but looking forward to building a team and hoping adding some distance to my track team.