Head coach salary

[Anonymous]

Summer team head coach- between $8-10K depending on years of experience

[Anonymous]

We bounce around in the top third. We pay our head coach $11,000 and there is usually a sizable gift of $1000 cash at the end.

Talking to my peers we pay very much on the high end of the scale. Most of the coaches make nowhere near that. NVSL did a survey so I know we are on the better end. There are like two division one teams that pay a ton, but most coaches do not make a lot.

Lower divisions pay their head coaches like $4000 for the summer.

[Anonymous]

The coach did not know my kids names. I don't care that he didn't know my name but I thought it was odd he didn't know my kids names. Like I said they go to practice and attend meets. The assistant coaches know my kids but not the head. I just thought that was odd. The coach talked more about his partner in his 2 second speech at the banquet than about the team and the season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They work way more than 4 hours a day. That’s just the on deck time.

Why? The other parents manage everything else. Other than seeding for A meets what else do they do?

I know kids as young as 19 who have this job.

They show up at all A and B meets, divisionals and all star events.

Selecting swimmers for meets takes more time than you think.

We have a head volunteer that sends the emails to handle substitutions and those are just based on best times. Maybe in division 1 there are a lot of choices. Once you get passed division 3 it's mostly whomever is available to swim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's fairly high for 8 weeks of coaching for max. 4 hours a day. They usually coach at other places as well.

It’s more than 4h a day. Who do you think plans out the daily workouts across multiple age groups? At our pool, practices alone run for 4.5 hours / day. That doesn’t include planning or meets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's fairly high for 8 weeks of coaching for max. 4 hours a day. They usually coach at other places as well.

I’m sure the spot is open if you want it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's fairly high for 8 weeks of coaching for max. 4 hours a day. They usually coach at other places as well.

It’s more than 4h a day. Who do you think plans out the daily workouts across multiple age groups? At our pool, practices alone run for 4.5 hours / day. That doesn’t include planning or meets.

Or pep rallies or other team social activities. It’s easily 40+ hours a week when you add up two meets, daily practice time, pep rallies, and developing meet sheets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Summer team head coach- between $8-10K depending on years of experience

That's pretty bad for high stress and having your summer taking away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They work way more than 4 hours a day. That’s just the on deck time.

Why? The other parents manage everything else. Other than seeding for A meets what else do they do?

I know kids as young as 19 who have this job.

They show up at all A and B meets, divisionals and all star events.

Selecting swimmers for meets takes more time than you think.

We have a head volunteer that sends the emails to handle substitutions and those are just based on best times. Maybe in division 1 there are a lot of choices. Once you get passed division 3 it's mostly whomever is available to swim.

Parents like you are the absolute worst part of summer swim.

[Anonymous]

I could never be a swim coach. It's a ton of work for sure. Lots of administrative stuff on top of actually coaching the kids. Not to mention having to chat with parents. But how much do your head coaches coach? I'm curious if the instruction is only given through the jr coaches.

[Anonymous]

I heard FV pays something like $20k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard FV pays something like $20k

What is FV?

[Anonymous]

As a former coach and current parent of a competitive Division Team (D2-4), head coaches make between $8k-$12k.

I know a few head coaches teams floating around D13-17 who make around $5k

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard FV pays something like $20k

What is FV?

Flower Valley in MCSL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard $15k-$20k for mid-division.

More like $10k.

$12K for our mid-division coach.