MCSL team waffling in Divisions I-L pay our coach $11K + coach gift about another $700.

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Anonymous wrote:Our pool pays $10K and can’t get a coach to stay because our parents suck. It’s summer swim. Have fun. Your kid is not going to the Olympics.

Wow. Our DS made half that last summer.

A low division head coach probably makes 4K.

This a college kid coaching a division 14 team is going to make a lot less than a professional coach leading a division 4 team.

I know division 15 coaches making 2K and some volunteering a lot of hours. Coaches that want to bring the sport to swimmers, oftentimes it is not about the money. It is crazy.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously?!?!? You realize teachers with masters degrees are not paid this much? Many of these summer coaches are inexperienced and should not be on the same pay scale as more experienced, seasoned coaches.

Be prepared for everyone’s summer swim team registration fees to skyrocket to cover the $10K coach salary lol. Which will then reduce registration numbers, lower registration incomes, reduce parent volunteers, and hurt rosters.

I'd gladly pay much more for good coaches. Gladly.

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Anonymous wrote:Our pool pays $10K and can’t get a coach to stay because our parents suck. It’s summer swim. Have fun. Your kid is not going to the Olympics.

Wow. Our DS made half that last summer.

A low division head coach probably makes 4K.

This a college kid coaching a division 14 team is going to make a lot less than a professional coach leading a division 4 team.

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Anonymous wrote:Our pool pays $10K and can’t get a coach to stay because our parents suck. It’s summer swim. Have fun. Your kid is not going to the Olympics.

Wow. Our DS made half that last summer.

A low division head coach probably makes 4K.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure it’s more than 8 weeks. We’re Div 1 and they start tryouts in Early May and the teams are swimming by mid-late May. It’s at least 12 weeks for the head coach actually at the pool. Lots of admin before though hiring all the assistant coaches, etc.

At our pool the team rep does all of that. The coach walks in the first day of practice and starts.

Its on the high end but I know a pool in the upper division of MCSL that just offered a coach 17.

I agree that you have to look at fees and the time. It is a part time job - practice will be 3-4 hours a week, meets are 3 hours and most leagues have 2 a week. With other activities you are talking about 25 hours a week for 9 weeks. So they are making about $45 an hour. If that was a full time job it would be over 90K. So that is a good salary. And a great supplement if you are a teacher.

But if you have a head coach (10K), asst coach (5K) and junior coaches, you might be looking at 20K in coaching fees. That would take 133 kids with a $150 registration fee to cover. And that means the team has no money to do anything else or pay for anything without fundraising.

Some of our coaches have been MCPS teachers and they come back every year.

Our swim team gets some money from the HOA so fees do not go up. We also raise money from concessions and raffles. We pay our coach well, over $10K.

Seriously?!?!? You realize teachers with masters degrees are not paid this much? Many of these summer coaches are inexperienced and should not be on the same pay scale as more experienced, seasoned coaches.

Be prepared for everyone’s summer swim team registration fees to skyrocket to cover the $10K coach salary lol. Which will then reduce registration numbers, lower registration incomes, reduce parent volunteers, and hurt rosters.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our pool pays $10K and can’t get a coach to stay because our parents suck. It’s summer swim. Have fun. Your kid is not going to the Olympics.

Wow. Our DS made half that last summer.

10K is a good amount for the time involved and the number of weeks.

PP here. I agree with you.

Does any team have two head coaches? How would two co-head coaches -sharing responsibilities and 'covering' for the other when one cannot make a practice - impact the salary offered?

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Anonymous wrote:Our pool pays $10K and can’t get a coach to stay because our parents suck. It’s summer swim. Have fun. Your kid is not going to the Olympics.

Wow. Our DS made half that last summer.

10K is a good amount for the time involved and the number of weeks.

Good to know. There are many openings for head swim coach in NVSL this year.