Anonymous
Post 03/06/2024 22:00     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We pay $15k for head coach, about 1/2 that for assistant head coach and about 3-4k for assistant coaches. We are a high division (but not D1).


Wow, that seems like quite a bit. Does your pool subsidize the swim team?

I just do not understand where these teams get the money to pay these salaries.


Some years the pool subsidizes the Team and other years we make enough on dues and concessions. Hosting one of the big meets (Relay Carnival or Divisionals) is a concession money maker….
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2024 20:05     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
$10k for our NVSL head coach.
Anonymous
Post 03/06/2024 07:16     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:We pay $15k for head coach, about 1/2 that for assistant head coach and about 3-4k for assistant coaches. We are a high division (but not D1).


Wow, that seems like quite a bit. Does your pool subsidize the swim team?

I just do not understand where these teams get the money to pay these salaries.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2024 19:06     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
We pay $15k for head coach, about 1/2 that for assistant head coach and about 3-4k for assistant coaches. We are a high division (but not D1).
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 21:11     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


A low division head coach probably makes 4K.


Our team pays just a little more than that (~5K) and we are in a single-digit ("high"?) NVSL division.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 21:10     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


A low division head coach probably makes 4K.[/quote

Our team pays just a little more than that (~5K) and we are in a single-digit ("high"?) NVSL division.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 18:11     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Ours charges $125 or $150 and we are on the low end of paying coaches and only have 2 coaches, maybe 3, and the other two are teens and each is paid a few thousand each. Makes me wonder where all the money is going with over 200 kids.

I’m a Team Rep for an NVSL team. the expenses add up quickly: nvsl dues (probably over $1K for a team that size), b meet ribbons and supplies, pep rally supplies, t shirts, trophies, swimtopia license, misc equipment, etc. it’s a shoe string budget given the low fees. Teams typically need supplemental income (eg sponsorship) to pay more competitive salaries.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 17:55     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Ours charges $125 or $150 and we are on the low end of paying coaches and only have 2 coaches, maybe 3, and the other two are teens and each is paid a few thousand each. Makes me wonder where all the money is going with over 200 kids.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 07:22     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
I think that MCSL pays more than NVSL. Virginia has a lot of leagues so my guess is you get paid a lot more at Country Club League than say NVSL or Colonial. Then there are swim leagues down south and out west.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 06:39     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
We’re division N in MCSL and will be looking for a coach this year. I had no idea they got paid so much. Now I’m curious, I’ll have to ask a board person.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 06:33     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
MCSL team waffling in Divisions I-L pay our coach $11K + coach gift about another $700.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2024 13:16     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


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
Post 02/06/2024 13:02     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
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.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2024 13:00     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


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.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2024 12:35     Subject: Avg Salary for Summer Swimming Head Coach Position?
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.


A low division head coach probably makes 4K.