Started By
Message

re: Would you quit you day job to coach HS football?

Posted on 7/7/16 at 7:39 am to
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
60728 posts
Posted on 7/7/16 at 7:39 am to
I've had the same chance and turned it down. It's just too big a cut in pay.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
5156 posts
Posted on 7/7/16 at 7:51 am to
I'm in the don't do it camp. At 26 you are just starting out in your career and if you coach for that income for 5 years you will struggle for the rest of your life. Between 25 and 35 you will (typically) have more bills than income when you factor in purchasing a home, getting a family started (and the bills that come with that), and you will need a car or two.

If you take a $30K job when you could be making $75k in your chosen career you would lose $225k over the 5 years and you will always be under the income level of others in your field. You may be able to afford that but when I was starting out I couldn't have.
This post was edited on 7/7/16 at 7:53 am
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter