Kiwibrown Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 What are the main differences between being a college and an nfl head coach? How do these differences play out in what is needed to be successful? What is a better job to have? What is the more difficult of the two to be successful at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The two biggest differences are: 1)As a college coach, you only have to get through to players over a ~4 year span at most. You can rip whatever message you want, and it's barely going to have time to "get old" before your players move on, and you're into the next crop of athletes who need trained up. You can get out there and start recruiting the next class. 2)If you're at a school that can recruit like a powerhouse...you're going to have an athletic advantage over anyone you come up against. If you're a smart "College Coach"...you're gonna make the absolute most of that. You're gonna run a system that isolates matchups and you're going to come out on top, if you've coached your players well. If you're at a school that recruits "smart kids" you're gonna complicate things to a degree that other teams aren't prepared to follow. Etc. You have far more extensive room as a college coach, to design your team to your strengths, recruit specialists with limited skillsets that fit your mold, etc. 3)The Pro game doesn't know or care if you understand how to count. It's a mean business and you have far less control over what you're given. You get the players, and if you don't win with them...you're a loser. You can't head out and recruit another HS class. You can't do any of that. You coach the players you're given, and they all have contract situations out of your control that radically alter the way you can approach and coach them. At the end of the day...the difference is that, coaching at the NFL level...you're coaching with and against players of a very similar caliber. You're not just picking and choosing specific qualities to emphasize...you're dealing with players who generally have the all-around prowess to succeed in the best league on earth. There's no more sneaking by on this, that, or the other thing you can run as an advantage in college. You're scheming up Apples to Apples. And it's friggen hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 ^^^ Sheesh, came in to add my two cents and little did I know someone had already left a $50 on the table. I think I’ll save my two cents for next time. 👏👏👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUGmen Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 College coaches get (actually) paid more than the players. College coaches are often the “big man on campus” and can speak differently to players who are just young men. In the NFL, it can be pretty easy for players to tune out the coach and have more pull over them unless you’re an elite HC like a Belichik and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedTheClock Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The best job, to me, would be a collegiate offensive coordinator. I don't know if I'd want to rise above that given the insane amount of stress. I also hate the idea of being a head coach and delegating the play calling to a coordinator. I want to be the man running the show if at all possible. And HC's have to deal with so much other non-football BS that it hampers their ability to do this. I'd much rather be an OC working with 18-22 year olds. The NFL is squirrely. I think I'd strangle half of these guys (if they'd let me). The Brent Grimes is a perfect example of this...I'd immediately cut him and any other player with this pompous attitude. So I'd probably have a team of scrubs as a result. It'd drive me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 There really is a massive difference between dealing with students vs professionals. When you lead students that come in as 18 year olds there is typically a clear sense of power structure. But when you deal with professionals who are adults, it is a completely different mindset. some people just are built to work with adults and others are built to work with students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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