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Originally Posted by bbcof83
But when you figure out the hourly wage I bet it's heavily in our favor. Coaches spend hours in the gym for practice and games, summer leagues and camps, and then more time outside the school preparing and staying up at night after a loss.
We get in and get out... and sleep like a baby, win, lose or draw  |
I coached for 11 years, including 4 as a varsity head coach. I'd say at the peak that I spent 1,120 hours in a year on coaching (40/week for 15 weeks in-season, and 10/week rest of the year). I believe my peak salary was $5,200. So just under $5/hour!
From November 2008 to now, I've made $5,850 officiating. That's 203 games, so figure about 203 hours during games, 80 hours of travel (games in sets of 2 or 3, counting 1 hour round trip for each), 40 hours of prep time (laundering uniform, dressing, etc.), 40 hours of training/meetings including travel, and 20 hours of independent rules study, that's 383 hours of work, or just over $15/hour.