Stowers interviews for HS job.

[Cocky]

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1201943730111820.xml&coll=2

[Brad82]

Whoa! For a HS job,look at some of the names applying and on the search committee! Any idea what it pays?

[ButlerGSU]

It's in the Hoover district which seems like a really well funded community.

[Eyes of Old Main]

Spain Park wouldbe a good HS job, but going there after having college jobs for many years would be a step down no matter what. There aren't many ways to get from being a HS coach back to being a college coach (unless you want he Presbyterian job).

[Cocky]

It not the highest paying in the state but should be around $95,000 plus perks.

[Brad82]

Wow.
$95k is a lot for a HS job.

[Cocky]

Wow.
$95k is a lot for a HS job.
Quite a few make this much or real close.

[Brad82]

$10K would be a lot in S. Florida.

[Cobblestone]

Having spent some time in Alabama during my military days and having taken in a few H.S. games I could see that Alabama H.S football is of a pretty decent caliber. I recall seeing Oxford High play a few times. At the time they were a very good program.

Honestly, I don't see Stowers ever landing another HC job in college. At this point of his career I think he's more suited for a job like this and I hope he gets it. He's a good man and I wish him well.

But I did laugh when I read this: "I was coaching in a league where 16 players went to the NFL, and the facilities at Spain Park are better than a university I recently worked at."

When he first came to URI he said the facilites where the "Taj Mahal" compared to what he had at GSU.

Anyway, best wishes to you Tim.

[Brad82]

I think Tim would be fine as college asst. anywhere.
His play-calling is so bad,I don't know as a head coach @ any level.

[brownbear]

I would guess that he would have this job for probably one year, and then he'll move back up. If he wants a HC job, I'm sure he could get a job in D2 or D3, which I would think would be better than a high school job. Otherwise, he would make an assistant somewhere.

[Cocky]

Having spent some time in Alabama during my military days and having taken in a few H.S. games I could see that Alabama H.S football is of a pretty decent caliber. I recall seeing Oxford High play a few times. At the time they were a very good program.

Honestly, I don't see Stowers ever landing another HC job in college. At this point of his career I think he's more suited for a job like this and I hope he gets it. He's a good man and I wish him well.

But I did laugh when I read this: "I was coaching in a league where 16 players went to the NFL, and the facilities at Spain Park are better than a university I recently worked at."

When he first came to URI he said the facilites where the "Taj Mahal" compared to what he had at GSU.

Anyway, best wishes to you Tim.

The Oxford job pays around $108,000 plus car and other perks. Most of these coaching jobs only require teaching weight training.

[ccd494]

The Oxford job pays around $108,000 plus car and other perks. Most of these coaching jobs only require teaching weight training.

$108,000 would buy a lot of textbooks...

I don't think its any coincidence that the states near the bottom in public education rankings are the ones paying their football coaches six figures to do nothing but coach and building indoor training facilities and 20,000 seat stadiums.

[Poly Pigskin]

$108,000 would buy a lot of textbooks...

I don't think its any coincidence that the states near the bottom in public education rankings are the ones paying their football coaches six figures to do nothing but coach and building indoor training facilities and 20,000 seat stadiums.

That's exactly right. I sure hope this money is not out of tax dollars, because if so that is a tremendous waste. I don't care how good a coach is, they should make a teacher's salary, plus anything they can afford from athletics revenue. Six figures to teach some high school kids how to beat each other up is stupid, and a disservice to other students. xtwocentsx

[jmuroller]

That's exactly right. I sure hope this money is not out of tax dollars, because if so that is a tremendous waste. I don't care how good a coach is, they should make a teacher's salary, plus anything they can afford from athletics revenue. Six figures to teach some high school kids how to beat each other up is stupid, and a disservice to other students. xtwocentsx


When a math teacher can get 20k people to show up at a math competition then they can make that much money. High School football in the South is a big deal and a money maker.

[Jiggs]

$108,000 would buy a lot of textbooks...

I don't think its any coincidence that the states near the bottom in public education rankings are the ones paying their football coaches six figures to do nothing but coach and building indoor training facilities and 20,000 seat stadiums.

Once again, Yankees looking down their noses.xnonox

[Brad82]

There were a number of RI HS coaches that I thought could do a better job than Stowers on game day. He always made the wrong choice re. play-calling. FB up the middle on 3rd and long? Pitch on their own one yard line?By the way,I live in the south (although most would argue,S.Florida is not the south) and that is a fantastic sum of $$ they are offering compared to this terrific HS market area.

[GreatAppSt]

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[GannonFan]

Wow, $108k for a high school coaching gig - can't blame him for going for it. Sheesh.

[walliver]

$108,000 would buy a lot of textbooks...

I don't think its any coincidence that the states near the bottom in public education rankings are the ones paying their football coaches six figures to do nothing but coach and building indoor training facilities and 20,000 seat stadiums.

A lot of the top high schools programs are much more profitable than many (?most?) FCS programs.

There may be a inverse correlation between coaching salaries and educational acheivement, but I doubt causation is present. Most high schools with low academics are located in districts where the educational level of the parents is poor (but they still like football so they ain't stupid.)

[dbackjon]

Six figures for a HS job?

Nuts!

[Cocky]

Gulfport, MS hired a new HC with a salary of 98k. This same coach was one time the HC at Oxford HS.

[andy7171]

Coaching HS football for close to six figures is pretty much a dream job. 98K gos a LONG way in Alabama.

[Cobblestone]

Coaching HS football for close to six figures is pretty much a dream job. 98K gos a LONG way in Alabama.

Kind of makes you want to say goodbye to GIS and the evil empire (ESRI) and go for it.

[andy7171]

Kind of makes you want to say goodbye to GIS and the evil empire (ESRI) and go for it.

If I could make a living coaching, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I coached at my high school the 4 years after I graduated from Towson. Man I miss it during the season.
Watching girls soccer, basketball and lacrosse just doesn't fill that void. xrolleyesx

And after 6 years of having kids, I think I have honed my yelling to be an even more effective coach. :D

[Cobblestone]

If I could make a living coaching, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I coached at my high school the 4 years after I graduated from Towson. Man I miss it during the season.
Watching girls soccer, basketball and lacrosse just doesn't fill that void. xrolleyesx

And after 6 years of having kids, I think I have honed my yelling to be an even more effective coach. :D

That's cool, good to see someone giving back. I've only coached at the Pop Warner level, worked a little with the coaches at my local high school during two a days. I can't say I miss it that much but when Cobblepebble straps on the shoulder pads and starts throwing longer passes I will surely get back into coaching at that time. I've taught him that "soccer" is a bad word not to be used at home.

[andy7171]

That's cool, good to see someone giving back. I've only coached at the Pop Warner level, worked a little with the coaches at my local high school during two a days. I can't say I miss it that much but when Cobblepebble straps on the shoulder pads and starts throwing longer passes I will surely get back into coaching at that time. I've taught him that "soccer" is a bad word not to be used at home.

I actually discovered that I was better at coaching defense over offensive line. I knew WAY too much and had a hard time dumbing down my knowledge of o-line play. My years as a DE coach were fun and successful. I knew how to defeat myself and showed my guys how. Does that make me a traitor? 2 years as DE coach 3 all-league DE selections! xthumbsupx

[Cobblestone]

I actually discovered that I was better at coaching defense over offensive line. I knew WAY too much and had a hard time dumbing down my knowledge of o-line play. My years as a DE coach were fun and successful. I knew how to defeat myself and showed my guys how. Does that make me a traitor? 2 years as DE coach 3 all-league DE selections! xthumbsupx

Not at all. I played defense and coached some offense. At the Pop Warner level you do some coaching on both sides of the ball. I found when coaching "D" I would get too emotional. "O" was much calmer and methodical for me.

The only thing that sucked about coaching Pop Warner football was that I coached the oldest group (13 and 14 year olds). In a way it was good because these kids already had some playing experience so I just needed to work on the finer points with them and get them ready for high school ball. The reason it sucked is the President of the league had a brilliant idea to allow the cheerleaders to practice the next field over at the same time as football practice. Ever try to get the attention of a 14 year old boy when there is a 14 year old girl wearing short shorts and a t-shirt 100 yards away? Let's just say it was a challenge.

[andy7171]

I'm sorry what were you saying? I was drifting off thinking about cheerleaders in short shorts.

[Cobblestone]

I'm sorry what were you saying? I was drifting off thinking about cheerleaders in short shorts.

Visions of CCUCheer?

[Cocky]

Stowers did not get the job.
It looks like the job will pay $112,000 total with the camp money.

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1202807768125330.xml&coll=2

[Cobblestone]

Stowers did not get the job.
It looks like the job will pay $112,000 total with the camp money.

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1202807768125330.xml&coll=2

I see former Rams QB Dieter Brock was one of the candidates. I wonder if Stowers applied for the South Alabama job.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Stowers is hunting around for another HS job, and he's still looking.

http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/sports/1215508528304340.xml&coll=1


The new coach at Columbia will face an even tighter timeframe. The school has yet to hire a replacement after deciding not to retain coach Leldon Speer.

A member of the school's search committee said former UT-Martin and West Alabama coach Sam McCorkle will be offered the job by next week. But with football practice scheduled to begin Aug. 4, that leaves little time.

Huntsville native Tim Stowers, a Grissom graduate who has been head coach at Georgia Southern University and Rhode Island, interviewed for the job but reportedly withdrew from consideration.

He'll get a job soon, methinks.