You are missing his point. It isnt that no high school coach gets a chance at a college job, just none making only 40K

Feb 23, 2017
7:41:12am

indocoug All-American

The high school coach at my old high school in Texas has never made the playoffs, and he makes $116,000 (according AD's reports). Detmer almost definitely made more than that.

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Good point here about Freeze

OU Cougar

2/22/17 9:52pm

no high school coach making $40k a year is getting a sniff at a college job.

molodyets

2/22/17 9:53pm

I thought Freeze was a Memphis HS coach before

OU Cougar

2/22/17 9:55pm

Coached at a private school in Memphis, got a job as an off the field assistant

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

2/22/17 10:00pm

and any high school coach worth looking at for a college is either getting paid

molodyets

2/22/17 10:02pm

Unless you can go like 2-9 at Ben Lomond High School, lol

LaVellIfIKnow

2/22/17 9:58pm

RE: no high school coach making $40k a year is getting a sniff at a college job.

kccougar

2/22/17 10:00pm

RE: no high school coach making $40k a year is getting a sniff at a college job.

ManicBlue

2/22/17 10:06pm

Gerry Faust - Notre Dame

Cougtruth

2/22/17 11:24pm

It's more common than people would think. Here is a recent list...

Zach Morris

2/22/17 11:27pm

You are missing his point. It isnt that no high school coach gets a chance at a college job, just none making only 40K

indocoug

2/23/17 7:41am

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macaroni

2/23/17 5:01am

it's actually pretty common. most guys that move up the ladder aren't career HS coaches. all of my buddies who coach in

macaroni

2/23/17 10:50am

Gus Malzahn got the ole miss OC job fresh off of coaching high school.

Zach Morris

2/22/17 10:02pm

booster clubs. no coach that good is getting paid $40k a year.

molodyets

2/22/17 10:04pm

He may not have been but there are dozens of examples of guys getting their

Zach Morris

2/22/17 10:08pm

It hardly ever happens. Only in uncommon circumstances will a high school coach

OneUpper

2/22/17 10:15pm

Arkansas, but yeah.

Hotty-Toddy-Reb

2/22/17 10:04pm

You're right, my bad.

Zach Morris

2/22/17 10:05pm

Yeah, and he brought top recruits with him right? Mustain and 5 other kids from

conrad44

2/23/17 8:30am

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