Coaches,
We are going to be interviewing for a JV coaching position. We are lucky and have 4 very qualified candidates. I'm interested in what types of questions you would ask to seperate the group.
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Coach,
Here is a portion of interview questions we ask when we are replacing an assistant. This particular interview was for a freshman coaching position. Please note that we asked few technical questions since the person we hire will be indoctrinated into our system and will teach/coach our stuff. Should they not understand, typically we send another coach with them until they do.
Here are the questions:
1. what is the primary reason that you want to become a part of the baseball coaching staff? (Answers that I am looking for include – I love the game and want to continue my love of the game through coaching, I love coaching kids and I want to coach at any given opportunity)
2. What is your philosophy of the role of a lower level coach, in particular a Freshman Coach? (Answers that I am looking for include maintaining the overall philosophy of the head coach and the need for a freshman coach to build fundamentals.)
3. How well do you believe that you are prepared for dealing with potential health/safety issues related to baseball including dealing with pitchers and sore arms?
4. Are you willing to come up at end of the year to help with the varsity during our run for state.
5. Are you willing to work during the off-season to help build the program? (Clinics etc.) (Example – Steve and I are coaching the Junior Legion Program this summer, putting on a coaching clinic in February, running an off season development program on Sundays, etc.)
6. How would you rate your knowledge of the weight-room and/or plyometric programs?
7. Are you CPR Certified?
8. What is your philosophy of the role of parents in this program and are you an effective communicator with parents, other coaches, and the administration?
Here is a portion of interview questions we ask when we are replacing an assistant. This particular interview was for a freshman coaching position. Please note that we asked few technical questions since the person we hire will be indoctrinated into our system and will teach/coach our stuff. Should they not understand, typically we send another coach with them until they do.
Here are the questions:
1. what is the primary reason that you want to become a part of the baseball coaching staff? (Answers that I am looking for include – I love the game and want to continue my love of the game through coaching, I love coaching kids and I want to coach at any given opportunity)
2. What is your philosophy of the role of a lower level coach, in particular a Freshman Coach? (Answers that I am looking for include maintaining the overall philosophy of the head coach and the need for a freshman coach to build fundamentals.)
3. How well do you believe that you are prepared for dealing with potential health/safety issues related to baseball including dealing with pitchers and sore arms?
4. Are you willing to come up at end of the year to help with the varsity during our run for state.
5. Are you willing to work during the off-season to help build the program? (Clinics etc.) (Example – Steve and I are coaching the Junior Legion Program this summer, putting on a coaching clinic in February, running an off season development program on Sundays, etc.)
6. How would you rate your knowledge of the weight-room and/or plyometric programs?
7. Are you CPR Certified?
8. What is your philosophy of the role of parents in this program and are you an effective communicator with parents, other coaches, and the administration?
B25,
Would you pick someone knowledge of the fundamentals over someone that has good knowledge of them? (All else being equal)What are your reasons?
Would you pick someone knowledge of the fundamentals over someone that has good knowledge of them? (All else being equal)What are your reasons?
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1. Fill a void by looking for something (hitting, pitching, fielding, etc) that you and your assistants are not as knowledgeable about.
2. Give him situations like "a parent comes to you and says my kid should be playing." Ask him what he would say.
3. Ask him who his best coach was and why? Describe his worst. If his best coach was a rah-rah, in your face type of guy, he'll likely be the same.
The questions CoachB25 provided are excellent!
BaseballByTheYard
2. Give him situations like "a parent comes to you and says my kid should be playing." Ask him what he would say.
3. Ask him who his best coach was and why? Describe his worst. If his best coach was a rah-rah, in your face type of guy, he'll likely be the same.
The questions CoachB25 provided are excellent!
BaseballByTheYard
Coach Labeots, I must have missed your response. Coach, I know you have a firm foundation on the fundamentals and can easily "train" your coach as to what you want taught in your program. You do need someone with a firm foundation on fundamentals. However, how you want hitting, fielding, pitching ... all taught in you philosophy. What they will be asked to teach will not be exactly the same as what they know and so you should realize that you have to teach them what to teach. From experiencd those other questions I possed a few years back are the ones that cover areas that you, your program and your school district need answered for many reasons including safety. For example, often an assistant coach, not with the varsity, is the only coach on the field. They have to be prepared for the worse. I've been there and done that on several occassions.
Coach, some of those questions were from experience as well from when I took over the program at my present school. I had coaches who were in it for the money alone. I ran them off fast. One quit the first day he met me. The program instantly became better. JMHO!
Coach, some of those questions were from experience as well from when I took over the program at my present school. I had coaches who were in it for the money alone. I ran them off fast. One quit the first day he met me. The program instantly became better. JMHO!
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Communication skills are maybe the most important skill of all. To take it a step further, if a coach can help communicate not only with athletes and staff but also cultivate your community of supporters online, you'll increase awareness, increase participation and raise more money.
I agree with Harshaw, communication is probably the most vital, how he treats people in the program and aroudn the program is crucial. I would have to disagree with you coach about teaching everything the same as you do, kids need some of that variation to make them better at their job. Granted it will all be around a certain foundation, but There is more than one way to skin a cat and one way might not work for all. JMO.
Right arm of Zeus, I appreciate your opinion. I think it is the difference between a head coach coaching a team or building a program. All of my assistants that I had hired after my initial year were former players. They knew exactly what I wanted and so cues, philosophy etc. were all the same. Then, we started having camps for the youth and clinics for the coaches. From the summer camps, we then initiated camps for teams who met 2 hours each Sunday and rotated in 7 sessions so that we had consistency throughout our youth programs and coaching staffs. By the time those kids played varsity ball, they had grown up in our system and knew every coach, every everthing. You see, one hour they hit in one gym and in our other gym, they fielded, pitched, ... We had a lot of success doing that. So, I didn't want to have any coaches who didn't know what we believed. I know you disagree with this. I don't have any idea how many young men went through this program but those that made it all the way through for the most part then went on to play in college. I feel that I gave all of them their best chances for success.
Coach B, like i said every cat gets skinned differently and now that you explianed why you do things that way, makes sense to me and would fully agree to it. The other statement seemed like a bold general statement to me, but of course everything has a back story it just comes across as different.
One of my favorite questions to ask is, "what would a team that you help coach be known for?" This gives me a strong sense of what they value most, whether it is hustle, offense, defensive play, or other aspect of the game.
