interviewing

Make sure your resume is fine tuned and BE YOURSELF--Phonies dont last long!!!

TRhit

I was on the interview committee for the local high school last year. A few things were very important to our committee.

We wanted a coach who:
* could describe a well-organized, structured practice
* had a solid discipline scheme
* had a commitment to work in the off-season to improve himself as a coach (e.g. attend clinics, work with local feeder leagues, etc...)
* had a solid use of pitcher philosophy
* had a passion for baseball
* as TR says, didn't try to pass himself off as someone he wasn't. One guy, with a good baseball background on paper, listed references that I personally knew. He did not ask them if they could be used as references - he was name dropping. Because I knew some of them, I called them myself and they would not back him (for good reason it turned out). He burned himself.

TR, Great bit of advice. As we have seen in recent news events relating to college coaches. Your resume must tell the truth. If it doesn't... someone else will.

Don't:

• Knock the former coach or program.
  
• Give the impresson that some type of power play was evolving by name dropping school board members etc.
  
• Mention present players on the team and how you will make them better. It isn't your team yet!

Do's:

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Have a Plan for improvements to facilities or any area where you think improvment is needed.

Demonstrate that you know about the district and some working knowledge of past achievements.

Have examples of a practice plan, a mission statement (Where you envision the programing going.), and brief outlines to refer to on pitching, hitting and overall team management.

"There comes a time when you have to stop dreaming of the man you want to be and start being the man you have become." Bruce Springsteen