We’ve all seen the videos of college football coaches on gameday, screaming on the sidelines and calling plays. But a college football coach’s duties exceed just Saturday and play calling. They have full workdays, year-round, and are always on the job.
What College Football Head Coaches Do Daily: Recruiting, Film Study, Staff Management, And More
A typical day for a college football coach begins at 6:00 a.m. and ends around 9:00 p.m. It usually starts with a staff meeting early in the morning and then a players’ meeting shortly after. The head coach is in charge of the entire building and is responsible for ensuring everyone is on the same page.
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After the morning meetings, coaches will turn their attention to recruiting. Recruiting is the pulse of college football, and teams need to bring in talent to win games. Recruiting as a head coach could involve watching film, hosting visiting prospects, making phone calls, and more. This is a year-round job vital to a head coach’s job.
One of the most significant parts of recruiting is hosting visits. After June 15, before an athlete’s junior year of high school, coaches can begin privately contacting recruits and setting up official visits. Coaches will host anywhere from three to fifty OVs at once, and this is essential to landing some big-time prospects.
College football programs also have year-round practice. There’s spring ball, summer camp, fall camp, and the season itself. Coaches will have daily practice meetings with the staff to review the practice plan and prep everyone for how things will run that day.
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Following practice, Coaches will then meet to watch the film of that practice to decipher what the team did well and what needs improvement.
After a long day of meetings, practice, and recruiting, coaches wake up the next day and do it all over again. It’s an endless cycle of work, and that’s why so few coaches have been able to master it, but those who do love the game and a grind like any other.
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