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Post by curiouscoach on Feb 17, 2024 18:08:20 GMT -6
I want to ask yall a question I love asking all coaches. What are your thoughts on having a CDL?
1. How many coaches on your staff have a CDL?
2. Do you get paid for having it?
3. Do you think it should be required?
My answers
1. 5 including me. (4A School)
2. No we do not
3. I wish more coaches had them, but they made the test so difficult and there is no incentive at alot of places for coaches to have them.
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Post by txballcoach on Feb 17, 2024 20:35:02 GMT -6
I don’t know about CDLs. I have been in a district that only had two coaches total and we had to have route drivers or one of us two to take teams to their sporting event. I did get paid, but not enough. A CDL doesn’t even really help in getting a job anymore.
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Post by TOBC on Feb 19, 2024 10:41:23 GMT -6
I want to ask yall a question I love asking all coaches. What are your thoughts on having a CDL? 1. How many coaches on your staff have a CDL? 2. Do you get paid for having it? 3. Do you think it should be required? My answers 1. 5 including me. (4A School) 2. No we do not 3. I wish more coaches had them, but they made the test so difficult and there is no incentive at alot of places for coaches to have them. I'm at a 4A school, and it's myself and two other coaches on our staff of 8 that have them. If I drive a bus to a sporting event that I get a stipend for, I only get seat time for driving. If it's for an activity that I do not coach, and it is outside of school hours, then I get paid like a route driver would be paid if one of them drove the trip. About 1/2 of the job listings on the coaches website say it is required that any applicants must have it. Not sure if a lot of districts even require it anymore. But I do know that it makes me more marketable if I ever start looking around for somewhere different. |
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Post by Hitch on Feb 19, 2024 16:09:24 GMT -6
I coach in Texas. It's a requirement for us to have it even though some on staff do not for a variety of reasons.
I get paid according to distance, one way, to said location.
I also drive a morning route, to get athletes, that pays 25 bucks a trip. (I get a nice monthly stipend from driving. They also pay me to announce games)
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Post by TonyMontana on Feb 20, 2024 9:25:55 GMT -6
3a in OK. I have it and will always have it. One football staff all 6 have it.
We get paid to drive. I think all coaches should have it. But don't think coaches should be asked to sub for routes which happens. Been at a 6a school that you had 2 years to get it or you wouldn't coach there anymore.
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Post by Lebowski on Feb 20, 2024 12:33:55 GMT -6
Back in the day you had to get it to even get a job.
We don't get paid to drive.
The incentive is if you wanna coach you get it.
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Post by xdipster on Feb 21, 2024 8:36:53 GMT -6
I dont have mine. Every school I've been at told me I had to have it. They reimburse you for the passed test here, but don't pay to drive. We rarely are allowed to drive ourselves during football, and my assistant loves to drive during track. I"m the only coach on staff that does not have his currently. Several good reasons now why I don't. Medication being the biggest.
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Post by blitz50 on Feb 21, 2024 9:21:13 GMT -6
I am ready to give up that CDL for that other card. Wrestling kind of holds me back cause I am the only one that can drive.
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Post by xdipster on Feb 21, 2024 10:37:43 GMT -6
I am ready to give up that CDL for that other card. Wrestling kind of holds me back cause I am the only one that can drive. Works wonder for Chronic knee pain. |
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Post by Hitch on Feb 21, 2024 10:40:36 GMT -6
I am totally lost here. Someone explain.
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Post by xdipster on Feb 21, 2024 13:02:44 GMT -6
I am totally lost here. Someone explain. Medical Marinara. |
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Post by Hitch on Feb 21, 2024 13:09:45 GMT -6
AH! I was lost in translation...
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Post by TonyMontana on Feb 21, 2024 13:52:57 GMT -6
AH! I was lost in translation... Wreck 'em...is that right? |
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Post by Hitch on Feb 21, 2024 13:54:03 GMT -6
Not in this particular case, Tony. Technically, I got wrecked since I didn't understand the context.
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