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Job posting: Football coach, Duke University

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by ondeadline, Dec 12, 2007.

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  1. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    <a href="http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/descr_campus/select.php?ID=1200">
    Get your resumes ready and send them off to Duke! Apparently, you don't need an education either!</a>
    The direct link didn't work. Click on the above link, click on "search openings" and search for football.
     
    ondeadline, Dec 12, 2007
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  2. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    I remember seeing English Premier League soccer teams posting in newspaper when I was growing up.

    Applied for a couple of them, just to say I did it.
     
    GB-Hack, Dec 12, 2007
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  3. Starving Journalist

    Starving Journalist Member

    Link doesn't work. Here it is: http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/descr_campus/select.php?ID=1200

    I'm getting my application together now.
     
    Starving Journalist, Dec 12, 2007
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  4. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    Thanks, SJ, I fixed the link.

    You notice one word that does not appear in the posting? Win.
     
    ondeadline, Dec 12, 2007
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  5. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    Shouldn't this go on the jobs board? ;)
     
    Captain_Kirk, Dec 12, 2007
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  6. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    Well, the Duke job probably has more job security than some of the jobs posted on the jobs board. Heck, you can go a whole season without winning and not get fired at Duke.
     
    ondeadline, Dec 12, 2007
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  7. Starving Journalist

    Starving Journalist Member

    Being a Journalist: No respect, no life, shitty pay, bad job security.

    Being a Football Coach: Alumni dinners, inflated pay, seven months paid vacation, ability to ditch team for better job with no repercussions.



    Screw my job, I quit.
     
    Starving Journalist, Dec 12, 2007
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  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    "provide leadership and instruction in areas of deficiency"... now that's good job writing.
     
    playthrough, Dec 12, 2007
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  9. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    They just better hope that area isn't math. Or success.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Dec 12, 2007
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  10. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Would they be willing to hire a Carolina fan? :D
     
    KYSportsWriter, Dec 12, 2007
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    It's a flawed analogy. It's like claiming that Mitch Albom, Mike Lupica and Rick Reilly are representative of the journalism profession. There are 119 (correct the exact number if I am wrong -- don't feel like looking it up) D-I head coaching positions. So extend the cushy (and cushy is a relative word, because most of those guys do work like animals to keep those jobs) to 200 jobs -- and that is a generous estimate. Below those 100 to 200 well-paid, well-respected jobs, there are thousands of guys toiling away on staffs and earning really low wages, while working their tails off. It is a full-time job and then some, between film, coaching and recruiting. And you have such little security. I'd say the football coaching profession is a lot like the newspaper reporting profession in a lot of ways, actually.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 12, 2007
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  12. Claws for Concern

    Claws for Concern Active Member

    A radio station today threw out Karl Dorrell's name for this job.
     
    Claws for Concern, Dec 12, 2007
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