WANTED: NCAA DIVISION 1-FBS COACHING STAFF
Michigan State University is soliciting applications for a new coaching staff for its NCAA Division I-FBS football team. Specific opportunities include: Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, position coaches (Offensive Line Coach, Wide Receivers Coach, Quarterbacks Coach). It is requested applicants review the previous four (4) years of Michigan State football and its coaching decisions prior to application for the position.
Required qualifications include:
- Ability to take responsibility for substituting best talent with sub-part talent in key positions (e.g. RB, QB) on key plays (particularly 3rd & 4th Down)
- Understanding time management, particularly at the end of halves
- Not imitating the head basketball coach and use timeouts in football as they are in basketball
- Accepting responsibility for offensive production, despite injuries and officiating mistakes
- Need to not defend incompetent staff members' decisions and instead terminate incompetent staff, particularly on offense
- In a northern climate, ability to comprehend weather conditions (such as sub-zero temperatures and 50+ mph winds) and its impact on the passing game
- Understanding the needs for the football program over individual significant player desires, despite players' loyalty and desires
Desired qualifications include:
- Using at least 10+ years of experience to make split-second decisions without delay
- If demanding loyalty as a "foxhole individual," surrounding oneself with individuals who can shoot to kill (aka "score") beyond the want of loyalty
- Recruiting talented athletes with a positive charisma and response to academic expectations
Benefits:
- Coaching young minds as Division I-FBS athletes at an internationally respected academic institution.