School Basketball

Is being a teacher a requirement to coach high school basketball?

I would like to coach at the high school level, and am very knowledgable at math. I would be willing to be a math teacher to coach basketball, but it is a requirement? I would rather just keep doing what I’m doing and coach on the side.

Each state has different requirements for public schools. In some states, for example, you must be a certified teacher to be a high school head coach, but the same is not required in order to be an assistant/jv/frosh coach, etc…Some states leave requirements up to the local systems… Private schools are generally not bound by requirements of public schools (at least none that I know of) and may hire at their discretion…Go to your state’s high school governing body (for example, in Tennessee that would be the TSSAA – TN Secondary Schools Athletic Association – for the information most relevent for you)…by the way, I was a successful high school hoops coach (and teacher) for nearly a decade, and I may return…terrific fun!

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