My first coaching job was as an Assistant High School Soccer Coach. Our local high school was beginning soccer as a club sport. My best friend and I applied and both got the jobs.
We were both graduates from this high school. He played soccer in college. I had never played the game, although I had played many other sports. This was going to be the start of a GREAT coaching ride for both of us.
We got together in the summer before our first season to discuss why we are coaching. Up until then, I had never put much thought into it. Here are some of the questions we asked ourselves to help us think through the kind of coaches we wanted to become.