How To Become An Assistant Varsity Football Coach: What It Is and Career Path

What is an assistant varsity football coach and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being an assistant varsity football coach. For example, did you know that they make an average of $23.2 an hour? That's $48,252 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 20% and produce 48,800 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreAssistant Varsity Football CoachUS Average

Salary

3.8

Avg. Salary $48,252

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.0

Growth rate 20%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.8

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22%

Asian 5.41%

Black or African American 8.77%

Hispanic or Latino 13.07%

Unknown 5.63%

White 66.91%

Gender

female 1.65%

male 98.35%

Age - 34

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 34

Stress level

8.0

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.4

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.3

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become an assistant varsity football coach

Explore assistant varsity football coach education requirements

Most common assistant varsity football coach degrees

Bachelor's

77.2 %

Master's

10.0 %

Associate

7.4 %

Start to develop specific assistant varsity football coach skills

Skills	Percentages
Student Athletes	56.92%
Football Program	13.26%
Role Model	6.32%
Freshman	3.84%
Game Film	2.52%

Complete relevant assistant varsity football coach training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New assistant varsity football coaches learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as an assistant varsity football coach based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real assistant varsity football coach resumes.

Research assistant varsity football coach duties and responsibilities

Organize and manage NCAA recruiting weekends as well as maintained an active log of parent and coach contact information.
Assist the HC and OC on passing game coordination and concepts HUDL experience
Coordinate development of post players using basketball drills and techniques which result in a 21-6 record and the conference championship.
Show leadership by maintaining positive relationships with athletes.

Prepare your assistant varsity football coach resume

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Apply for assistant varsity football coach jobs

Now it's time to start searching for an assistant varsity football coach job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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Assistant varsity football coach reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019

Pros

I like to motivate kids into becoming acting and follow their dreams on sports they love to do. I'm always encourage kids they can do anything they want if they try hard enough and would most likely succeed in athletic activity if I'm there coaching for them. Want them to have fun and experience how fun it is being the best team in school.

A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2019

Cons

I don't like parents getting involved or attempting to persuade coaching decisions such as play playing time and depth chart seeding. What I would allow for is any of my concerned parents (at any potential public school) who wouldn't ordinarily come watch practice and see the way the coaching staff interacts with your student athlete as we will go through a proper tackling methods clinic for LB/defensive backs, different types of blocking for the offensive and even the multiple defensive pash rush techniques that are now able to be implemented by a modern football coach.