How To Become A Defensive Secondary Coach: What It Is and Career Path

What is a defensive secondary coach and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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The average defensive secondary coach salary is $47,219. The most common degree is a bachelor's degree degree with an kinesiology major. It usually takes 4-6 years of experience to become a defensive secondary coach. Defensive secondary coaches with a Master Certified Coach (MCC) certification earn more money. Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 20% and produce 48,800 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreDefensive Secondary CoachUS Average

Salary

3.7

Avg. Salary $47,219

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 5.42%

Black or African American 8.82%

Hispanic or Latino 13.14%

Unknown 5.62%

White 66.77%

Gender

female 5.81%

male 94.19%

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 a defensive secondary coach

Explore defensive secondary coach education requirements

Most common defensive secondary coach degrees

Bachelor's

74.0 %

Master's

13.3 %

Associate

7.0 %

Start to develop specific defensive secondary coach skills

Skills	Percentages
Student Athletes	31.48%
Film Breakdown	9.97%
Football Players	8.42%
All-Conference	6.13%
Football Program	4.88%

Complete relevant defensive secondary coach training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New defensive secondary 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 a defensive secondary coach based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real defensive secondary coach resumes.

Research defensive secondary coach duties and responsibilities

Manage video editing program HUDL, with uploads, video input/breakdown and exchange.
Organize and manage NCAA recruiting weekends as well as maintained an active log of parent and coach contact information.
Call defensive plays and coverage during JV games.
Explain on a dry erase board JV defensive alignments and assignments.

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Apply for defensive secondary coach jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a defensive secondary coach job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2019

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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.