Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Former Football Coach

For my growing up interview I interviewed a former football coach. I did not know this person, however he was a friend of my father, which is how I found out about him. He coached for the majority of his life, mainly at the high school level. Not only was he quite successful at all the places he coached, but he also had a plethora of interesting experiences. I felt that he would be a great person to interview and learn from. The interview took place over the phone, because we were not able to participate in a face-to-face interview. He was eager to answer all of my questions, and provided me with excellent feedback on most of them. I started off the interview by asking what is the biggest challenge in the coaching profession? He responded with, coaches are usually on the move quite a bit and that coaches are often away from their family. These are two negatives that provide a downside to the coaching profession. However, he did continue on to say that there were several positive aspects to the coaching profession including seeing player’s …show more content…
These qualities include hard working, smart, determined, patient, and caring. These are all qualities that he thought were mandatory for success. My seventh question was what are some of the negatives in the coaching profession. He responded with being away from family, long hours, and not always having success. There will be times that your team is not successful and those times can be challenging. The former coach recommend that I have at least a bachelor’s degree, but he also said anything extra can only help. The final question I asked was the most important. I asked him what advice would he give to young coaches. He said he would advise young coaches to work hard, be mobile, and learn as much as possible. He felt that if people trying to break into the profession did these things, then they would be on their way to a successful career in