And the off-campus coaches tend to have jobs that are not far removed from teaching. Dave Witt, the girls basketball coach, was a teacher at Colfax. Today he is a minister. Schools like Colfax have a lot to offer, a great school and a nice place to live. And because of that, we can recruit pretty good candidates, and we get a lot of alumni.
Some administrators tackle the problem by focusing full attention on hiring full-time coaches.
When Hooker took over at Mira Loma eight years ago, only one of his 45 coaches worked full time on campus. Now there are nine on-campus coaches. Ten years ago, Encina had three on-campus coaches. Now the school has 14. Every school would like to have an on-campus coach for every position, but that's not realistic anymore.