So You Want to be a Video Coordinator

“There aren’t too many positions available-there are 117 in Division I, 32 in NFL, and that’s it. (Smaller) schools usually don’t have enough money. It’s an extremely important position, but you’ve got to provide a decent product. Some schools provide terrible video. “There are chances to get into a job like this, but it’s tough to crack into (the business). You can’t go to school to be a video coordinator. I was lucky to know (former UCLA film coordinator) Stan Troutman who was in this position for 43 years, and have these planets line up and align. “You have to be really bad to be fired from this job, so it’s very hard to lose this job. But you have to have a lot of patience because coaches will undoubtedly have a bad day and want to yell. I don’t get into shouting matches anymore, but in my early days I had no problem going toe-to-toe with a coach.” UCLA’s