As a Coach, How Do You Want to be Remembered?

by Derek Schlieve, Head Football Coach     Mayville State University Football is time consuming. It can become all-consuming if you let it. High School football takes a lot of time. College Football requires even more time. I cannot even begin to imagine what the time commitment is like at the professional level. Every now and then, you read a story about how much time coaches put in and what they are missing out on and it makes a person think twice but it does not seem to evoke any real changes, at least not anything long term. Coaches may spend some more time with their families for a day or two but then it usually goes back to the way it was before. After all they have to keep up with the coaches if they are going to be successful. Tony Dungy said “We have more information, more technology, and we spend more time at the office. But are we coaching better? I am